Fiction
Friday – 25th August 2023
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett – a meditation on youthful love, married love, and the lives parents led before their children were born
Ann Patchett’s new novel Tom Lake is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Footnotes, August 2023: Book links from around the web
It has just been revealed that George Bernard Shaw set lawyers on DC Comics after their publication of the comic book Superman in 1939, concerning his 1903 play Man And Superman.
Thursday – 24th August 2023
What would you do? Brooke Robinson on the origins of her debut novel The Interpreter
Brooke Robinson’s enthralling debut The Interpreter explores what a criminal interpreter would do when faced with the moral dilemma of letting the wrong man go free.
Tuesday – 22nd August 2023
The Penguin Post Magazine celebrates three years of publishing (PLUS: Win prizes worth a total of R16,000)
To celebrate its third anniversary, The Penguin Post is giving away hampers to the collective value of R16,000!
Thursday – 17th August 2023
Ready to give up reality? Try Langabi – the new African epic
Langabi: Season of Beasts – the new African epic by Christopher Mlalazi – is out now!
‘Dear White People, I love white girls. Especially blondes.’ – Listen to an excerpt from The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa by Stephen Buoro
Listen to an excerpt from Stephen Buoro’s tragicomic debut novel The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa, out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Tuesday – 8th August 2023
The Collected Regrets of Clover – an uplifting story about living a full, beautiful life
The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer is out now from Penguin Random House – a big-hearted story about figuring out what you want from life, and then finding the courage to go after it.
[Video] Lisbeth Salander returns in a chilling new Dragon Tattoo thriller!
The Girl in the Eagle’s Talons by Karin Smirnoff is out this month from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
Monday – 7th August 2023
[Video] Funny, fierce and addictive – Bea Fitzgerald reads an excerpt from her debut novel, Girl, Goddess, Queen
Penguin Random House has shared a video of Bea Fitzgerald reading an extract from her debut novel, Girl, Goddess, Queen!
How much of it is true? Find out more about Penance, the cult hit novel by Eliza Clark
From the author of the cult hit Boy Parts comes a chilling, brilliantly told story of murder among a group of teenage girls – a powerful and disturbing novel piercing in its portrait of young women.
[Video] Author Emma Cline chats about what inspired her to write The Guest
A young woman pretends to be someone she isn’t in The Guest, the smouldering new novel from Emma Cline, the bestselling author of The Girls.
Friday – 28th July 2023
Footnotes, July 2023: Book links from around the web
At The Reading List, we’re trainspotters when it comes to interesting book links, and here are a number that caught our eye.
Tuesday – 25th July 2023
New book alert! Find out more about A History of Burning – the immersive, kaleidoscopic debut by Janika Oza
A History of Burning by Janika Oza is out now from Penguin Random House!
Out now! Alexander McCall Smith’s The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf – the fourth novel in the bestselling Detective Varg series
The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf by Alexander McCall Smith is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
Friday – 21st July 2023
[Video] Find out more about Douglas Kruger’s dark new thriller Character Scan!
Penguin Random House has shared a video of Douglas Kruger introducing his new novel Character Scan!
Thursday – 20th July 2023
‘It’s about what it means to be free’ – Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah introduces his hotly anticipated debut novel Chain-Gang All-Stars
Penguin Random House has shared a video of author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah introducing his new book Chain-Gang All-Stars!
‘Flames. Chunks of metal ripping off, flying by.’ – Listen to an excerpt from TJ Newman’s unforgettable new thriller Drowning
Listen to an excerpt from Drowning, the new edge-of-your-seat thriller by bestselling author TJ Newman!
Wednesday – 19th July 2023
‘With hindsight she should’ve walked out of the door right then’ – Read an excerpt from Lesley Pearse’s brilliant new pageturner Betrayal
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from Betrayal, the enthralling new novel from the 10-million-copy bestselling author Lesley Pearse!