Fiction

Thursday – 3rd October 2024

New book alert! Find out more about Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s new novel Dream Count

A publishing event 10 years in the making – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s new novel Dream Count has been introduced!

Wednesday – 2nd October 2024

Don’t miss tea, scones and books with acclaimed author Penny Haw and The Book Revue in Constantia (10 Oct)

Join the brilliant Penny Haw for tea, scones and a discussion of her novels The Woman at the Wheel and The Invincible Miss Cust!

Monday – 30th September 2024

Find out more about Passiontide, the electrifying, spellbinding new novel from Monique Roffey

Passiontide, the new novel from Monique Roffey, is out now from Penguin Random House SA!

Friday – 27th September 2024

‘I receive the things my grandmothers left for me’ – Siphokazi Jonas introduces her debut poetry collection, Weeping Becomes a River

Penguin Random House SA has shared a video of Siphokazi Jonas introducing her ‘exquisite, courageous and moving’ poetry collection, Weeping Becomes a River.

Footnotes, September 2024: 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.

Thursday – 26th September 2024

What if Shakespeare was a woman? Read an excerpt from Jodi Picoult’s heartrending and headline-grabbing new novel By Any Other Name

Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from By Any Other Name by bestselling author Jodi Picoult!

Wednesday – 25th September 2024

[Watch] A brand new series, an iconic new detective duo – Richard Osman introduces his new novel We Solve Murders

A cat-and-mouse race against time from the witty, sharp and sly voice of Richard Osman!

Friday – 20th September 2024

Don’t miss the launch of Nicky Greenwall’s debut domestic thriller A Short Life in Hermanus (2 Oct)

Join Penguin Random House and Hermanus Library for an unforgettable evening – the launch of A Short Life by the acclaimed Nicky Greenwall!

Thursday – 19th September 2024

Pagecast dives into the vibrant world of Open Book – a celebration of South African literature in an international context

Pagecast, the podcast from Jonathan Ball Publishers, was at the Open Book Festival in Cape Town this year!

Wednesday – 18th September 2024

Don’t miss the launch of Sam Wilson’s new novel The First Murder on Mars at The Book Lounge (9 Oct)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of The First Murder on Mars by Sam Wilson!

Read an excerpt from We Solve Murders – the first book in the blockbuster new series from the biggest new fiction writer of the decade, Richard Osman

Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from We Solve Murders by Richard Osman!

Monday – 16th September 2024

Don’t miss the launch of Jackie Phamotse’s new romantic thriller The Tea Merchant at Bargain Books Mall of Africa! (21 Sep)

Penguin Random House and Bargain Books invite you to the launch of The Tea Merchant, a new romantic thriller by bestselling author Jackie Phamotse!

Join acclaimed bestselling author Louisa Treger at Exclusive Books V&A Waterfront for the launch of The Paris Muse (17 Sep)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of The Paris Muse by Louisa Treger.

Thursday – 12th September 2024

A detective who wants to die. A crime that won’t let him go. Read an excerpt from Gareth Crocker’s chilling new local thriller Now You Suffer

Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from Now You Suffer, the new novel from Gareth Crocker!

Join Jackie Phamotse for the Cape Town launch of her new romantic thriller The Tea Merchant! (7 Sep)

Penguin Random House and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of The Tea Merchant, a new romantic thriller by bestselling author Jackie Phamotse!

Monday – 2nd September 2024

By Any Other Name – literary powerhouse Jodi Picoult takes on her most heartrending and headline grabbing story yet

From bestselling author Jodi Picoult comes By Any Other Name – a sweeping and insightful novel of female identity and inequality set in Elizabethan England and present-day Manhattan.