Fiction
Tuesday – 13th September 2022
At My Desk with author Johan Vlok Louw
How many times must a cannon ball fly? Many, many times, it seems … before one sentence ‘pops’, tumbles down, and glues itself onto a page, writes Johan Vlok Louw.
Monday – 12th September 2022
Homegrown Honeys – a selection of proudly South African reads to celebrate Heritage Day
To celebrate Heritage Day this year, Penguin Random House SA has rounded up a list of some of our favourite books written by proudly South African authors.
‘What do you do if you suspect your husband is planning to murder you?’ Maggie O’Farrell introduces her new book The Marriage Portrait
In her new book The Marriage Portrait, Maggie O’Farrell turns her talents to Renaissance Italy in an extraordinary portrait of a resilient young woman’s battle for her very survival.
Kom hou piekniek saam met An-Mari do Carmo by die bekendstelling van Toe als groen was in Bellville! (27 Sep)
Aandag, alle Kapenaars! LAPA Uitgewers nooi jou graag na die bekendstelling van Toe als groen was deur An-Mari do Carmo.
Tuesday – 6th September 2022
Kom kuier saam met François Bloemhof, Elsa Winckler en nog skrywers by die Welgemoed Kunstefees se Boek-en-Koek! (22 Sep)
Jy word hartlik uitgenooi na die Welgemoed Kunstefees se Boek-en-Koek!
Monday – 5th September 2022
Debut author Shameez Patel Papathanasiou talks about her new fantasy novel The Last Feather with Kelly Commaille in the new episode of Pagecast!
The new episode of Pagecast, the podcast from Jonathan Ball Publishers, is out now!
Friday – 2nd September 2022
Kom vier die bekendstelling van Die drie lewens van Hannli Human deur Connie Luyt by die Pretoria Kunsvereniging (10 Sep)
Het jy die Pretoria-bekendstelling van Die drie lewens van Hannli Human deur Connie Luyt misgeloop? Kom ontmoet die skrywer by die Pretoria Kunsvereniging!
Vier susters deur Gerda Taljaard benoem vir ’n ATKV-Woordveertjie 2022!
Aandag! Die finaliste vir die ATKV-Woordveertjies 2022 is pas bekendgemaak met Vier susters deur Gerda Taljaard op die kortlys vir die ATKV-Prosaprys!
Write a review of Wilbur Smith’s new novel Titans of War and win a trip to Egypt worth over R80,000!
To celebrate the publication of Wilbur Smith’s new novel Titans of War, Jonathan Ball Publishers is giving away a magnificent 7-day trip for two to Egypt worth over R80,000!
Wednesday – 31st August 2022
Sy’s ’n boeremeisie, hy ’n Jood … Kom vier die nuwe uitgawe van Verbode drif deur Irma Joubert in Wellington! (31 Aug)
LAPA Uitgewers nooi jou hartlik uit na die bekendstelling van Verbode drif deur Irma Joubert!
Tuesday – 30th August 2022
Career opportunity! Penguin Random House is looking for a dynamic, target-driven Sales Representative
Penguin Random House is looking for a dynamic, target-driven Sales Representative to maximise sales and market share for the company in the Gauteng area.
Irma Joubert, Chanette Paul, Dina Botha, Marie-Louise Cronjé en Elsa Winckler benoem vir die ATKV-Woordveertjies 2022!
Aandag! Die finaliste vir die ATKV-Woordveertjies 2022 is pas bekendgemaak en vyf LAPA-skrywers skitter op die kortlys!
Monday – 29th August 2022
Listen to the new episode of Pagecast! Mary Watson, author of Blood to Poison, in conversation with Joy Watson
The new episode of Pagecast, the podcast from Jonathan Ball Publishers, is out now!
Friday – 26th August 2022
Footnotes, August 2022: 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 – 25th August 2022
Waar Alet Snyman gaan, volg moord en doodsake … Vleisfees op Karibib deur Isa Konrad is nou beskikbaar!
Ná haar egskeiding keer Alet Snyman terug na Karibib toe om die drade wat sy aan die begin van die jaar daar laat lê het, weer op te tel in Vleisfees op Karibib deur Isa Konrad.
Join debut author Shameez Patel Papathanasiou for the launch of The Last Feather in Cape Town (26 Aug)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Wordsworth Books invite you to the launch of The Last Feather by Shameez Patel Papathanasiou!
Wednesday – 24th August 2022
Smart, sexy, and downright hilarious – read an excerpt from Mr Wrong Number by Lynn Painter
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from Mr Wrong Number by Lynn Painter – in which a steamy text to the wrong number has laugh-out-loud consequences …
Tuesday – 23rd August 2022
Wen ses uitstekende Afrikaanse boeke deur Leon van Nierop, Anoeschka von Meck en nog meer! Neem deel voor 31 Augustus 2022
Een gelukkige leser kan die maand wegstap met ’n stapel Afrikaanse stories uit die boonste rakke!
Woon jy naby Upington? Moenie die bekendstelling van Die vroue van Kosmoslaan deur Elsa Winckler misloop nie! (2 Sep)
Die ATKV in samewerking met LAPA Uitgewers nooi jou graag na die bekendstelling van Die vroue van Kosmoslaan deur Elsa Winckler!
Join author Prof. Veronique Tadjo for a seminar titled ‘Close to Nature: The creative process of writing the Ebola epidemic’ in Pretoria (24 Aug)
Jacana Media and the University of Pretoria’s Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship invite you to join Professor Véronique Tadjo for a seminar titled ‘Close to Nature: The creative process of writing the Ebola epidemic’.