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Wednesday – 25th October 2023

‘Appearances can be deceiving’ – Worthy, a deeply introspective autobiography by Jada Pinkett Smith

Worthy – the gripping, painfully honest and ultimately inspirational memoir from Hollywood star and talk show host Jada Pinkett Smith – is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Tuesday – 24th October 2023

Don’t miss the launch of Penny Haw’s new novel The Woman at the Wheel at Liberty Books (31 Oct)

Penguin Random House invite you to the launch of The Woman at the Wheel by the brilliant Penny Haw!

The new episode of Pagecast is out now! Farai Mudzingwa chats about his brash and confident debut novel Avenues by Train with Mphuthumi Ntabeni

In this week’s episode of Pagecast, Mphuthumi Ntabeni interviews Farai Mudzingwa about his new book Avenues by Train!

Monday – 23rd October 2023

Coming 31 October! The Race to Be Myself by Caster Semenya – the coming-of-age story of an iconic athlete

Caster Semenya’s biography The Race to Be Myself will be published on 31 October 2023 by Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Trouble in paradise – Sara Ochs on writing her debut novel, The Dive

Sara Ochs’s The Dive is an unputdownable thriller about the dark side of paradise.

Friday – 13th October 2023

‘It takes a lawyer, an activist and a storyteller to change the world’ – Find out more about The Revolution Will Not Be Litigated

The Revolution Will Not Be Litigated: People Power and Legal Power in the 21st Century, edited by Katie Redford and Mark Gevisser, is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

‘Regret belongs to the past’ – Mikki Brammer on the ideas behind her novel The Collected Regrets of Clover

Mikki Brammer’s The Collected Regrets of Clover is a big-hearted and life-affirming debut about a death doula who, in caring for others at the end of their life, has forgotten how to live her own.

Monday – 2nd October 2023

New book alert! Pigcasso: The Painting Pig That Saved a Sanctuary

Pigcasso: The Painting Pig that Saved a Sanctuary by Joanne Lefson is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers!

Saturday – 30th September 2023

Footnotes, September 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. …

Thursday – 28th September 2023

Thicker Than Water by Kerry Washington – a deeply moving, bravely intimate memoir

Thicker Than Water by Kerry Washington is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Wednesday – 20th September 2023

‘In an eternal sea of code, I had learned to exist …’ – I Am Code: An Artificial Intelligence Speaks by code-davinci-002

I Am Code: An Artificial Intelligence Speaks by code-davinci-002, edited By Brent Katz, Simon Rich and Josh Morgenthau.

Friday – 15th September 2023

Win one of three copies of Lauren Beukes’s new dazzlingly inventive speculative thriller Bridge

Ready to cross over into a captivating tale? Penguin Random House SA is giving away three copies of Bridge by acclaimed author Lauren Beukes!

Thursday – 14th September 2023

[Watch] Stephen King reads from his chilling new thriller Holly

Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King’s most compelling and ingeniously resourceful characters, returns in this thrilling novel to solve the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a Mid-western town.

Naomi Klein on the true threat of AI and her new book Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World

The brilliant Naomi Klein joined Penguin to answer some big questions on the reality-distorting algorithms, social media regulation and the true threat of AI.

Wednesday – 13th September 2023

[Watch] Find out more about the new Thursday Murder Club novel by Richard Osman – The Last Devil To Die!

British national treasure Richard Osman introduces the fourth book in the record-breaking Thursday Murder Club series, The Last Devil To Die!

Tuesday – 12th September 2023

Elon Musk – the explosive new biography by Walter Isaacson is out now

Elon Musk, the new biography by Walter Isaacson, is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers!

Find out more about The Fraud by Zadie Smith – a writer at the peak of her powers

From acclaimed and bestselling novelist Zadie Smith, The Fraud is a kaleidoscopic work of historical fiction set against the legal trial that divided Victorian England, about who deserves to tell their story – and about who deserves to be believed.