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Wednesday – 6th September 2023

Finding inspiration in the ancient world – Conn Iggulden on writing his bestselling historical fiction

Stories and myths from the ancient world have transcended millennia, and it’s from these that author Conn Iggulden draws inspiration for his bestselling historical fiction.

Friday – 1st September 2023

‘Most families are bound not just by blood but by secrets’ – Abraham Verghese on his masterful new novel The Covenant of Water

From Abraham Verghese, author of the bestselling novel Cutting for Stone, comes a stunning and magisterial new epic of love, faith and …

Thursday – 31st August 2023

Shari Lapena chats about her unputdownable new thriller Everyone Here is Lying

Author Shari Lapena chats to The Penguin Post about her thrilling new novel, Everyone Here is Lying, and what draws her to writing about domestic bliss gone wrong.

Wednesday – 30th August 2023

Join Kim Samuel for the launch of On Belonging: Finding Connection in an Age of Isolation in Johannesburg (6 Sep)

Join Jonathan Ball Publishers for the launch of On Belonging by Kim Samuel.

‘I’ve been betrayed by people a few times, and it hurts’ – In conversation with Lesley Pearse on her new novel, Betrayal

Lesley Pearse worked her way through a number of jobs, including nanny, bunny girl, dressmaker and full-time mother before, at the age of 49, she became a published writer.

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 – 10th August 2023

‘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.