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Tuesday – 17th January 2023

A human skeleton, a terrifying local feud, an angry river spirit – A Deadly Covenant by Michael Stanley is out now!

A Deadly Covenant by Michael Stanley is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers!

Monday – 16th January 2023

‘It is a truth universally acknowledge that a book can change a life’ – The Jane Austen Remedy by Ruth Wilson

The Jane Austen Remedy by Ruth Wilson is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Friday – 13th January 2023

Meet Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith at the launch of her new book Bliss on Toast at Exclusive Books Hyde Park (23 Jan)

Meet the legendary Prue Leith in Joburg and find out more about her new book Bliss on Toast!

Wednesday – 11th January 2023

‘I was brought into the world in case something happened to Willy’ – Listen to Prince Harry reading from his memoir Spare

Spare, the official memoir by Prince Harry, is available now from Penguin Random House SA, with the audio read by the author.

Footnotes, December 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 – 8th December 2022

New book alert! Dawnlands by Philippa Gregory – in a divided country, power and loyalty conquer all

Dawnlands – the new historical novel from Philippa Gregory, the number one bestselling author of Tidelands and Dark Tides.

Wednesday – 7th December 2022

Books – the gift you can open over and over again!

Penguin Random House has compiled the ULTIMATE gifting guide for you.

Tuesday – 6th December 2022

Listen to the new episode of Pagecast! Unpacking Exclusive Books’ Christmas List

This week, Michele Magwood and Batya Bricker unpack Exclusive Books’ Christmas list selection.

Monday – 5th December 2022

Win a hamper of books from Penguin Random House SA for your Christmas stocking!

Give the magic of books this festive season with Penguin Random House’s weekly selection of tantalising reads! 

Friday – 2nd December 2022

‘The book Donald Trump fears the most’: Confidence Man by Maggie Haberman – a book filled with shocking revelations about the man in question

Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America by Maggie Haberman is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Tuesday – 29th November 2022

Listen to Graham Norton reading an excerpt from his tense and darkly comic new novel Forever Home

Listen to an excerpt from Forever Home, the new novel from Graham Norton, read by the author!

Monday – 28th November 2022

Read an excerpt from John Boyne’s new novel All The Broken Places – a moving story about grief, guilt and complicity

Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from All the Broken Places by John Boyne. All The Broken Places is the sequel …

Saturday – 26th November 2022

Footnotes, November 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. …

Friday – 25th November 2022

Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith will be coming to South Africa in January 2023!

Prue Leith will be visiting South Africa in early 2023 to promote her latest book Bliss on Toast!

Thursday – 24th November 2022

‘We were learning that life was not in our control.’ Read an excerpt from Michelle Obama’s new book The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times

Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times, the new book by Michelle Obama. 

Between Starshine and Clay – a series of incisive and intimate encounters between Sarah Ladipo Manyika and the most distinguished Black thinkers of our times

Between Starshine and Clay: Conversations from the African Diaspora by Sarah Ladipo Manyika is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Wednesday – 23rd November 2022

‘You’ll laugh and you’ll cry – I know I did’ – Matthew Perry introduces his intimate and eye-opening autobiography Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

Matthew Perry’s autobiography Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Tuesday – 22nd November 2022

Best of Friends – the new novel from Kamila Shamsie, winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction

Best of Friends by Kamila Shamsie is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.