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Thursday – 17th March 2022
Pre-order Storm Tide – book 21 in Wilbur Smith’s Courtney Series
It’s only three more weeks until the release of Storm Tide, a brand-new historical epic by the late Wilbur Smith, set against the backdrop of the American revolution.
Wednesday – 16th March 2022
‘It is an imagined Trinidad with the volume turned up loud’ – Ayanna Lloyd Banwo chats about her debut novel When We Were Birds
Ayanna Lloyd Banwo is a writer from Trinidad and Tobago. She shares how she came to find the story for her incantatory debut When We Were Birds, and the sense of place in the novel.
How to Be Perfect – a foolproof guide to making the correct moral decision in every situation you ever encounter, anywhere on earth, forever
From the creator of The Good Place and the co-creator of Parks and Recreation, a hilarious, thought-provoking guide to living an ethical life, drawing on 2,400 years of deep thinking from around the world.
Tuesday – 15th March 2022
Our Lady of the Nile by Scholastique Mukasonga – a landmark novel about a country divided and a society hurtling towards horror
Our Lady of the Nile by Scholastique Mukasonga is out now from Jacana Media.
Monday – 14th March 2022
‘First thing you have to remember is that there was a time before time.’ – Read an extract from When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from When We Were Birds — Ayanna Lloyd Banwo’s gorgeously immersive, mesmerising and life-affirming literary debut – a love story and a ghost story set in modern-day Trinidad.
The new episode of Pagecast is out now! Listen to an interview with Siya Turabi on her bestselling debut novel The Last Beekeeper
The new episode of Pagecast, the podcast from Jonathan Ball Publishers, is out today!
Friday – 11th March 2022
Don’t miss the Cape Town launch of Rescue: From Global Crisis to a Better World by Ian Goldin (23 Mar)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Rescue: From Global Crisis to a Better World by Ian Goldin.
Thursday – 10th March 2022
The Vaccine: Inside the Race to Conquer the Covid-19 Pandemic – drawing back the curtain on one of the most important medical breakthroughs of our age
The Vaccine: Inside the Race to Conquer the Covid-19 Pandemic by Joe Miller, with Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci, is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Wednesday – 9th March 2022
Find out more about The Leviathan – the instant bestseller by Rosie Andrews
Richly researched, incredibly atmospheric, and deliciously unsettling, Rosie Andrews’s debut novel The Leviathan is set in England during a time of political and religious turbulence.
Tuesday – 8th March 2022
Listen to an excerpt from Sophie Hannah’s ingenious, brain-bending new novel The Couple at the Table
Listen to an excerpt from The Couple at the Table – bestselling author Sophie Hannah’s twisty new psych suspense!
Friday – 4th March 2022
Monica Ali introduces Love Marriage – a captivating social comedy and a profoundly moving, revelatory story
Monica Ali, the bestselling, Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Brick Lane, introduces Love Marriage – her first new novel in a decade.
Footnotes, February 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.
Tuesday – 22nd February 2022
Wonderland – legendary photographer Annie Leibovitz’s surprising account of her encounters with fashion over five decades
Wonderland, by Annie Leibovitz with a Foreward by Anna Wintour, is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Monday – 21st February 2022
‘I have never taken a single moment of it for granted’ – Dave Grohl’s The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music is out now
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Thursday – 10th February 2022
The latest episode of Pagecast is out now! Danielle Weakley in conversation with Hans Rosenfeldt, author of Cry Wolf
In the new episode of Pagecast, the podcast by Jonathan Ball Publishers, Danielle Weakley is in conversation with Hans Rosenfeldt about his blockbuster new thriller Cry Wolf!
Monday – 7th February 2022
‘She knew his eyes would linger on her arse. It felt like home.’ – Read an extract from Wahala by Nikki May – the hottest debut of 2022
Nikki May’s Wahala is a page-turning debut novel following three Anglo-Nigerian best friends and the lethally glamorous fourth woman who infiltrates their group.
Six couples. One luxury resort. And the perfect murder … Sophie Hannah’s The Couple at the Table is out now!
The Couple at the Table by Sophie Hannah is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Friday – 4th February 2022
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from TJ Klune’s ‘simply perfect’ novel The House in the Cerulean Sea
Treat yourself to a mug of hot chocolate this evening and an excerpt from The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune – an uplifting, heart-warming fantasy tale that’s become a New York Times, USA Today and Washington Post bestseller.
Introducing BOSH! on a Budget by Henry Firth and Ian Theasby
BOSH! are back with the ultimate money-saving, plant-based cookbook.
Thursday – 3rd February 2022
[Video] Patricia Lockwood shared her favourite line from her novel No One Is Talking About This
Patricia Lockwood, author of the Booker-shortlisted and Women’s Prize-shortlisted novel No One Is Talking About This, has an unexpected favourite line from the book.