International
Monday – 13th September 2021
Jacaranda Books now available in South Africa through Jonathan Ball Publishers
Multi-award-winning independent publisher Jacaranda Books has partnered with Hachette UK to expand its sales and distribution offering.
Friday – 10th September 2021
Friday Night Book Club: Read an exclusive excerpt from Lesley Lokko’s intoxicating, multi-generational novel Soul Sisters
The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend.
Robin Sharma’s new book The Everyday Hero Manifesto – it will completely transform your life. Forever.
The Everyday Hero Manifesto: Activate Your Positivity, Maximise Your Productivity, Serve the World by Robin Sharma is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Thursday – 9th September 2021
Don’t miss the South African launch of Paula Hawkins’s new thriller A Slow Fire Burning (16 Sep)
We are absolutely delighted to invite you to the Exclusive Books digital launch of A Slow Fire Burning, the scorching new thriller from the author of The Girl on the Train.
Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi wins the 2021 Women’s Prize
Jonathan Ball Publishers is delighted to share that Susanna Clarke has won the 2021 Women’s Prize for fiction with her spellbinding novel, Piranesi.
Wednesday – 8th September 2021
New book alert! Beautiful World, Where Are You, the highly anticipated new novel from Sally Rooney
Beautiful World, Where Are You, the extraordinary new novel from Sally Rooney, author of the internationally bestselling Normal People and Conversations with Friends, is out now!
Tuesday – 7th September 2021
Don’t miss The Cheeky Natives in conversation with Lesley Lokko – internationally bestselling author of Soul Sisters
Join The Cheeky Natives for a discussion with bestselling international author Lesley Lokko about her new book Soul Sisters!
Friday – 3rd September 2021
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Eva Carter’s How to Save a Life, a heart-stopping, heart-wrenching and heartwarming story
The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend. Treat yourself to a glass of wine this evening and …
The Distant Shores – the brand new novel from number one bestselling author Santa Montefiore!
Santa Montefiore’s new novel The Distant Shores is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Footnotes, September 2021: 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.
Wednesday – 1st September 2021
The New Kingdom – Wilbur Smith returns to Ancient Egypt with a thrilling new series!
The New Kingdom by the master of adventure fiction Wilbur Smith – with Mark Chadbourn – is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
Tuesday – 24th August 2021
Join Peter Hain for the virtual book launch of A Pretoria Boy, in conversation with Judge Dennis Davis (25 Aug)
Join Jonathan Ball Publishers for a conversation between Judge Dennis Davis and Lord Peter Hain about his new book A Pretoria Boy.
Friday – 20th August 2021
Don’t miss the virtual book launch of A Pretoria Boy by Peter Hain (26 Aug)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Reading List invite you to the virtual launch of A Pretoria Boy by Peter Hain.
Thursday – 19th August 2021
Friday Night Book Club: Read the first chapter of TL Huchu’s new novel The Library of the Dead
‘I’m really not supposed to be doing this, but a girl’s gotta get paid. So, here we go.’
New book alert! The Poisoners: On South Africa’s Toxic Past by Imraan Coovadia is out in September 2021
Imraan Coovadia’s new book The Poisoners is out in September 2021 from Penguin Random House.
Wednesday – 18th August 2021
FLF virtual launch of renowned historian Niall Ferguson’s Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe (25 Aug)
Join the Franschhoek Literary Festival for the launch of bestselling author Niall Ferguson’s new novel, Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe.
Friday – 6th August 2021
Footnotes, August 2021: 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 – 5th August 2021
The First Woman by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi – a sweeping tale of longing and rebellion
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi’s highly anticipated new novel The First Woman is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Wednesday – 4th August 2021
Landslide – Michael Wolff closes the door on the Trump presidency with a final, astonishingly candid account
Landslide: The Final Days of the Trump Presidency by Michael Wolff is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Tuesday – 3rd August 2021
The story of South Africa’s ‘Public Enemy Number One’ – A Pretoria Boy by Peter Hain
A Pretoria Boy by Peter Hain is out this month from Jonathan Ball Publishers!