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Friday – 2nd July 2021
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Zen Cho’s new novel Black Water Sister – a creepily atmospheric and surprisingly heartwarming tale
The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend. Treat yourself to a cup of hot chocolate this evening …
Footnotes, July 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. …
Don’t miss Elizabeth Nyamayaro’s Homebru Town Hall Q and A today! (2 July)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books invite you to a Homebru Q&A session with Elizabeth Nyamayaro, author of the new book I Am A Girl From Africa.
Thursday – 1st July 2021
Epic and emotional, meticulously researched and gloriously told – Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead is out now from Penguin Random House SA.
Tuesday – 29th June 2021
One family. One unforgettable night. Listen to an excerpt from Malibu Rising by bestselling author Taylor Jenkins Reid
‘If summer could somehow fit into a book, then you’d find it in Malibu Rising’ – Oprah Daily. Listen to an excerpt from Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid, read by Julia Whelan.
New book alert! Rahul Raina’s How to Kidnap the Rich – a wild ride told by a mesmerising new talent with an electric voice
How to Kidnap the Rich by Rahul Raina is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Friday – 25th June 2021
Tsitsi Dangarembga awarded 2021 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade
Jacana Media is thrilled to announce that Tsitsi Dangarembga has been awarded the 2021 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade.
Find out more about Gabriela Garcia’s debut novel Of Women and Salt – an instant New York Times bestseller (PLUS: Audiobook excerpt)
Gabriela Garcia’s Of Women and Salt is a sweeping, masterful debut about a daughter’s fateful choice, a mother motivated by her own past, and a family legacy that begins in Cuba before either of them were born.
Monday – 14th June 2021
Read an excerpt from Taylor Jenkins Reid’s new novel Malibu Rising – one of the most anticipated books of the year
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from Malibu Rising, the new novel from bestselling author Taylor Jenkins Reid.
Thursday – 10th June 2021
Tsitsi Dangarembga wins the PEN Pinter Prize – to celebrate buy This Mournable Body at 50% off!
Jacana Media is thrilled to announce that Tsitsi Dangarembga, who was recently shortlisted for the Booker Prize, has been awarded the PEN Pinter Prize.
Listen to an excerpt from Christian Cantrell’s Scorpion – a fast-paced near future thriller that will mess with your head
Scorpion by Christian Cantrell – a gripping international cat-and-mouse thriller with an ending you won’t see coming …
Wednesday – 9th June 2021
Don’t miss the Windhoek launch of Femi Kayode’s Lightseekers, with Rémy Ngamije at the Book Den (17 Jun)
The Book Den and Jonathan Ball Publishers cordially invite all lovers of fiction in Windhoek to the launch of Femi Kayode’s Lightseekers, a thrilling and gripping work of crime fiction.
Tuesday – 8th June 2021
The President’s Daughter – the new action-packed thriller from James Patterson and former President Bill Clinton
Every detail is accurate because one of the authors is President Bill Clinton. The drama and action never stop because the other author is James Patterson. The President’s Daughter is out now from Penguin Random House!
New book alert! Ambivalent: Photography and Visibility in African History
Ambivalent: Photography and Visibility in African History will be published soon by Jacana Media.
Monday – 7th June 2021
Jack Reacher is back – read an excerpt from Better Off Dead by Lee Child and Andrew Child
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from Lee Child’s upcoming new Jack Reacher novel Better Off Dead.
Detective Kubu’s first case may also be his last – Facets of Death by Michael Stanley
Facets of Death by Michael Stanley is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
Friday – 4th June 2021
Footnotes, June 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. …
There are secrets in the wild country they call midlife – Read an extract from Unbecoming by Joanne Fedler
Unbecoming is a funny, heartbreaking and provocative homage to the midlife unravelling as women on the brink of elderhood speak honestly about their lives and wonder what the hell to do with vaginas that are not ready to be put out to pasture just yet.
Thursday – 3rd June 2021
Pride Month spotlight! Pride is a unique celebration of LGBTQ culture
Pride: The Story of the LGBTQ Equality Movement is a unique and comprehensive account of the ongoing challenges facing the gay community, and a celebration of the equal rights that have been won for many as a result of the sacrifices and passion of this mass movement.
Burning Questions – from cultural icon Margaret Atwood comes a brilliant collection of essays – funny, erudite, endlessly curious, uncannily prescient
Penguin Random House SA is delighted to announce the publication of Margaret Atwood’s Burning Questions: Essays 2004‒2021 in March 2022.