International
Thursday – 11th March 2021
Watch: Marianne Cronin has a message for her South African readers, and introduces her debut novel The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin is out now from Penguin Random House SA!
Chinese Takeaway in 5 by Kwoklyn Wan – 80 of your favourite dishes using only five ingredients
Chinese Takeaway in 5 by Kwoklyn Wan is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
New book alert! Revolt: The Worldwide Uprising Against Globalization – penetrating and original analysis by Nadav Eyal
Revolt: The Worldwide Uprising Against Globalization by Nadav Eyal is out now from Pan Macmillan!
Wednesday – 10th March 2021
New book alert! The Profiler Diaries: From the Case Files of a Police Psychologist by Gérard Labuschagne
The Profiler Diaries: From the Case Files of a Police Psychologist by Gérard Labuschagne is a fascinating – and often hair-raising – glimpse into what it was like to be a profiler in the world’s busiest profiling unit.
Don’t miss a Daily Maverick webinar with Colin Bryar and Bill Carr, the authors of Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon (11 Mar)
In this event, Daily Maverick CEO Styli Charalambous gets the insider’s account of Amazon’s approach to work, culture and leadership from two top level executives, Colin Bryar and Bill Carr.
Tuesday – 9th March 2021
The story of The Missing Sister, the seventh book in Lucinda Riley’s multimillion-selling epic series The Seven Sisters, is on its way!
The Missing Sister by Lucinda Riley is available now for pre-order from Pan Macmillan!
Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family – the first, epic and true story of the Sussexes’ life together
Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Monday – 8th March 2021
What If We Stopped Pretending? Jonathan Franzen’s controversial climate crisis essay, published as a single volume
What If We Stopped Pretending? by Jonathan Franzen is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Watch author Joanna Nadin reading an excerpt from her new book The Talk of Pram Town, a story about mothers, daughters and second chances …
Written in Joanna Nadin’s trademark dazzling prose, The Talk of Pram Town tells the story of three generations of Earnshaws and asks whether it always has to be like mother, like daughter …
Friday – 5th March 2021
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from the deliciously dark and devious People Like Her by Ellery Lloyd
The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend.
Footnotes, March 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 – 4th March 2021
His Only Wife, the sparkling debut novel from Ghanaian author Peace Adzo Medie
His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
Full of surprises, Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett will blow your mind
Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett is out now from Pan Macmillan.
Tuesday – 2nd March 2021
‘Most of my books start with a “… what if?”‘ Read an exclusive interview with CJ Tudor in the latest issue of The Penguin Post
CJ Tudor, author of the brand new thriller The Burning Girls, is featured in this month’s edition of The Penguin Post!
Pan Macmillan announces surprise new Ken Follett novel in 2021
A new Ken Follett novel is being rush-released by publishers worldwide in November this year.
Friday – 26th February 2021
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Rebecca Whitney’s page-turning thriller The Hidden Girls
The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend. Treat yourself to a glass of wine this evening with …
Thursday – 25th February 2021
Dip into The Prodigal Son – the new high-octane thriller in the Orphan X series from bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from The Prodigal Son – the tense and exciting new thriller from Gregg Hurwitz featuring Evan Smoak – aka Orphan X.
Find out more about Danielle Steel’s new novel Neighbours, and listen to the author talking about her incredible career and her writing process
Neighbours by Danielle Steel is out now from Pan Macmillan SA!
Don’t miss the virtual book launch of Girl A by Abigail Dean, in conversation with Pippa Hudson (10 Mar)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Reading List invite you to the virtual launch of Girl A by Abigail Dean.
Wednesday – 24th February 2021
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Canadian novelist Louise Penny team up to write political thriller
Hillary Rodham Clinton will team up with award-winning Canadian mystery writer Louise Penny to co-write a ‘international political thriller’.