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Tuesday – 23rd February 2021
The Unicorn Baby by Roxanne Atkinson – an honest and hilarious account of parenting
The Unicorn Baby: Debunking 10 Myths of Modern Parenting by Roxanne Atkinson is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Monday – 22nd February 2021
Don’t miss the virtual book launch of They Called You Dambudzo by Flora Veit-Wild, with Tinashe Mushakavanhu and Shaun Viljoen (25 Feb)
Please join Jacana Media for a Don’t Shut Up conversation between Flora Veit-Wild, Tinashe Mushakavanhu and Shaun Viljoen for the launch the soon-to-be published They Called You Dambudzo.
Klara and the Sun – the magnificent new novel from Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro
Klara and the Sun is the first novel by Kazuo Ishiguro since he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2017.
Thursday – 18th February 2021
Read an excerpt from Fragile Monsters by Catherine Menon, a spellbinding debut novel about what happens when secrets fester through the generations
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from Catherine Menon’s debut Fragile Monsters, a spellbinding novel of war and family betrayal set in Malaysia.
Tuesday – 16th February 2021
African Small Publishers Catalogue 2021: Opportunity for publishers, freelancers and small businesses
Modjaji Books is happy to announce that a new edition (the fifth) of the African Small Publishers’ Catalogue is in production and will be available in July 2021.
The world needs a new hero … Prodigal Son, the new Evan Smoak thriller by Gregg Hurwitz, out now!
Prodigal Son – a tense and exciting new thriller from Gregg Hurwitz featuring Evan Smoak aka Orphan X.
Three-way international rights deal for The Pan-African Pantheon: Prophets, Poets, and Philosophers
Jacana Media is delighted to announce a three-way rights sale for The Pan-African Pantheon: Prophets, Poets, and Philosophers, edited by Adekeye Adebajo.
Monday – 15th February 2021
New book alert! Elsewhere – an epic novel of wonder and terror by bestselling author Dean Koontz
In Elsewhere, master storyteller Dean Koontz has created a brilliant and terrifying speculative thriller with hat-tips to George Orwell, Ray Bradbury and HG Wells.
Saturday – 13th February 2021
Footnotes, February 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. …
Friday – 12th February 2021
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Kristin Hannah’s gripping, heartbreaking and inspiring new novel The Four Winds
She will discover the best of herself in the worst of times …
New book by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie announced – a timely and deeply personal memoir about her father’s death titled Notes on Grief
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has written a memoir titled Notes on Grief, to be published in May 2021.
Wednesday – 10th February 2021
Untamed power. Untamed passion. A Court of Silver Flames, the highly anticipated new book by Sarah J Maas
A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J Maas is out next week from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
Monday – 8th February 2021
New book alert! Three Sisters, the new novel from Heather Morris, which concludes The Tattooist of Auschwitz story
Three Sisters, the astonishing new novel from Heather Morris, will be published in October 2021!
Friday – 5th February 2021
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from The City of Tears by Kate Mosse – a sweeping historical epic about love in a time of war
The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend. Treat yourself this evening with an excerpt from Kate Mosse’s The …
Don’t miss the virtual launch of Bernard Levinson’s Collected Poems (14 Feb)
Join Hands-On Books to celebrate the launch of Bernard Levinson’s Collected Poems!
Listen to an excerpt from the audiobook of The Prophets, the debut novel by Robert Jones Jr
Robert Jones Jr’s debut novel The Prophets has become an instant New York Times bestseller. Listen to the audiobook excerpt below to find out what all the buzz is about!
Thursday – 4th February 2021
[Watch] Number one bestselling author Philippa Gregory tells us about her new historical novel, Dark Tides
Philippa Gregory has shared some thoughts about her new novel, Dark Tides.
Read an excerpt from Thinking, Fast and Slow – the acclaimed bestseller that will change the way you make decisions
In the New York Times bestseller Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman, world-famous psychologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, takes you on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think.
Wednesday – 3rd February 2021
New book alert! Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas, author of bestselling The Hate U Give (PLUS Free Teacher’s Notes and Discussion Guide)
Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas is out now from Pan Macmillan!
Tuesday – 2nd February 2021
Vegan With Bite – everything you wouldn’t expect of a book presenting winning meals on a shoestring
Vegan With Bite: Because Taste Matters by Shannon Martinez is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.