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Friday – 4th September 2020
Footnotes, September 2020: 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 – 3rd September 2020
Read an excerpt from Dorothy Koomson’s All My Lies Are True, the breathtaking sequel to the iconic bestseller The Ice Cream Girls
Dorothy Koomson has shared an excerpt from her new novel All My Lies Are True!
Wednesday – 2nd September 2020
New book by Rhonda Byrne – the bestselling author of The Secret – announced
HarperCollins Publishers has acquired world rights to a major new book by Rhonda Byrne, author of the global phenomenon The Secret.
Tuesday – 1st September 2020
Ken jy Die Ickabog? Tekenkompetisie en kinderverhaal deur JK Rowling, nou gratis aanlyn beskikbaar in Afrikaans
Vanaf 1 September 2020 is ’n Afrikaanse vertaling van die gratis aanlyn vervolgverhaal, Die Ickabog deur JK Rowling, beskikbaar. Plus, kinders kan nou deelneem aan Die Ickabog-illustrasiekompetisie.
Monday – 31st August 2020
Money, Blood and Conscience
Read the new, highly acclaimed historical novel that Amnesty International USA Director (ret.) Jack Healey calls, ‘an electrifying ride through Ethiopia’s democracy revolution’.
‘The risk of another betrayal cannot be tolerated’
Read the explosive interview with the author of Money, Blood and Conscience that made this European newspaper ask, ‘Could a new historical novel about Ethiopia’s former dictatorship be the final straw that forces the World Health Organization’s beleaguered Director-General Tedros Adhanom Gebhreyesus to resign?’
Thursday – 27th August 2020
Read ‘When my mother came to stay’ – Read an excerpt from Yaa Gyasi’s new novel, Transcendent Kingdom (Plus: Interview)
Read an excerpt from Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi, entitled ‘When my mother came to stay’, where the narrator Gifty offers an intimate glimpse at the relationship between a mother and daughter.
Listen to an excerpt from Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell – A tale of dreams, drugs, love, and madness, and of fame’s Faustian pact
Introducing Utopia Avenue, the spectacular new novel from the bestselling author of Cloud Atlas and The Bone Clocks, David Mitchell! Listen to an excerpt from the first chapter on Soundcloud.
Wednesday – 26th August 2020
‘He’s at my flat,’ I whisper. ‘I think I killed him.’ All My Lies Are True by Dorothy Koomson
All My Lies Are True by Dorothy Koomson is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Taking emotional intelligence and intuition to the next level, Never Split the Difference gives you the competitive edge in any discussion
Great ideas start with great reading. Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It.
Monday – 24th August 2020
Special event for South African readers – Kristin Hannah in conversation with Trisha Jackson (29 Aug)
Get to know Kristin Hannah, author of The Nightingale and Wild, in a special Q&A for South Africa readers!
Friday – 21st August 2020
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Charlotte Levin’s powerful and darkly funny novel If I Can’t Have You
The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend.
A New Earth: Create a Better Life – Eckhart Tolle shines an illuminating light that leads to happiness and health that every reader can follow
Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth leads readers to new levels of consciousness and inner peace.
Friday Night Book Club: A debut novel that reads like a masterpiece – read an excerpt from Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
Get comfortable this evening with some popcorn and an excerpt from Douglas Stuart’s Shuggie Bain – recently longlisted for the Booker Prize!
Wednesday – 12th August 2020
The Goodbye Man by Jeffery Deaver: Say goodbye to your problems, your freedom and your life
The gripping new thriller from the No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Jeffery Deaver, The Goodbye Man, is now available at Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Monday – 10th August 2020
Don’t miss the virtual book launch of Last Survivor by Tony Park, with wildlife presenter James Hendry (12 Aug)
Pan Macmillan invites you to the virtual book launch of Tony Park’s new novel, Last Survivor, a story of greed, danger and treachery.
Friday – 7th August 2020
Friday Night Book Club: Greed. Danger. Treachery. A rare cycad – stolen. Read an excerpt from Tony Park’s latest novel Last Survivor
A priceless plant, a rare African cycad thought to be extinct and prized by collectors, has been discovered, then stolen.
Tuesday – 4th August 2020
One frozen embryo. Two families with life-long secrets. And a guy who never planned to fall in love again. Someone Like You by Karen Kingsbury
Someone Like You by Karen Kingsbury is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Friday – 31st July 2020
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from The Last Trial, the explosive new legal thriller by Scott Turow
The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend. Get comfortable this evening with some popcorn and an excerpt …
Transcendent Kingdom – Yaa Gyasi’s stunning follow-up to her acclaimed international bestseller Homegoing
From Yaa Gyasi, the bestselling author of Homegoing, comes Transcendent Kingdom, an epic novel from the heart of contemporary America.