International
Thursday – 30th July 2020
He watches. He waits. He takes. Who will be next … Don’t miss The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter
The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Wednesday – 29th July 2020
[Video] Caroline Kurtz wins Presbyterian Writers Guild’s Best First Book Award for A Road Called Down on Both Sides
Huge congratulations to Caroline Kurtz! Her memoir A Road Called Down on Both Sides: Growing up in Ethiopia and America was recently awarded the Best First Book Award by the Presbyterian Writers Guild.
The Ditch – the inventive new novel of suspicion and secrecy from Herman Koch, the bestselling author of The Dinner
Author of the world-wide bestseller The Dinner, Herman Koch turns his brilliantly acid and forensic eye to the green-eyed monster: the all-too human emotion of jealousy.
Monday – 27th July 2020
Megan Campisi’s The Sin Eater – ‘A dark and thrilling page-turner that turns a dystopian eye on the past’
Set in a thinly disguised sixteenth-century England, Megan Campisi’s The Sin Eater is a wonderfully rich story of treason and treachery; of women, of power, and the strange freedom that comes from being an outcast – because, as May learns, being a nobody sometimes counts for everything …
The Meaning of Mariah Carey, A Memoir – a uniquely American story – out in November 2020
The Meaning of Mariah Carey, A Memoir will be available in November 2020 from Pan Macmillan SA.
Friday – 24th July 2020
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up by Alexandra Potter
Get comfortable this evening with a bar of chocolate and an excerpt from Alexandra Potter’s Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up – a book for anyone who’s ever worried life isn’t going to plan!
Elisabeth Moss to star in TV adaptation of Lauren Beukes’s novel The Shining Girls
The Shining Girls, Lauren Beukes’s metaphysical thriller set in 1930s Chicago, is to be made into a TV series starring Elisabeth Moss.
Thursday – 23rd July 2020
Global publishing deal for Springbok captain Siya Kolisi
A book telling the life story of Siya Kolisi, captain of the 2019 World Cup winning Springbok rugby team, will be published internationally in 2021.
Listen to an extract from The Last Trial by Scott Turow, a masterful courtroom thriller that unfolds in page-turning suspense
Pan Macmillan has shared an audiobook excerpt from The Last Trial by Scott Turow!
Tuesday – 21st July 2020
‘It was a strange time …’ Listen to an excerpt from the audiobook of The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Despite My Odds by Denise Monique
Layla spent the first eight years of her life in a loving home with her grandparents. That comfort all ended once welfare caught up with her mother who was still receiving food benefits for her. After moving to her mothers’ home, the dysfunctional relationships continued for years. Layla was abused emotionally, physically, and sexually. She looked to her mother for love and protection but never found it.
Monday – 20th July 2020
Lees ’n uittreksel uit Negentien minute deur Jodi Picoult, vertaal deur Daniel Hugo (Plus: Kyk na die boeklokprent)
Jodi Picoult se roman Negentien minute het pas in Afrikaans by Jonathan Ball Uitgewers verskyn, vertaal deur Daniel Hugo, en fokus op skoolskietery. Lees hier ’n uittreksel en kyk na die lokprent.
Friday – 17th July 2020
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Alligator and Other Stories – the debut short story collection from an exciting talent to watch
The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend.
New from Mark Gevisser – The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World’s Queer Frontiers
The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World’s Queer Frontiers by Mark Gevisser is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Tuesday – 14th July 2020
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett – inseparable twin sisters who choose to live in two different worlds, one black and one white
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Sweet Cherry signs distribution deal with Penguin Random House South Africa
Sweet Cherry Publishing has signed a deal with Penguin Random House South Africa for exclusive distribution across 17 African countries.
Monday – 13th July 2020
New book alert! A Registry of My Passage Upon the Earth by Daniel Mason, the bestselling author of The Piano Tuner
A Registry of My Passage Upon the Earth – from the bestselling, award-winning author of The Winter Soldier and The Piano Tuner comes a collection of interlacing tales of men and women as they face the mysteries and magic of the world.
Friday – 10th July 2020
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Kate Eberlen’s romantic, touching and wise new novel Only You
The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend. Get comfortable this evening with a glass of wine and …
How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang – an epic debut novel about family and the search for both a home and a fortune
How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Thursday – 9th July 2020
Negentien minute (Nineteen Minutes) deur Jodi Picoult is nou in Afrikaans beskikbaar!
Jodi Picoult se uiters aktuele roman oor groepsdruk en boeliegedrag, Negentien minute, is nou in Afrikaans by Jonathan Ball Uitgewers beskikbaar. Meesterlik vertaal deur Daniel Hugo, Negentien minute is ook as e-boek beskikbaar.