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Friday – 12th June 2020
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Peter James’s new plot-twisting page-turner Find Them Dead
It’s the weather to snuggle up with a good book. Get comfortable this evening with a mug of hot chocolate and an excerpt from Find Them Dead, the new Roy Grace novel from the highly acclaimed number one bestselling author Peter James.
Together: Vivek H Murthy explores the global loneliness epidemic – and how we can overcome it
Together
Loneliness, Health and What Happens When We Find Connection
Wednesday – 10th June 2020
Don’t miss Layla Saad, the author of Me and White Supremacy, in conversation with The Cheeky Natives on Instagram (18 June)
Layla Saad, the author of Me and White Supremacy, will be in conversation with The Cheeky Natives on Instagram!
Tuesday – 9th June 2020
I Want You to Know We’re Still Here by Esther Safran Foer – a moving and powerful inter-generational memoir about story and memory
I Want You to Know We’re Still Here by Esther Safran Foer is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Angela Makholwa’s novel The Blessed Girl shortlisted for Comedy Women in Print Prize
Pan Macmillan South Africa is delighted to announce that Angela Makholwa’s fourth novel, The Blessed Girl, published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury, has been shortlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Prize.
Monday – 8th June 2020
Watch! Marian Keyes chats to us about her new novel, Grown Ups
Marian Keyes joined us live from Dublin, Ireland, recently, to chat about her latest book, Grown Ups.
Watch! Christy Lefteri chats about her bestselling novel The Beekeeper of Aleppo
Christy Lefteri joined us recently to discuss her moving and powerful new novel, The Beekeeper of Aleppo.
Friday – 5th June 2020
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Aravind Adiga’s Amnesty – the story of an illegal immigrant who must decide whether to report a murder and risk being deported
Staying in this evening? We’re going to guess that’s a yes. Get comfortable with a glass of well-earned wine and this excerpt from Amnesty, the riveting, suspenseful and exuberant new novel from Aravind Adiga, the bestselling, Man Booker Prize-winning author of The White Tiger and Selection Day.
Footnotes, June 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.
Former Al-Qaeda hostage Stephen McGown signs book deal with the Daily Maverick’s Maverick 451
Stephen McGown, the ordinary South African who was held hostage by Al-Qaeda for just under six years, will be writing a memoir.
Thursday – 4th June 2020
New book alert! South Africa Beyond Covid-19: Trends, Change and Recovery – a collection of 30 essays by analysts and experts
South Africa Beyond Covid-19: Trends, Change and Recovery – a collection of 30 essays by some of the country’s foremost analysts and experts – is out now as an ebook from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
Marian Keyes recommends! The bestselling author shares a list of books she’s enjoying and writers she loves
Looking for something good to read? Here’s a list of books that Marian Keyes recommends! ‘So, I read mostly women,’ Keyes says. …
Wednesday – 3rd June 2020
Read an excerpt from Marian Keyes’s sensationally entertaining and laugh-out-loud funny new novel Grown Ups
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from Marian Keyes’s latest book Grown Ups – the new classic from the queen of contemporary fiction!
Tuesday – 2nd June 2020
Kevin Kwan, the iconic author of the bestselling phenomenon Crazy Rich Asians, returns with the first novel in his new Cities trilogy
Penguin Random House is excited to be publishing the sensational Sex and Vanity in July — the brand new book from iconic Crazy Rich Asians author Kevin Kwan.
Monday – 1st June 2020
A Woman Makes a Plan – in her compelling memoir Maye Musk shares hard-earned wisdom and frank, practical advice on career, health and more
A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success by Maye Musk is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
Friday – 29th May 2020
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Walk the Wire – the brand new thrilling memory man investigation from bestselling author David Baldacci
Staying in this evening? That’s still a yes! Get comfortable with a cup of something hot and an excerpt from Walk the Wire by David Baldacci!
Don’t miss a conversation with Marian Keyes, discussing her new novel Grown Ups with Paige Nick! (3 June)
Penguin Random House and The Reading List invite you to the launch of Grown Ups by bestselling author Marian Keyes!
Thursday – 28th May 2020
‘The storm comes in like a finger snap.’ – Listen to an excerpt from The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s debut adult novel The Mercies is out now from Pan Macmillan.
The Man Who Killed Apartheid by Harris Dousemetzis shortlisted for prestigious Fage and Oliver Prize
The Man Who Killed Apartheid: The Life of Dimitri Tsafendas by Harris Dousemetzis with Gerry Loughran has been shortlisted for the prestigious Fage and Oliver Prize.
Wednesday – 27th May 2020
The Moment of Lift – a bestselling debut from Melinda Gates, a timely and necessary call to action for women’s empowerment
The bestselling debut from Melinda Gates, The Moment of Lift, is now available in paperback from Pan Macmillan!