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Tuesday – 12th February 2019
Squirm by Carl Hiaasen – a wildly entertaining novel celebrating the great outdoors and involving snakes, grizzlies, a missing dad, and a menacing drone!
Squirm is a funny, wildly entertaining adventure about the great outdoors and protecting the environment, from bestselling author Carl Hiaasen, author of the modern classic Hoot.
Everyone is Present events in Johannesburg, London and New York
If you missed Terry Kurgan’s packed book launches in Johannesburg, here’s one more chance to catch her.
Monday – 11th February 2019
Mentors, the new book by Russell Brand – Could happiness lie in helping others and being open to accepting help yourself?
Russell Brand has a new book coming in March! In Mentors: How to Help and Be Helped, he shares the stories of the significant people who have had a positive impact on his life.
Friday – 8th February 2019
The Binding is an unforgettable, magical novel: a boundary-defying love story and a unique literary event
Imagine you could erase your grief.
Imagine you could forget your pain.
Imagine you could hide a secret.
Forever.
Thursday – 7th February 2019
Don’t miss the Cape Town launch of Dead of Night, the new book by bestselling, award-winning author Michael Stanley (13 Feb)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Michael Stanley’s latest novel, Dead of Night.
Wednesday – 6th February 2019
Dead of Night, the stunning new thriller by Michael Stanley, author of the award-winning Detective Kubu series
When freelance journalist Crystal Nguyen heads to South Africa, she thinks she’ll be researching an article on rhino-horn smuggling for National Geographic, but within a week she’s been hunting poachers, hunted by their bosses, and then arrested in connection with a murder.
Monday – 4th February 2019
Read an excerpt from Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s extraordinary, bestselling debut, Friday Black
Friday Black is a piercingly raw debut story collection from Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, a young writer with an explosive voice; a treacherously surreal, and, at times, heartbreakingly satirical look at what it’s like to be young and black in America.
Friday – 1st February 2019
‘One of the year’s most powerful debuts’ – Find Me Gone by Sarah Meuleman
Find Me Gone by Sarah Meuleman – a haunting, whip-smart debut novel about second chances and the lengths one young woman will go to keep her dark secrets sealed in the past.
Cover reveal! Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments, the sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale
Penguin Random House is excited to share the cover for Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments.
Thursday – 31st January 2019
One of the most anticipated books of 2019 – The Au Pair, the debut novel from Emma Rous
Emma Rous’s debut novel The Au Pair – a tautly plotted mystery of dark family secrets, out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Develop a more trusting, healthy relationship with food and your body with Just Eat It by Laura Thomas
Just Eat It by Laura Thomas isn’t just a book, it’s a straight-talking guide for everything you need to develop a more trusting, healthy relationship with food and your body.
Wednesday – 30th January 2019
Read an excerpt from EL James’s new novel The Mister – a roller-coaster ride of danger and desire
Life has been easy for Maxim, but when tragedy strikes, he inherits his family’s nobility, wealth and estates, and a role he is not ready for. But his biggest challenge is fighting his desire for an enigmatic young woman, Alessia, who’s just arrived in England. Read on for an extract from The Mister, the new novel by author EL James.
An Anonymous Girl – a mind-blowing thriller of betrayal, obsession and dangerous truths
In stores this February, An Anonymous Girl is an electrifying psychological thriller about doubt, passion and deadly obsession …
A Short History of Modern Angola by David Birmingham – ‘a timely and incredibly readable book on this rising power’
A Short History of Modern Angola by David Birmingham is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
New book alert! Manchester Happened – a new collection of short stories by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, author of Kintu
Manchester Happened is the masterful new collection of short stories by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi.
Tuesday – 29th January 2019
Join Ivan Vladislavic at The Book Lounge for the launch of his new novel The Distance (12 Feb)
Umuzi and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of The Distance, the latest novel from Ivan Vladislavić.
First look at Ivan Vladislavic’s new novel The Distance – an intricate puzzle of a book
The Distance – the highly anticipated new novel from Ivan Vladislavić – will be out from Umuzi on 6 February 2019.
The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life.
Part manifesto for mastery, part playbook for genius-grade productivity and part companion for a life lived beautifully, The 5 AM Club is a book that will transform your life. Forever.
Monday – 28th January 2019
‘Among themselves, doves fight as often as hawks’ – Read an excerpt from Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Read an excerpt from the novel everyone is talking about – Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens, out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Simple, healthy and delicious – try Joe Wicks’s Spicy Aubergine Spaghetti
Spicy Aubergine Spaghetti
Posted by Joe Wicks in Recipes