Non-fiction
Thursday – 9th February 2023
Don’t miss the Joburg launch of The Inheritors by Eve Fairbanks at Love Books (28 Feb)
Join Jonathan Ball Publishers and Love Books for the launch of The Inheritors by Eve Fairbanks.
Wednesday – 8th February 2023
Don’t miss the Cape Town launch of The Inheritors by Eve Fairbanks at The Book Lounge (23 Feb)
Join Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Book Lounge for the launch of The Inheritors by Eve Fairbanks.
New book alert! Girls Don’t Do That by Banyana Banyana star Thembi Kgatlana and Nikolaos Kirkinis
Jacana Media is thrilled, no, excited, no, over the moon, to announce the forthcoming publication of Girls Don’t Do That, by Thembi Kgatlana and Nikolaos Kirkinis.
Tuesday – 7th February 2023
The new episode of Pagecast is out now! Prue Leith chats about her latest cookbook Bliss on Toast
In this week’s episode of Pagecast, the podcast from Jonathan Ball Publishers, co-producer Nicola Bruns chats to Dame Prue Leith about her latest cookbook, Bliss on Toast.
Monday – 6th February 2023
Cover reveal! Pamela Power’s #sobercurious new memoir My Year of Not Getting Sh*tfaced
My Year of Not Getting Sh*tfaced by Pamela Power will be out in March from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Has BEE achieved what it was set up to do, or, in the long term, will it prove more of a hindrance than a help? Chris Bishop investigates in The BEE Billionaires
The BEE Billionaires by Chris Bishop is out now from Penguin Random House!
Thursday – 2nd February 2023
Probeer hierdie gratis resep vir Ma Cliffie se soetpatats uit AleitApteit deur Aleit Swanepoel
AleitApteit is ’n pragkookboek gevul met die geliefde Aleit Swanepoel se gunsteling stories en resepte. Geniet hierdie smullekker resep vir soetpatats net soos Ma Cliffie dit gemaak het.
Don’t miss the launch of Nicci Robertson’s Thrive: Healthy Recipes that Break the Diet Rules at Jackson’s Real Food Market Bryanston (9 Feb)
You’re invited to the launch of Thrive: Healthy Recipes that Break the Diet Rules by Nicci Robertson!
Updated edition of the bestselling Hani: A Life Too Short, on the 30th anniversary of his murder
An updated edition of Hani: A Life Too Short by Janet Smith and Beauregard Tromp is out in February from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Tuesday – 31st January 2023
Join Nicci Robertson for the launch of Thrive: Healthy Recipes that Break the Diet Rules in Midrand (2 Feb)
You’re invited to the launch of Thrive: Healthy Recipes that Break the Diet Rules by Nicci Robertson!
‘It’s everything you need for a new, better you!’ Mogau Seshoene chats about her latest cookbook Hosting With The Lazy Makoti
It’s never too late to start your new year’s resolutions, and Hosting With The Lazy Makoti: A Celebration of Food has you covered!
New book alert! The Communist Manifesto: The Modern South African Edition
The Communist Manifesto: The Modern South African Edition will be published by Jacana Media.
Monday – 30th January 2023
New book alert! John Laband’s The Boer Invasion of the Zulu Kingdom: 1837–1840
The Boer Invasion of the Zulu Kingdom: 1837–1840 by John Laband is out in February from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
Friday – 27th January 2023
Of Wild Flowers and Trees – Braam van Wyk chats about his new book Trees of Kruger
Braam van Wyk is emeritus professor of botany at the University of Pretoria. A leading expert on plant taxonomy, he has had an abiding interest in making botany accessible to the general public, and has authored more than 350 publications about southern African vegetation and flora. He writes here about where it all began.
Tuesday – 24th January 2023
New book alert! The Plot to Save South Africa: Chris Hani’s Murder and the Week Nelson Mandela Averted Civil War by Justice Malala
The Plot to Save South Africa: Chris Hani’s Murder and the Week Nelson Mandela Averted Civil War by Justice Malala will be out in April from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
Monday – 23rd January 2023
New book alert! Amílcar Cabral: The Life of a Reluctant Nationalist by António Tomás (Get 50% off now)
Fifty years ago this month, Amílcar Cabral was assassinated. Amílcar Cabral: The Life of a Reluctant Nationalist by António Tomás is out now from Jacana Media.
The Lazy Person’s Guide to Exercise – 40 simple exercises you can sneakily squeeze in while in bed, at your desk, or watching TV
The Lazy Person’s Guide to Exercise: Over 40 Toning Flexercises to Do From Your Bed, Couch or While You Wait by Susan Elizabeth Clark is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
‘There is little doubt that BEE needs a rethink’ – Chris Bishop, author of The BEE Billionaires: Redressing the Imbalances of the Past, or Creating New Ones
Chris Bishop, veteran journalist and the founding editor of Forbes Africa and Billionaire Tomorrow, describes the process he went through in writing a book that questions the impact of one of the biggest economic experiments in Africa that began a quarter of a century ago: black economic empowerment.
Thursday – 19th January 2023
The people stood and fought, and fought and stood – Apartheid’s Stalingrad: How the Townships of the Eastern Cape Defied the Apartheid War Machine
In the townships of the Eastern Cape, where the state threw everything they had at the uprisings of the mid-and late 1980s, the people stood and fought, and fought and stood. Apartheid’s Stalingrad is the first account in remembering those who fought and the power of the people.
Try this Protein-packed Berry Ice Cream from Thrive: Healthy Recipes that Break the Diet Rules
The only thing better than ice cream is a recipe with the added promise of healthy ageing!