Non-fiction
Thursday – 3rd July 2025
Join Vusumzi Ngxande for the launch of Journey Kwantu: Exploring African Spirituality and Identity at Book Circle Capital (5 Jul)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Book Circle Capital invite you to the launch of Vusumzi Ngxande’s highly anticipated book Journey Kwantu: Exploring African Spirituality and Identity.
Friday – 27th June 2025
Don’t miss the launch of The High Treason Club: The Boeremag on Trial by Karin Mitchell in Bela-Bela (24 Jul)
Penguin Random House SA invites you to the launch of The High Treason Club by Karin Mitchell – a gripping account of the Boeremag trial.
Thursday – 26th June 2025
Out now: Matriarch by Tina Knowles!
Matriarch: A Memoir by Tina Knowles is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
Wednesday – 25th June 2025
5 remarkable people share ‘Why Am I Like This?’ – Read an excerpt from the new book We Can Do Hard Things
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life’s 20 Questions!
Friday – 20th June 2025
Read an extract from Blood’s Inner Rhyme – Antjie Krog’s most intimate and most universally resonant work to date
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from Blood’s Inner Rhyme by Antjie Krog.
Thursday – 19th June 2025
[Listen] The new episode of Pagecast is out now! Africonomics: A History of Western Ignorance – laying bare the myths and realities of our tangled economic history
In this episode of Pagecast, the podcast from Jonathan Ball Publishers, Mphuthumi Ntabeni in conversation with historian and author Bronwen Everill as they discuss her book Africonomics: A History of Western Ignorance.
What You’re Made For by George Raveling and Ryan Holiday – a blueprint for your life
What You’re Made For: Powerful Life Lessons from My Career in Sports by George Raveling and Ryan Holiday is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
Wednesday – 4th June 2025
Don’t miss the launch of Craig Wing’s groundbreaking new book Four Future Seasons in Rosebank (11 Jun)
Penguin Random House and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Four Future Seasons: How to Anticipate and Prepare for Multiple Potential Futures by Craig Wing!
Monday – 2nd June 2025
Join Vusumzi Ngxande for the launch of Journey Kwantu: Exploring African Spirituality and Identity in Rosebank (12 Jun)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Vusumzi Ngxande’s highly anticipated book Journey Kwantu: Exploring African Spirituality and Identity.
Friday – 30th May 2025
Don’t miss the launch of Follow Me to Africa by acclaimed author Penny Haw at Fish Hoek Library (21 Jun)
Penguin Random House and Blown Away by Books invite you to the Fish Hoek launch of Penny Haw’s new novel Follow Me to Africa!
Thursday – 29th May 2025
The Interpreters launches in Joburg on 3 June
Following warmly received speaking events at the Franschhoek Literary Festival this month, Soutie Press is excited to launch The Interpreters: South Africa’s New Nonfiction edited by Sean Christie and Hedley Twidle in Joburg on 3 June 2025 (Love Books, 5:30 for 6pm).
Tuesday – 27th May 2025
Don’t miss the launch of The High Treason Club: The Boeremag on Trial by Karin Mitchell in Hoedspruit (6 Jun)
Penguin Random House SA invites you to the launch of The High Treason Club by Karin Mitchell – a gripping account of the Boeremag trial.
Wednesday – 14th May 2025
This Africa Month celebrate with Journey Kwantu: Exploring African Spirituality and Identity by Vusumzi Ngxande
Vusumzi Ngxande’s highly anticipated book Journey Kwantu: Exploring African Spirituality and Identity is out this month by Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Tuesday – 13th May 2025
‘What was this poison that I had let in?’ Read an excerpt from Milton Schorr’s memoir Addict: A Tale of Drugs and Recovery
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from Addict: A Tale of Drugs and Recovery by Milton Schorr – essential reading for anyone who has battled addiction or loves someone who has.
Monday – 12th May 2025
Don’t miss the launch of Tony Leon’s new book Being There at Exclusive Books V&A Waterfront (13 May)
Jonathan Ball and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Being There: Backstories from the Political Front by Tony Leon!
Thursday – 8th May 2025
Find out more about Being There – Tony Leon shares his front-row insights on South Africa’s past, present and future
Being There: Backstories from the Political Front by Tony Leon is out on 9 May from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
Wednesday – 7th May 2025
Join Antjie Krog at Love Books in Joburg for the launch of her new autobiographical novel Blood’s Inner Rhyme (20 May)
Penguin Random House SA and Love Books invite you to the launch of Blood’s Inner Rhyme by Antjie Krog.
Tuesday – 29th April 2025
Don’t miss the Joburg launch of Money: A Story of Humanity by global economist David McWilliams (13 May)
Join Jonathan Ball Publishers for the launch of Money: A Story of Humanity by economist and author David McWilliams.
Friday – 25th April 2025
AI is going to change your world – but don’t panic
Taking the Anxiety Out of AI: Humans, Jobs and Economies in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Sameer Rawjee is out now from Penguin Random House SA.
Thursday – 24th April 2025
Join Ted Botha at Love Books for the launch of his new book Hollywood on the Veld: When Movie Mayhem Gripped the City of Gold (7 May)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Love Books invite you to the launch of Hollywood on the Veld: When Movie Mayhem Gripped the City of Gold by Ted Botha.