Non-fiction
Tuesday – 18th January 2022
Don’t miss the launch of Jason McNamara’s The Kind Kitchen at Nude Foods in Cape Town (21 Jan)
The Kind Kitchen in partnership with ProVeg, Nude Foods and Penguin Random House invite you to the launch of The Kind Kitchen by Jason McNamara!
Listen to the new episode of Pagecast! Tecla Ciolfi chats to Jennifer Otter Bickerdike about her new book Being Britney: Pieces of a Modern Icon
In the new episode of Pagecast, a new podcast by Jonathan Ball Publishers, Tecla Ciolfi chats to Jennifer Otter Bickerdike about her new book Being Britney: Pieces of a Modern Icon.
Monday – 17th January 2022
Fighting and Writing: The Rhodesian Army at War and Postwar – a robust and contentious conversation about race and difference
Fighting and Writing: The Rhodesian Army at War and Postwar by Luise White is out now from Jacana Media.
Watch: Legendary investor Ray Dalio introduces his new book Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order
Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order by Ray Dalio is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Watch: Will Smith introduces his new book Will – an epic tale of inner transformation and outer triumph
Written with the help of Mark Manson, author of the multi-million-copy bestseller The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, Will is the story of how one exceptional man mastered his own emotions, written in a way that can help everyone else do the same.
Friday – 14th January 2022
Net betyds vir die nuwe skooljaar! 1-2-3 Groei met spel deur Nadia Viljoen is nou beskikbaar
Sukkel jou kind om te speel en te leer? Motoriese terapeut Nadia Viljoen deel 123 speletjies wat jou kind se begrip kan prikkel en so help met redenerings- en syfervaardighede.
Don’t miss a book signing with Treive Nicholas, author of A Nun and the Pig: Tales from South Africa (15 Jan)
Join Jonathan Ball Publishers at Wordsworth Books Sea Point for a book signing with Treive Nicholas, author of A Nun and the Pig: Tales from South Africa!
Thursday – 13th January 2022
‘I was able to cultivate an almost delusional level of confidence.’ – Read an excerpt from Will Smith’s memoir Will
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from Will, Will Smith’s story of his amazing ride through the worlds of music and film.
Monday – 10th January 2022
These are the books you should read. This is the canon.
This is the Canon by Joan Anim-Addo, Deirdre Osborne and Kadija Sesay is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Wednesday – 22nd December 2021
The Reading List’s Books of the Year for 2021
In case you missed it, The Reading List’s editors put together a selection of key 2021 reads, including our Book of the Year, over on The Daily Maverick.
Celebrate food this festive season with 5 creative local cookbooks (Plus: Free recipes!)
Spending a lot more time in the kitchen these days? Join the club! Here are five cookbooks you must add to your collection this year. Plus, they make great gifts for aspirant chefs!
Monday – 20th December 2021
New year, new you? Order a signed copy of Leandie du Randt: My Life Hacks to make 2022 your best year ever
Do you want to become the best version of yourself in 2022? Leandie du Randt’s new book is here to help!
SPIKE – a visual celebration of world-renowned filmmaker Spike Lee’s life and career to date
Spike Lee is a world-renowned, Academy Award-winning filmmaker, a cultural icon, and one of the most prominent voices on race and racism for more than three decades. This career-spanning monograph is a visual celebration of his life and career to date.
Friday – 17th December 2021
New book making waves! Ausi Told Me: Why Cape Herstoriographies Matter by June Bam
Ausi Told Me: Why Cape Herstoriographies Matter by June Bam.
This is a trouble-making book.
Ina Bonnette: Nie ’n ‘slagoffer van die Modimolle Monster’ nie, maar ‘oorwinnaar oor die Modimolle Monster’
Hoe het Ina Bonnette dit reggekry om, ten spyte van alles wat die Modimolle Monster en sy handlangers aan haar gedoen het, te oorleef en vandag voluit te leef? Vind uit in INA, ’n Verhaal van genade en genesing.
Footnotes, December 2021: Book links from around the web
Anne Rice, author of Interview With the Vampire, has died aged 80. Read Rolling Stone’s fascinating extended interview with the bestselling gothic novelist, from 1995.
Does 50% off tickle your fancy? Check out Jacana Media’s holiday book sale!
Books you’ll love at an irresistible discount, from Jacana Media!
7000 books donated to high schools
Breakthrough is an accessible and authoritative account of the power struggles and secret talks that led to the formal negotiations between the ANC and the NP government, written by Mac Maharaj and Z Pallo Jordan, two ANC veterans who were close to these events.
Wednesday – 15th December 2021
‘Jy is die oorsaak,’ moes ek hoor. Haar depressie is my skuld: Lees ’n uittreksel uit Verhale van hoop deur Pieter van Zyl
In Verhale van hoop gesels Pieter van Zyl met mense van verskillende agtergronde oor wat dit behels om die pad van ’n psigiese versteuring met ’n geliefde te loop.
Peril – the extraordinary story of the end of one presidency and the beginning of another
Peril by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa – now available from Jonathan Ball Publishers.