South Africa

Thursday – 28th September 2023

Join Matthew Blackman and Nick Dall for the Cape Town launch of Legends: People Who Changed South Africa for the Better (28 Sep)

Penguin Random House and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Legends: People Who Changed South Africa for the Better by Matthew Blackman and Nick Dall.

Wednesday – 27th September 2023

Why do some countries thrive while others struggle? Dive into Rich State, Poor State by Greg Mills for answers

Rich State, Poor State: Why Some Countries Succeed and Others Fail by Greg Mills is out now from Penguin Random House SA!

Tuesday – 26th September 2023

What is the X factor that ensures a CEO’s success? Find out with KC Rottok Chesaina (27 Sep)

Join Jonathan Ball Publishers and GIBS Business School for a conversation between KC Rottok Chesaina, author of The CEO X Factor and three of the top CEOs featured in the book.

Monday – 25th September 2023

‘Really, I knew, I had lost my way long before.’ – Read an excerpt from Jane van der Riet’s debut novel How to Hide Inside a Three

Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from How to Hide Inside a Three, the debut novel by Jane van der Riet.

Joanne Joseph’s tender and lyrical novel Children of Sugarcane is out now as an audiobook!

Children of Sugarcane by Joanne Joseph – a novel of love, heartache and the indestructible bonds between family and friends – out now as an audiobook from Jonathan Ball Publishers!

Join Matthew Blackman and Nick Dall for the launch of Legends: People Who Changed South Africa for the Better at The Book Lounge (21 Sep)

Penguin Random House and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of Legends: People Who Changed South Africa for the Better by Matthew Blackman and Nick Dall.

Come and meet Joanne Joseph in Sandton and Midrand and get your copy of Children of Sugarcane signed (19 and 21 Sep)

Joanne Joseph will be at the Sandton and Midrand Gautrain stations this week to meet her readers and sign copies of her novel Children of Sugarcane.

Friday – 15th September 2023

Win one of three copies of Lauren Beukes’s new dazzlingly inventive speculative thriller Bridge

Ready to cross over into a captivating tale? Penguin Random House SA is giving away three copies of Bridge by acclaimed author Lauren Beukes!

Wednesday – 13th September 2023

Joanne Joseph and Roshina Ratnam discuss the making of Jonathan Ball Publishers’s first audiobook

This week on Pagecast, author Joanne Joseph and narrator Roshina Ratnam take us behind the scenes for the making of Jonathan Ball Publishers’s first ever audiobook, Children of Sugarcane.

Tuesday – 12th September 2023

Elon Musk – the explosive new biography by Walter Isaacson is out now

Elon Musk, the new biography by Walter Isaacson, is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers!

Friday – 8th September 2023

Find out more about Bridge, the new book by Lauren Beukes

Bridge by Lauren Beukes is out now from Penguin Random House SA!

Thursday – 7th September 2023

New book alert! Breaking the Bombers: How the Hunt for Pagad Created a Crack Police Unit by Mark Shaw

Mark Shaw’s new book Breaking the Bombers: How the Hunt for Pagad Created a Crack Police Unit will be out this month from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Wednesday – 6th September 2023

Free mini workshop by Sam Beckbessinger in Joburg! Find out more about Moving to the UK: A Concise Guide for South Africans (27 Sep)

Join author and seasoned mover Sam Beckbessinger for a free mini workshop with some practical advice about where to start.

Calling all writers! Submissions are now open at Jacana Media

Jacana Media is calling for submissions! If you’re a writer who is looking for a publisher, this is a rare chance to have your work read and considered by one of the country’s best.

Tuesday – 5th September 2023

Don’t miss the launch of The Revolution Will Not Be Litigated edited by Katie Redford and Mark Gevisser at Love Books (21 Sep)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and Love Books invite you to the book launch of The Revolution Will Not Be Litigated edited by Katie Redford and Mark Gevisser.

Back to the Front – celebrating Leon Levy’s journey from immigrant roots to union leadership

Back to the Front reveals the life of Leon Levy, a significant figure in South Africa’s trade union movement.

An arachnophile’s journey: A career spinning webs of spider expertise

Ansie Dippenaar-Schoeman, author of Field Guide to Spiders of South Africa, is one of the foremost experts on African spiders.

Monday – 4th September 2023

The new episode of Pagecast is out now! Evert Kleynhans and David Brock Katz discuss 20 Battles: Searching for a South African Way of War

This week on Pagecast, Evert Kleynhans and David Brock Katz chat to Archie Henderson about their new book 20 Battles: Searching for a South African Way of War 1913–2013.