South Africa

Monday – 11th November 2024

Listen to the new episode of Pagecast! Deon Meyer chats about his thrilling new novel Leo

This week on Pagecast, the podcast from Jonathan Ball Publishers, Deon Meyer is in conversation with true-crime podcaster Nicole Engelbrecht.

Friday – 8th November 2024

[Listen] The new episode of Pagecast is out now! Antonio Garcia and Ian van der Waag discuss their book, Botha, Smuts and the First World War

This week on Pagecast, the podcast from Jonathan Ball Publishers, Karen Horn is in conversation with Antonio Garcia and Ian van der Waag about their book, Botha, Smuts and the First World War.

Mathews Phosa’s explosive memoir out now!

Witness to Power: A Political Memoir by Dr Mathews Phosa is out now from Penguin Random House SA!

Thursday – 7th November 2024

Don’t miss a coffee morning with Gareth Crocker, author of Now You Suffer, at Exclusive Books Clearwater (15 Nov)

Penguin Random House SA and Exclusive Books invite you to a coffee morning celebrating Now You Suffer, the new novel from Gareth Crocker!

Don’t miss Sarah Bullen at a Blown Away by Books event discussing The Other Side: Journeys into Mysticism, Magic and Near Death (16 Nov)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and Blown Away by Books invite you to a book discussion featuring Sarah Bullen and her captivating new book, The Other Side: Journeys into Mysticism, Magic and Near Death.

Wednesday – 6th November 2024

Don’t miss Hedley Twidle in Stellenbosch for the launch of his brilliant collection Show Me the Place (13 Nov)

Jonathan Ball Publishers invites you to the launch of Hedley Twidle’s new collection of essays, Show Me the Place.

Tuesday – 5th November 2024

Join Gareth Crocker at Exclusive Books Rosebank for the launch of his gripping, mind-bending new novel Now You Suffer (14 Nov)

Penguin Random House SA and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Now You Suffer, the new novel from Gareth Crocker!

Don’t miss Deon Meyer at The Book Lounge for the launch of his new Benny Griessel novel Leo (6 Nov)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of Leo by Deon Meyer!

Monday – 4th November 2024

The political memoir of the year! Find out more about Witness to Power by Dr Mathews Phosa

Witness to Power: A Political Memoir by Dr Mathews Phosa is out now from Penguin Random House SA!

Be part of the live CapeTalk studio audience for the launch of Deon Meyer’s Leo! (5 Nov)

Join Deon Meyer in conversation with Pippa Hudson about his latest thriler Leo!

Thursday – 24th October 2024

Don’t miss Jonathan Ancer at Love Books chatting about Bullsh!t: 50 Fibs That Made South Africa – an outrageous miscellany of myths and falsehoods (4 Nov)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and Love Books invite you to join Jonathan Ancer as he wades through centuries of Bullsh!t to find SA’s most outrageous fibs!

Friday – 18th October 2024

New book alert! Alexandra: A Backstory – a powerful graphic novel that uncovers the hidden history of Alex

Curious about Alexandra Township? Discover Its untold stories! Alexandra: A Backstory by Solam Mkhabela is out in October from Jacana Media!

Thursday – 17th October 2024

‘The story started bending genres by itself’ – Charl-Pierre Naude chats about his new novel The Equality of Shadows

Charl-Pierre Naudé chats about his genre-bending new novel, The Equality of Shadows, the importance of titles and how every language has its own personality.

Monday – 14th October 2024

Don’t miss Sally Andrew for a special book signing event in Plettenberg Bay (19 Oct)

Penguin Random House SA and Bargain Books are thrilled to invite you to a book signing with bestselling author Sally Andrew!

Join Justin Fox in Stellenbosch for the launch of his latest novel The Wolf Hunt (16 Oct)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and Oude Leeskamer invite you to the launch of The Wolf Hunt by Justin Fox.

Wednesday – 9th October 2024

Listen to the new episode of Pagecast! Jonathan Jansen discusses his memoir Breaking Bread

This week on Pagecast, the podcast from Jonathan Ball Publishers, Rebecca Davis is in conversation with Professor Jonathan Jansen about his memoir, Breaking Bread.