Biography

Eric Idle introduces his new book Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography

Eric Idle’s new memoir, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography, is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Get inside the mind of a Formula One legend and enigmatic iceman – The Unknown Kimi Räikkönen by Kari Hotakainen

Kimi Räikkönen is the Finnish superstar Formula One driver with a reputation for being fast on the track and silent off it – until now!

Ed Sheeran – the new biography of the most successful solo star on the planet

In Ed Sheeran, bestselling biographer Sean Smith traces the astonishing journey of the shy little boy with a stammer who grew up to be a global phenomenon.

New book alert! Former television journalist Vanessa Govender’s shocking memoir Beaten but not Broken

This is a story of possibilities and hope; it is the story of a true survivor.

New book alert! Coach: The Life and Soccer Times of Clive Barker by Michael Marnewick

An insightful biography of Mzansi’s longest-serving national football coach and arguably the most successful!

New book alert! Bantu Holomisa: The Gamechanger

Bantu Holomisa: The Gamechanger, an authorised biography by Eric Naki, is out from Pan Macmillan South Africa in November.

Pan Macmillan South Africa to publish debut book by Iman Rappetti in 2018

Pan Macmillan South Africa has announced it will publish a memoir by well-known journalist and presenter Iman Rappetti. The book will be released in South Africa in 2018.

The Fifth Mrs Brink by Karina M Szczurek

Arriving on the doorstep of Jonathan Ball Publishers, I felt like a refugee who had sailed through treacherous waters in a derelict dinghy and found her way to the shores of a safe haven. With only my ancient fountain pen in the bag I carried, I was seeking asylum again.