Biography
Don’t miss the launch of Carsten Rasch’s memoir Between Rock and a Hard Place at Love Books (28 Mar)
MFBooks Joburg and Love Books invite you to the launch of Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Carsten Rasch, ‘a survivor from the South African punk and new wave scene of the eighties’.
Join Julia Martin for the launch of her memoir The Blackridge House at The Book Lounge
Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of The Blackridge House by Julia Martin.
Elton John set to release ‘no-holds-barred’ autobiography in October 2019
‘My life has been one helluva rollercoaster ride … I hope readers will enjoy the ride too.’ – Elton John
The Blackridge House by Julia Martin – a powerful memoir of dementia
The Blackridge House is a meditation on belonging, of the stories we tell of home and family and of the precarious footprint of life.
We’re Going to Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union – astonishingly personal stories and thought provoking essays
We’re Going to Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union – a powerful collection of essays about gender, sexuality, race, beauty, Hollywood, and what it means to be a modern woman.
Don’t miss the launch of Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Carsten Rasch (5 March)
MFBooks Joburg and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Carsten Rasch.
‘I may have left my abusive partner, but the trauma and shame never left me’ – Vanessa Govender discusses her memoir Beaten But Not Broken
‘I may have walked away, I may have left my abusive partner, but the trauma and the pain and the anguish and the shame have never left me.’
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.