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Don’t miss the digital launch of The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World’s Queer Frontiers by Mark Gevisser (5 Aug)

Join Jonathan Ball Publishers and CNA for the digital launch of The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World’s Queer Frontiers by Mark Gevisser.

‘It was a strange time …’ Listen to an excerpt from the audiobook of The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

New from Mark Gevisser – The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World’s Queer Frontiers

The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World’s Queer Frontiers by Mark Gevisser is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Two Weeks in November – Ocean’s 11 meets Game of Thrones in a real-world life or death chess match for the future of Zimbabwe

Two Weeks in November is the thrilling, surreal, unbelievable and often very funny true story of four would-be enemies – a high- ranking politician, an exiled human rights lawyer, a dangerous spy and a low-key white businessman turned political fixer – who team up to help unseat one of the world’s longest serving dictators, Robert Mugabe.

Updated edition of Siya Kolisi: Against All Odds by Jeremy Daniel out now

An updated edition of Siya Kolisi: Against All Odds by Jeremy Daniel is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang – an epic debut novel about family and the search for both a home and a fortune

How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Midnight Sun – the long-awaited Twilight spinoff by Stephenie Meyer – to be released in August 2020

Number one bestselling author Stephenie Meyer makes a triumphant return to the world of Twilight with her highly anticipated new novel Midnight Sun – the iconic love story of Bella and Edward, told from the vampire’s point of view.

‘I am Ana. I was the wife of Jesus.’ Read an excerpt The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd

So begins The Book of Longings, the exquisitely written new novel from Sue Monk Kidd, the bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bees and The Invention of Wings.

Recht Malan Prize 2020 winner: One Day in Bethlehem by Jonny Steinberg

Jonathan Ball Publishers are proud to present the winner of the 2020 Recht Malan Prize for Non-fiction: One Day in Bethlehem by Jonny Steinberg!

New Kazuo Ishiguro novel announced! To be published in March 2021

From the bestselling and Nobel Prize-winning author of Never Let Me Go and The Remains of the Day, a luminous tale about the human heart and what it means to love.

Little Disasters by Sarah Vaughan – a tense, gripping, thought-provoking drama

Little Disasters by Sarah Vaughan – the bestselling author of Anatomy of a Scandal – is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Together: Vivek H Murthy explores the global loneliness epidemic – and how we can overcome it

Together
Loneliness, Health and What Happens When We Find Connection

Don’t miss the virtual book launch of A Poor Season for Whales by award-winning author Michiel Heyns

Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Reading List invite you to the virtual launch of Michiel Heyns’s new novel A Poor Season for Whales.

Don’t miss Layla Saad, the author of Me and White Supremacy, in conversation with The Cheeky Natives on Instagram (18 June)

Layla Saad, the author of Me and White Supremacy, will be in conversation with The Cheeky Natives on Instagram!

I Want You to Know We’re Still Here by Esther Safran Foer – a moving and powerful inter-generational memoir about story and memory

I Want You to Know We’re Still Here by Esther Safran Foer is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Watch! Christy Lefteri chats about her bestselling novel The Beekeeper of Aleppo

Christy Lefteri joined us recently to discuss her moving and powerful new novel, The Beekeeper of Aleppo.

[Watch] Virtual book launch: Africa First! Igniting a Growth Revolution by Jakkie Cilliers

A virtual book launch for Jakkie Cilliers’s new book Africa First! Igniting a Growth Revolution was hosted by The Reading List and Jonathan Ball Publishers recently.

New book alert! South Africa Beyond Covid-19: Trends, Change and Recovery – a collection of 30 essays by analysts and experts

South Africa Beyond Covid-19: Trends, Change and Recovery – a collection of 30 essays by some of the country’s foremost analysts and experts – is out now as an ebook from Jonathan Ball Publishers!

Elephants: Birth, Death and Family in the Lives of the Giants – a lyrically written account of several years of research by Hannah Mumby

Elephants: Birth, Death and Family in the Lives of the Giants by Hannah Mumby is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.