New books

Out now! Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng, the bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers!

The Unaccountables: The Powerful Politicians and Corporations who Profit from Impunity – an urgent and passionately argued call to action (Plus: Launch dates 2-9 Nov)
The Unaccountable The Powerful Politicians and Corporations who Profit from Impunity, edited by Michael Marchant, Mamello Mosiana, Ra’eesa Pather and Hennie van Vuuren, is out now from Jacana Media!

Nou beskikbaar by LUCA! Engele om ons: Alles-in-een joernaal deur Wendy Maartens
Laat jou jongspan die wonders van engele verken met Engele om ons – Wendy Maartens se unieke dagboek en joernaal vir kinders!

Corruption, assassination, extinction – Find out more Peter Hain’s new novel The Elephant Conspiracy
The Elephant Conspiracy by Peter Hain will be published in November by Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Find out more about Mad Honey – the heart-pounding and heartbreaking novel by bestselling authors Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan
Mad Honey – from bestselling authors Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan comes a moving and powerful exploration of the secrets we keep and the risks we take in order to become ourselves.

Out now: Sacrifice to the Flies by Fanie Viljoen! Plus, listen to an excerpt
Fanie Viljoen’s multiple award-winning Young Adult novel, Offers vir die vlieë, is now available in English as Sacrifice to the Flies!

Black and Female – internationally acclaimed novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga explores her complex relationship with race and gender
Black and Female by Tsitsi Dangarembga is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Waar lê die lyn tussen inwoner en inkommer? Vind uit in Hans du Plessis se jongste roman, Inkommers!
Inkommers deur Hans du Plessis is ‘n eietydse verhaal, ‘n kroniek van die Afrikaners – die familie, nie die volk nie – wat al van die Groot Trek se dae af wydsbeen oor die vuil Vaal in die Vredefortkoepel boer …

New book alert! Across the Kala Pani – Shevlyn Mottai draws on her ancestors’ history to highlight the bonds formed between women during adversity
Across the Kala Pani, the debut novel by Shevlyn Mottai, is out now from Penguin Random House!

[Video] Nou beskikbaar by LUCA – Profesie-Bybel Nuwe Testament! Plus, wen jou eie kopie voor 19 Oktober 2022
’n Eerste in Afrikaans! Die Profesie-Bybel Nuwe Testament is die volledige 2020-vertaling van die Bybelgenootskap van Suid-Afrika se Nuwe Testament saam met 50 artikels oor profesie.

Goeie nuus vir Kristel Loots-aanhangers – Die lang papawer is nou beskikbaar!
Is jy ook mal oor Kristel Loots se boeke? Haar jongste roman oor ‘anderste’ vroue, Die lang papawer, is nou beskikbaar!

Wie was dokter James Barry nou eintlik? Vind uit in François Loots se jongste historiese roman, Die kapokdokter
Die kapokdokter deur François Loots, gebaseer op die lewe van hierdie aangrypende historiese figuur, wys hoe diep die spore van randfigure in die geskiedenis lê …

Get ready for the new Colleen Hoover! It Starts With Us will be published this month
It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover will be published on 18 October!

‘Julle! Ek het nog ’n storie!’ Aleit se glans en geure leef voort in kookboek … binnekort beskikbaar by LAPA Uitgewers
Kom reis en kook vir oulaas saam met Aleit Swanepoel in sy eerste en laaste kookboek, AleitApteit.

Nuut by LAPA vir onderwysers: Praat jy! Idees vir die skep van ’n skryfkultuur in die klas deur Thérèse Hulme
Praat jy! vertel die stories van Thérèse Hulme en die jongmense wat sy oor ’n tydperk van sewentien jaar aan die skryf gekry het in van die mees gemarginaliseerde gemeenskappe in die Wes-Kaap.

‘Once you’ve read this book you will never be the same again’ – Letters to My Mother: The Making of a Troublemaker by Kumi Naidoo
Letters to My Mother: The Making of a Troublemaker by Kumi Naidoo is out in November from Jacana Media.

New book alert! The ANC Billionaires – Pieter du Toit examines ‘the party of government and patronage’
The ANC Billionaires: Big Capital’s Gambit and the Rise of the Few by Pieter du Toit is out in October by Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Die liefde blom behoorlik in vier nuwe Romanzas deur Madelie Human, Louise van der Merwe, Marile Cloete en Bets Smith!
Dis heerlike lente … en LAPA Uitgewers stel bekend vier lekkerlees-liefdesverhale!

Mr Entertainment by Paula Fourie: A pioneering biography of one of Cape Town’s most beloved entertainers, Taliep Petersen
Mr Entertainment evokes not just Taliep Petersen’s life, but also the music and entertainment worlds of the 1950s to 2000s and their diverse and irrepressible cultural traditions.