New books
Her codename is Kingfisher. Her mission: to seduce and marry the most powerful man in the world.
The Kingfisher Secret by Anonymous – featuring a controversial and wealthy businessman who is running for President of the United States and a former porn star about to go public with details of their relationship …
Read the opening chapter of Transcription, the new novel from bestselling, award-winning author Kate Atkinson
Penguin Random House has shared an extract from Transcription, the magnificent new novel by bestselling, award-winning Kate Atkinson, author of a Life After Life and A God In Ruins.
Out now from the Picador Africa Heritage Series: Call Me Woman by Ellen Kuzwayo
Picador Africa celebrates five important books in the Heritage Series. 491 Days: Prisoner Number 1323/69 by Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Conversations with Myself by Nelson …
Cover reveal: The Freedom Artist, the new novel by Booker Prize-winning author Ben Okri
Jonathan Ball Publishers has revealed the cover for the new novel by Booker Prize-winning author Ben Okri!
Rare archival photographs contrasted with vivid scenes of the modern city in Johannesburg Then and Now
Johannesburg Then and Now by Marc Latilla – a superb collection of images and text that will delight both local residents and visitors, out now from Penguin Random House SA!
‘He’s gone off the rails. We’re in Crazytown’ – Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward is out now
‘Explosive’ – The Washington Post
‘Devastating’ – The New Yorker
‘Unprecedented’ – CNN
A Spark of Light – The powerful and provocative new novel by Jodi Picoult
Have you heard the good news? The brand new Jodi Picoult novel is releasing next week!
Laugh-out-loud funny with a poignant undertow of sorrow – Mark Winkler’s new novel Theo and Flora
When novelist Charlie Wasserman’s wife Sascha divorces him, he finds a box of letters among the belongings his investment-banker wife did not care to remove when she signed over their house and asked never to be contacted by him again.
Imprisoned – Sylvia Neame’s extraordinary personal account of incarceration under apartheid
Imprisoned: The Experience of a Prisoner Under Apartheid by Sylvia Neame is coming soon from Jacana Media.
A gripping story of obsession, jealousy and a missing girl – Lezanne Clannachan’s new novel The Colour of Lies
Anna knows what lies look like. She can see untruths spill from heads and colour the air …
‘She disappeared’ – Read an extract from An Unquiet Place by Clare Houston
‘High on the plateau, evening crept across the sky. Swallows pitched and swung through the air, and a small breeze lifted the grasses, sending a ripple across the surface of the reservoir.’
Cover reveal! Dijo – the new cookbook by Lesego Semenya
Jacana Media has shared the cover for Lesego Semenya’s new cookbook Dijo!
Early Riser – Jasper Fforde’s first standalone novel is full of imagination, wit and intelligence
Imagine a world where all humans must hibernate through a brutally cold winter … Early Riser by Jasper Fforde is out now!
Don’t miss the Suzelle DIY recipe book tour!
Get ready to pop on your apron – Suzelle DIY has a new cookbook out – Recipes – and she is coming to your city.
Louis Botha: A Man Apart – the new book from bestselling author Richard Steyn
Louis Botha’s life illuminated in full, from Richard Steyn, the bestselling author of Jan Smuts: Unafraid of Greatness and Churchill and Smuts: The Friendship.
These Things Really Do Happen To Me! Khaya Dlanga chats to Jenny Crwys-Williams about his new book
‘I think anybody could read this and simply enjoy it, but I also think many people could learn from it …’
Braai Time: A collection of lekker recipes from go! by Aletta Lintvelt
Braai Time: A big, bold braai guide filled with delicious ideas for the pan, the potjie, and the good old grid – plus plenty of recipes for scrumptious salads, sauces and sides, too.
Out now! Across Boundaries by Ton Vosloo, one of South Africa’s most widely admired newspapermen
Across Boundaries: A Life in the Media at a Time of Change by Ton Vosloo is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Stormy Daniels tells her whole story in a new memoir, Full Disclosure
Stormy Daniels will publish a memoir entitled Full Disclosure on October 2, 2018.
Peter Bills’s The Jersey: Revealing the secrets behind the world’s most successful rugby team
Written by world-renowned rugby journalist Peter Bills, The Jersey is an exclusive account of how the All Blacks have dominated the game of rugby.