Joburg launch of ‘Nomad Heart’ by Ian Roberts (September 25)

Join journalist, vinyl DJ and music podcaster Charles Leonard in discussion with actor, playwright and musician Ian Roberts for the launch of his ...

EXTRACT | Read chapter three of ‘Smoke and Ashes’ by Amitav Ghosh

Opium also has innumerable beneficial uses, perhaps more so than any other psychoactive. It is precisely because of its extraordinary properties that ...

Ian Roberts’ memoir: A cheeky masterclass

A master storyteller with a wicked sense of humour, Roberts offers a highly entertaining glimpse of how actors make the magic happen, whether on a ...

LAUNCH | ‘Smoke and Ashes’ by Amitav Ghosh (September 12)

Amitva Ghosh traces the transformative effect the opium trade had on Britain, India and China, as well as the world at large.

LISTEN | Brin Hodgskiss and Nicole Engelbrecht discuss ‘Killer Stories’

The book intertwines the killers’ versions of the truth and the true crime stories behind them.

LISTEN | Craig Foster and Geordin Hill-Lewis discuss ‘Amphibious Soul’

In this episode of Jonathan Ball Publishers’ Pagecast podcast, the mayor of Cape Town Geordin Hill-Lewis speaks to natural history filmmaker Craig ...

Launch | ‘Zanele Muholi: Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness, Volume II’ ...

Join Zanele Muholi for the launch of the highly anticipated second volume to their widely acclaimed and celebrated self-portrait series, ‘Somnyama ...

EXTRACT | ‘High Times’ by Roy Isacowitz and Jeremy Gordin

Over the years, like most drug smugglers, Michael had dealt with the prospect of being busted through a combination of denial and repression. He had ...

LISTEN | Dope, coke and hedonism  — Michael Medjuck and Roy Isacowitz discuss ...

In this episode of Jonathan Ball Publishers’ Pagecast podcast, Roy Isacowitz is in conversation with Michael Medjuck, the subject of his latest book, ...

LISTEN | Kobby Ben Ben and Lethabo Mailula discuss ‘No One Dies Yet’ — a ...

'No One Dies Yet' is a shocking and unsettling tale of murder that is at times funny, at times erotic, yet always outspoken and iconoclastic.