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What if a prank becomes murder? Jonathan Ball Publishers has shared an excerpt from The Pact, the new thriller by…
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[Sponsored] Find out more about Deepa Anappara’s Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line—hailed as 2020’s most powerful debut
In a sprawling Indian city, three friends venture into the most dangerous corners of to find their missing classmate ……
[Sponsored] ‘Afrikaans-speaking doctor operates on Mandela’—Read an excerpt from Operation Mandela by Willem Laubscher
In Operation Mandela, Willem Laubscher tells the story of the time when he—a white, Afrikaans-speaking doctor—performed surgery on Nelson Mandela, and the…
[Sponsored] Reggie and Me – the new novel from James Hendry – the author of the bestselling A Year in the Wild and Back to the Bush
James Hendry’s new novel Reggie and Me is out from Pan Macmillan this February! Hendry is the bestselling author of A Year in…
[Conversation Issue] ‘Dispossession is the backdrop to every South African story’—Henrietta Rose-Innes in conversation with Gail Fincham about her forthcoming novel, Stone Plant
As part of our January Conversation Issue, Gail Fincham interviews Henrietta Rose-Innes about her work, including her forthcoming fifth novel,…
[Sponsored] Announcing the 2020 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award shortlist—three fresh new voices demanding attention
Header image: Previous winners of the EU Literary Award/Dinaane Debut Fiction Award The Jacana Literary Foundation has announced the shortlist…
[The JRB Daily] Top 10 of 2019—A look back at our most popular articles of the year
This December marked the The JRB’s thirty-second issue, the final issue of our third volume. With the new year—but not…
[Sponsored] ‘The summer of 1975/76, somewhere on the border’—Read an extract from Borderline, the new novel by Marita van der Vyver
‘Some things don’t become easier when you grow older, she thinks while letting her cheek rest against his broad chest…
[Sponsored] Find out more about The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney, the debut novel by Okechukwu Nzelu
The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney, the debut novel by Okechukwu Nzelu, is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers. How do…
[Sponsored] Join in and share the best in African literature across social media during #ReadingAfrica Week 2019 (1—7 Dec)
What are you reading at the moment? An old favourite? A new find? An undiscovered classic? Fiction, poetry, comics or…