The Johannesburg Review of Books will publish six issues in 2021. Here is our publishing schedule for Volume 5.
| Issue no. | Month | Day |
| 1 | February | Thursday the 18th |
| 2 | April | Thursday the 15th |
| 3 | June | Friday the 18th |
| 4 | August | Thursday the 19th |
| 5 | October | Thursday the 14th |
| 6 | December | Thursday the 9th |