Jonathan Ball Publishers News
Other Worlds Than These
27th October 2026
Other Worlds Than These is a spectacular, propulsive fantasy adventure from the bestselling collaboration between ‘master craftsmen’ (Washington Post) Stephen King and Peter Straub. It is the story of Jack Sawyer who first travelled between America and the Territories to save his mother’s life as... →
Other Worlds Than These is a spectacular, propulsive fantasy adventure from the bestselling collaboration between ‘master craftsmen’ (Washington Post) Stephen King and Peter Straub. It is the story of Jack Sawyer who first travelled between America and the Territories to save his mother’s life as... →
The Sixth Faction
23rd October 2026
Veronica Roth, the number one New York Times bestselling author of the Divergent series, is back! Veronica Roth returns to the world of Divergent with The Sixth Faction, the first book in a thrilling new duology published by Harper Fire. The second book, The Last Testimony, will follow in... →
Veronica Roth, the number one New York Times bestselling author of the Divergent series, is back! Veronica Roth returns to the world of Divergent with The Sixth Faction, the first book in a thrilling new duology published by Harper Fire. The second book, The Last Testimony, will follow in... →
Checkmate: How Shoprite Checkers Rewrote the Rules
21st October 2026
Checkmate traces the astonishing ascent of Shoprite Checkers since 2017, which marked the end of the Whitey Basson era. By almost any measure the Shoprite Checkers group holds a commanding position in the South African economy, meeting the consumer at every point across its more than 10 distinct... →
Checkmate traces the astonishing ascent of Shoprite Checkers since 2017, which marked the end of the Whitey Basson era. By almost any measure the Shoprite Checkers group holds a commanding position in the South African economy, meeting the consumer at every point across its more than 10 distinct... →
Puppet Master: The secrets of Markus Jooste and the Steinhoff crash
13th October 2026
When Markus Jooste died in 2024, he took many of Steinhoff’s secrets with him. But not all of them. The collapse of Steinhoff wiped more than R200-billion from global stock markets and exposed the largest corporate fraud in South African history. For years the full account of what happened... →
When Markus Jooste died in 2024, he took many of Steinhoff’s secrets with him. But not all of them. The collapse of Steinhoff wiped more than R200-billion from global stock markets and exposed the largest corporate fraud in South African history. For years the full account of what happened... →
Liewe Heksie casts her spell in English for the very first time!
12th October 2026
For over 65 years, Liewe Heksie has charmed Afrikaans-speaking South Africans young and old. Now, for the very first time, South Africa's most beloved little witch arrives in English. Liewe Heksie and the Robber Rats, published by Human & Rousseau, tells the first new Liewe Heksie tale in... →
For over 65 years, Liewe Heksie has charmed Afrikaans-speaking South Africans young and old. Now, for the very first time, South Africa's most beloved little witch arrives in English. Liewe Heksie and the Robber Rats, published by Human & Rousseau, tells the first new Liewe Heksie tale in... →
London Station
9th October 2026
What if the CIA and British intelligence began spying on each other? This is the question at the heart of David McCloskey's thrilling fifth novel. A new US Administration has taken office, installing a brash and unconventional CIA Director determined to disrupt the Agency and sceptical of its... →
What if the CIA and British intelligence began spying on each other? This is the question at the heart of David McCloskey's thrilling fifth novel. A new US Administration has taken office, installing a brash and unconventional CIA Director determined to disrupt the Agency and sceptical of its... →