Jonathan Ball Publishers

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Jonathan Ball Publishers was started in 1976 and is the leading publisher and distributor of English general books in South Africa. We specialise in South African history, politics and current affairs and also publish some fiction. We also act as agents for British and American publishers, marketing and distributing books on their behalf in southern Africa. Among the many and varied titles distributed in South Africa by us are the Harry Potter series, probably the biggest success story ever in the field of children's literature. We are also the sole distributors of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, and C.S. Lewis' popular stories in The Chronicles of Narnia series. Jonathan Ball Publishers have won the Sunday Times Alan Paton Award on eight occasions with The Dead will Arise by Jeff Peires, The Scramble for Africa by Thomas Pakenham, Mandela by Anthony Sampson, The Seed is Mine by Charles van Onselen, Mouthful of Glass by Henk van Woerden and Thabo Mbeki: The Dream Deferred by Mark Gevisser. Jonny Steinberg is the only author to have won the prize twice for Midlands in 2003 and for The Number in 2005.

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Employees
134
Founded
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Phone
+27 21 469 8900
Industry
Book And Periodical Publishing
NAICS
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Features - Obituary: Jonathan Ball - The Bookseller

Features - Obituary: Jonathan Ball The Bookseller

4 Reasons Books are So Expensive in South Africa - Publishing Perspectives

4 Reasons Books are So Expensive in South Africa Publishing Perspectives

Excerpt: Our Ghosts Were Once People: Stories On Death and Dying edited by Bongani Kona - Brittle Paper

Excerpt: Our Ghosts Were Once People: Stories On Death and Dying edited by Bongani Kona Brittle Paper

Jonathan Ball (1951-2021): A disruptor who transformed South Africa’s publishing industry - Daily Maverick

Jonathan Ball (1951-2021): A disruptor who transformed South Africa’s publishing industry Daily Maverick

Lost and Found in Johannesburg - Review of Mark Gevisser's Memoir book - SAPeople

Lost and Found in Johannesburg - Review of Mark Gevisser's Memoir book SAPeople

LISTEN | Lester Kiewit and Pieter du Toit talk ANC Billionaires - News24

LISTEN | Lester Kiewit and Pieter du Toit talk ANC Billionaires News24

A lesson from history – the untold Eden project scandal - The Architects’ Journal

A lesson from history – the untold Eden project scandal The Architects’ Journal

Publisher Jonathan Ball withdraws The Outsider, a biography of Herman Mashaba by Prince Mashele from bookshelves - CityLife Arts

Publisher Jonathan Ball withdraws The Outsider, a biography of Herman Mashaba by Prince Mashele from bookshelves CityLife Arts

Epainette Nomaka Mbeki - South African History Online

Epainette Nomaka Mbeki South African History Online

King Charles awards royal honour to military charity head Jonathan Ball - SussexWorld

King Charles awards royal honour to military charity head Jonathan Ball SussexWorld

England | Cornwall | Damages win for Eden co-founder - BBC

England | Cornwall | Damages win for Eden co-founder BBC

Inside story: Publishing the book that rocked the Afrikaner elite - Daily Maverick

Inside story: Publishing the book that rocked the Afrikaner elite Daily Maverick

Tim Parry Jonathan Ball Foundation Set To Become Grant Making Organisation - Business Cheshire

Tim Parry Jonathan Ball Foundation Set To Become Grant Making Organisation Business Cheshire

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