Jonathan Ball Publishers

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Jonathan Ball Publishers is a South African publishing company

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The company

Jonathan Ball Publishers was founded as an independent publishing house in Johannesburg by publisher Jonathan Ball in 1976 to publish books that enlighten and entertain, with a range of non-fiction titles specialising in South African politics, current affairs, biography and history, seeking to encourage and develop the writing, publication and discussion of South African writing in the 1970s and 1980s.

Among the many acclaimed authors on their list have been Damon Galgut, Jonny Steinberg, Redi Tlhabi, Mark Gevisser, Sisonke Msimang, Justice Malala, R.W. Johnson, Richard Steyn, Margie Orford and Michiel Heyns.

The company also serves as agents for British and American publishers, marketing and distributing books on their behalf in southern Africa.

Contribution to South African theatre, media and performance

Founded in Johannesburg by Jonathan Ball in 19**, Among the major theatrical works published are * Echoes of Anger and No. 1 Utopia Lane by Damon Galgut (1983), *** In 199* the publishing house became an imprint of the Naspers stable ***???.

Sources

https://www.jonathanball.co.za/



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