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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. Jonathan Ball Publishers 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 Jonathan Ball Publishers are the Harry Potter series, probably the biggest success story ever in the field of children's literature. They are also the sole distributors of JRR Tolkien's 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, 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.

Imprints:
Jonathan Ball Publishers: South African politics, South African history, general books and reference works.
Ad Donker Publishers: South African literature.
Delta Books: General South African books.
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