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Jaco Jacobs

Jaco Jacobs is the most popular and prolific children’s book author in Afrikaans. He has published more than 120 books and nearly a million copies of his books have been sold. Jaco is also a well-known columnist, blogger, freelance journalist and translator. He lives in Bloemfontein, South Africa

Books by Jaco Jacobs

A Good Night for Shooting Zombies

Jaco Jacobs

A Good Day for Climbing Trees

Jaco Jacobs

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Mar 2

It starts with a single black hair, growing thick and immovable from her spine...

The Weight of Loss by @sallyoliver_writer is a spine-tingling debut about grief and obsession, with a shocking twist of an ending.

Out today in paperback!

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Feb 28

Brightening up the office this afternoon is a stunning new arrival - finished copies of DUST CHILD! 😍

Weaving between the Viet Nam war and the present day, Dust Child is a powerful, captivating tale of family secrets and hidden heartache from the bestselling author of The Mountains Sing @nguyenphanquemai_

Mark your calendars - coming this April

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Feb 27

‘Don’t think, dear’ said Balanchine. ‘Just do.’ 🩰

For centuries, being a ballerina has been synonymous with being beautiful, thin, obedient and feminine. It is the crucible of womanhood, together with the harassment, physical abuse and eating disorders endemic at top schools. Can we abide this in a post #MeToo world?

Weaving together her own time at America’s most elite ballet school with the lives of renowned ballerinas throughout history, Alice Robb interrogates what it means to perform ballet today. She confronts the all-consuming nature of the form: the obsessive and dangerous practices to perfect the body, the embrace of submission and the idealisation of suffering.

Yet ballet also gifts its dancers ‘brains in their toes’, a way to fully inhabit their bodies and a sanctuary of control away from the pressures of the outside world. Perhaps it is time to reimagine its liberating potential.

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Feb 15

From an award-winning Scottish poet, Em Strang, comes an unforgettable novel about memory and radical forgiveness...

Quinn is serving a life sentence for a crime he's convinced he hasn't committed. Surely the authorities have got it wrong, and when they find his childhood sweetheart, Andrea, his name will be cleared. His parole is drawing near when he receives an unexpected letter from Andrea's mother, who invites Quinn to share her home.

It soon becomes apparent that what appears to be a genuine act of forgiveness is influenced by more complex motivations. As they navigate the thorny terrain of guilt, justice and mutual need that underpins their relationship, the story of Quinn's past is gradually revealed, setting in motion a final reckoning.

Quinn is coming this March.

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Feb 9

'My name is Morgan, and there aren't enough words for all that I am...'

We can't get enough of these gold-foiled proofs for Morgan is My Name by @sophiekeetchauthor, an atmospheric, feminist retelling of the early life of Morgan le Fay.

When King Uther Pendragon murders her father and tricks her mother into marriage, Morgan refuses to be crushed. Trapped amid the machinations of men in a world of isolated castles and gossiping courts, she discovers secret powers. Vengeful and brilliant, it's not long before Morgan becomes a worthy adversary to Merlin, influential sorcerer to the king. But fighting for her freedom, she risks losing everything – her reputation, her loved ones and her life.

We can't wait for you all to meet Morgan. Limited numbers of proofs available now! Out this June.

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Feb 7

“Akorfa, you and Selasi were destined to walk side by side…”

Calling all fans of His Only Wife by @PeaceMedie - Nightbloom is coming this July, and is going to be your new must-read book of the Summer...

Proofs available now!

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