End of year blues or maybe not?
Who else has got that frantic end of year feeling? Too many things to do, cash flow hiccups or worse, and the sense of things rushing inexorably towards you, way too fast. I decided to stop and think...
View ArticlePopularising Poetry: Photography Competition
Kerry Hammerton is compiling a collection of recent poetry mainly published by Modjaji Books. We are planning to make the book visually appealing, which is where the photographs come in. Poetry is...
View ArticleModjaji authors at Franschoek Literary Festival
Modjaji authors are all over the Franschoek Literary Festival this year. Arja Salafranca (The Thin Line) is chairing a couple of sessions, her book is not featured, but still it will be wonderful to...
View ArticleNews update from Modjaji Books
We managed to get our latest Catalogue ready in time for the 2012 Cape Town Book Fair, which was held from the 15th to 17th June, at the CTICC. These are some of the new titles to watch out for:...
View ArticleModjaji authors at the Franschoek Literary Festival
We’re delighted that Jenny Hobbs has invited us to join in the lit fest party again. Here’s a round up of events that Modjaji authors are taking part in. We’ve got a plethora of poets featured,...
View ArticlePublishing Poetry – making it work here
Now in January 2014, and about 25 collections of published poetry later, I would like Modjaji Books and Hands-On Books to keep on publishing poetry. I love to read poetry, I love to hear poets read...
View ArticleKarin Schimke wins 2014 Ingrid Jonker prize for Bare & Breaking
Congratulations to Karin Schimke for winning the Ingrid Jonker prize for her debut collection of poetry, Bare & Breaking. As a publishing house, we couldn’t be more pleased or prouder of you and...
View ArticleMore about our 8th Birthday Party
All three of our Ingrid Jonker Award winners will be reading at the party. Just in case you don’t remember who they are – Megan Hall, Beverly Rycroft and Karin Schimke. And Ingrid Andersen will be...
View ArticlePoetry in South Africa – New Coin 50th Anniversary issue
Gary Cummiskey, the editor of New Coin asked several people to write about the state of SA poetry as they see it. One of the people he asked was me. So here’s my take, I urge those of you who are...
View ArticleModjaji authors at the 2016 FLF
The 2016 Franschhoek Literary Festival is around the corner. And we’re delighted that a number of new and more established Modjaji authors are taking part. We have three writers who live abroad...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....