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A bouquet of thank yous 26 Aug 2013 | 02:02 pm
This is a public thanks to all of those who constantly support me to keep on keeping on with Modjaji Books. There are so many people if I mention people by name I am sure I will leave people out. I wa...
Who are the poetry advocates in South Africa? 19 Aug 2013 | 02:27 pm
Last week The Huffington Post ran an article about the Top 200 Advocates for Poetry in the US. The author of the article Seth Abrahamson is a reviewer and a Series Co-Editor,for Best American Experime...
My First Time reviewed by Agenda 30 Jul 2013 | 05:10 pm
Unathi Nopece reviews My First Time: Stories of sex and sexuality from women like you in the July 2013 edition of Agenda. Jen Thorpe compiled and edited the collection from the blog she set up. She se...
Whiplash by Tracey Farren … the movie coming soon to a theatre near you 26 Jul 2013 | 12:27 pm
Sadly some books live only a brief flare of a few months or a year and then are forgotten, but others keep on keeping on. I’m delighted that Whiplash is one of the latter. Published in 2008, as the fi...
Winter special offer on new Modjaji titles 15 Jul 2013 | 03:23 pm
We have a great offer here, which is a win/win for you the reader and for us. We really need your support to keep on keeping on. To help Modjaji print new titles that we have waiting to go to print, p...
Frankfurt’s Invitation Programme “a great way in” for small publishers 3 Jul 2013 | 02:43 pm
Second day in a row that the Small Publishers’ Catalogue: Africa, 2013 has been written about in Publishing Perspectives. Today they have reprinted the article I wrote up about my experiences on the F...
Small Publishers’ Catalogue: Africa, 2013 “it’s a beauty” 2 Jul 2013 | 03:59 pm
Publishing Perspectives ran a review of the Small Publishers’Catalogue today. Dennis Abrams had this to say: In January of this year, we reported on the news that South Africa’s Modjaji Books was in t...
Reneilwe Malatji’s Love Interrupted launched in Cape Town 2 Jul 2013 | 03:06 pm
“Cape Town is the best city in the whole world!” Reneilwe Malatji was delighted to launch her collection of stories, Love Interrupted in Cape Town, she has a long and fond history with the city. Her g...
The Blacks of Cape Town launched at UJ last weekend 28 Jun 2013 | 07:49 pm
Last Saturday morning saw the launch of CA Davids’ debut novel, The Blacks of Cape Town at UJ’s Creative Arts Centre. Davids was in conversation with Craig MacKenzie, Professor of English at the Unive...
Looking for Trouble: Micro competition for Short Story Day Africa 21 Jun 2013 | 04:11 pm
To celebrate Short Story Day Africa, here’s a micro competition run by me, the author of the collection.Most of the stories in the collection, Looking for Trouble are set in a Joburg suburb, what is t...
