Witch Girl
Tanvi Bush “It is a monstrous bruise of a sky. Thunder mutters and pounds the horizon sending vibrations through the slumbering city.” This is modern Lusaka where the line between juju and religion is...
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Mellisa de Villiers In her finely woven collection of stories – spanning South Africa, London and Singapore – De Villiers deftly probes the ambiguities of different kinds of love and empathy as she...
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Personal Narratives of Marriage and Beyond AI- Zaheera Jina and Hasina Asvat A collection of life stories exploring issues of marriage, love, loss, family life, culture, religious beliefs, suburban...
View ArticleNow The World Takes These Breaths
Joan Metelerkamp As we have come to expect with Joan Metelerkamp’s work, these poems can be read individually or, more rewardingly, as a body, from cover to cover.
View ArticleHomegrown
Christine Coates Homegrown looks backwards, at childhood, and delves into the pain and beauty of a time that has passed.
View ArticleDo not go gentle
Futhi Ntshingila In her second novel, Futhi Ntshingila once again introduces us to a cast of strong women who have little, but are determined to shape their own destinies.
View ArticleBeyond Touch
Poems by Arja Salafranca Arja Salafranca’s new poetry collection offers portraits of people on trains in England, as well as recounting the experience of being a stranger in Spain, where she was born.
View ArticleA Saving Bannister
Wendy Woodward At once poignant and luminous. These intimate poems (about families, journeys, and the burial of dogs) have a certain clarity that reaches into the heart. - Julia Martin
View ArticleSigns for an Exhibition
Eliza Kentridge Against the dramatic background of her home country’s history, her focus is quieted, small and interior.
View ArticleThe Attribute Of Poetry
Elisa Galgut These deeply felt poems are at once plain-speaking and alive with complexity; Galgut’s elegant response to both pain and loveliness is inspiring.
View ArticleA Culinary Journey of South African Indigenous Foods
Kgaladi Thema and Ursula Moroane-Kgomo Full colour and unique cookery book. A way to share food and recipes across cultures and generations in South Africa. A collection of recipes of indigenous foods...
View ArticleNow Following You
Fiona Snyckers Now Following You is a clever, chilling and compelling read, which skilfully weaves relevant issues – most notably, the power social media gives to stalkers and others who intend harm —...
View ArticleWitch Girl
Tanvi Bush “It is a monstrous bruise of a sky. Thunder mutters and pounds the horizon sending vibrations through the slumbering city.” This is modern Lusaka where the line between juju and religion is...
View ArticleUnSettled and other stories
Sandra Hill Whether drawn from the distance of history or located in contemporary Cape Town, these eight stories create a tender and luminous account of just how extraordinary the everyday life of...
View ArticleThe Cry of the Hangkaka
Anne Woodborne The Cry of the Hangkaka is the story of young Karin and her mother Irene. Shamed by a divorce, Irene seeks to flee with her daughter from post WWII South Africa.
View ArticleOutside the Lines
Ameera Patel Outside the Lines is both a thriller and a family drama.
View ArticleAfrican Small Publishers’ Catalogue 2016
Reference book, catalogue. Lists a wide range of small and independent publishers in the following African countries: Algeria, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Senegal,...
View ArticleTjieng Tjang Tjerries and other stories
Jolyn Phillips A strikingly written debut collection of vivid short stories set in and around Gansbaai, a small coastal town in South Africa’s Western Cape.
View ArticleKarkloof Blue : A Maggie Cloete Mystery
Charlotte Otter Karkloof Blue is the sequel to critically acclaimed Balthasar’s Gift. Greenwashing, corporate intransigence and bloody secrets. Maggie Cloete’s back.
View ArticleI’m the Girl Who Was Raped
Michelle Hattingh That morning, Michelle presented her Psychology honours thesis on men’s perceptions of rape. She started her presentation like this, “A woman born in South Africa has a greater chance...
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