POEM: Let Us Not Forget
When we confront the creeping, crippling feeling- our momentum we may be losing,despite our trauma and our bruising.When it lingersand turns our fists into...
EXTRACT: Black Girl’s Guide to Corporate South Africa by Lindelwa Skenjana
In this timely memoir-/guide, young corporate professional Lindelwa Skenjana shares insights from her own experience and those of other black women at various stages...
Extract from Noni Jabavu: A Stranger at Home
Noni Jabavu, the first Black South African woman to publish books of memoir, was also one of the first African women who pursued a...
You really need to read Angie Thomas
Angie Thomas really has the magic touch. All of her books are fantastically written novels which can be read by people of any age....
Tracing The History Of Domestic Workers Through Literature
Domestic work in South Africa is work that is fraught with racial and class tension. It lies at a unique intersection of the private...
Poem: The Offending Document
The Only Magic We Know is the latest poetry collection from Modjaji Books. It is a “celebration of Modajaji Books as an independent feminist...
Our 10 Favourite Books By Muslim Women
Representation matters, especially in a world where ‘Muslim woman’ is a highly politicised identity. Muslim women are painted as submissive and oppressed, brown women...
Qhawe! Mokgadi Caster Semenya is the story of a South African...
Qhawe! Mokgadi Caster Semenya is Dr. Nokuthula Mazibuko Msimang’s sixth book for young readers. The picture book is a celebration of the life of...
Jacques Pauw’s Our Poisoned Land: An Extract
In his compelling narrative style, Jacques Pauw picks up where he left off in The Presidents Keepers. Our Poisoned Land: Living in the Shadows...
Ziyanda Stuurman asks: “Can we be safe?” and “how” in new...
Safety and policing are major issues for all people living in South Africa but not always equally. Policing, safety and criminality are racially loaded,...
Extract Alert: Adulting 101: How to survive the real world by...
Adulting 101 will help you navigate the tricky terrain of adulthood. Jen Thorpe guides you through everything you need to know (including what you...
Sindiwe Magona’s When The Village Sleeps is a must-read
Sindiwe Magona is a master storyteller and she shows it once more in her latest book. When The Village Sleeps, her latest release, is...
19-Year-Old Gaelan Wort Just Published His First Dystopian Epic
At the age of 19, film student Gaelan Wort has crafted a dystopian epic and plans for it to be part of a trilogy....
#JozisBBF: An Affordable Literary Festival
Jozi’s Books and Blogs Festival (#JozisBBF) is an annual literary festival that takes place in Lenasia, a suburb in the South of Johannesburg. Started...
[Extract] Witnessing: From the Rwandan tragedy to healing in South Africa
As a fourteen-year-old boy in Rwanda, Pie-Pacifique Kabalira-Uwase survived war atrocities, but he had to leave home if he wanted to stay safe. In...
Ming-Cheau Lin Makes Sense Of A Confused Identity In ‘Yellow And...
Yellow And Confused is the latest release from cookbook author, blogger and storyteller Ming-Cheau Lin. It is a deeply personal and in-depth look into...
Sally Partridge on the inspiration for “The Girl Who Chased Otters”
In her latest book, The Girl Who Chased Otters, award-winning novelist, Sally Partridge brings to life the complexity of being a young adult. One...
Is There A Way Forward For Palestine?
Ramzy Baroud is a well-known Palestinian writer, journalist, and columnist. He visited South Africa in September to promote his book The Last Earth: A...
Author Hafsah Faizal: “Representation Is Not A Fad”
New author Hafsah Faizal joins an illustrious list of authors writing representative fantasy books. Think Sabaa Tahir. Tomi Adeyemi. Renee Ahdieh. Her debut novel...
EXTRACT: A Nun and the Pig
Looking back on this year forty years later, A Nun and the Pig: Tales from South Africa offers a remarkable insight into South Africa...
