Blown Away By Books We were delighted to announce that some of our authors participated in the Blown Away By Book's panel discussions at Fish Hoek Library from September...
The Uncovering Modjaji Books exhibition – was a huge success
From the 4th to the 13th of August we hosted an exhibition of our book covers at the 6 Spin Street Gallery in the Cape Town CBD. We opened the doors for the first time on...
Viva Bibliodiversity!
In the Southern Hemisphere, September is a good month to think about new growth, seedlings, and sprouting leaves. What does this have to do with publishing? Join us on Zoom to...
What it’s like working as an intern for Modjaji Books by Kylie Bern
First of all, to become an intern for Modjaji Books, and this may be totally and completely obvious, you have to get to Cape Town. For me this was a huge deal. It meant saving up...
Uncovering Modjaji Books – celebrating 15 years of beautiful book covers
It’s our 15th birthday and we’d love you to celebrate with us! To mark the occasion, we’re hosting an exhibition of our beautiful book covers at the Spin Street Gallery in Cape...
August Exhibition, audio books, and new titles
Uncovering Modjaji Books: August Exhibition, audio books, and new title It’s our 15th birthday! Come join us in celebration at the Spin Street Gallery where we will be holding an...
First non-fiction
In 2009 we published our first non-fiction titles, each of them fascinating and a pleasure to publish. Invisible Earthquake a woman's journal through stillbirth by Malika Ndlovu....
Looking back to 2008
In 2008, in addition to publishing Whiplash by Tracey Farren and Life in Translation by Azila Reisenberger, Modjaji published four collections of poems, all quite different and...
Modjaji turns 15!
Unlike human and animal babies, the moment of birth for a publishing company is less easy to pin down. Modjaji was born in 2007, but was it April when the name arrived? And the...








