Thanks to Bieke van Aggelen’s agenting we have sold the German rights for Ameera Patel’s debut novel, Outside the Lines. The novel came out on March 29th of this...
German rights sold for Ameera Patel’s Outside the Lines
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Futhi Ntshingila on a book tour in Brazil
Dublinense has bought the rights to publish Do Not Go Gentle by Futhi Ntshingila, which has now been translated into Portuguese, as Sem Gentileza. And this November saw Futhi on...
Book Launch: How to Open the Door by Marike Beyers
The National English Literary Museum and Modjaji Books are delighted to invite you to the Grahamstown launch of “How to Open the Door” – poems by Marike Beyers....
“One of the most affordable return tickets to Uganda” – launch of Flame and Song by Philippa Namutebi Kabali-Kagwa
I don’t get to go to the launch of every book that Modjaji publishes. I was very glad to get to The Book Lounge launch of Philippa Namubeti Kabali-Kagwa’s memoir,...
Book Lounge launch interview with Ishara Maharaj
Ishara Maharaj’s debut novel, Namaste Life, tells the story of a pair of Hindu twins who leave their home in Durban to study in Grahamstown, only to encounter the kind of...
Every day is Women’s Day at Modjaji Books – huge website sale
Every day is Women’s Day at Modjaji Books, and so is every month. We are having a huge website sale to clear stock from my home warehouse (i.e. lounge and dining...
The Cry of the Hangkaka by Anne Woodborne reviewed by Andie Miller
The Cry of the Hangkaka by Anne Woodborne is another of those quiet books that seems to have slipped past amid the noise. Drawing on her own childhood experiences of growing up...
An interview with Anne Woodborne
Anne Woodborne’s debut novel, The Cry of the Hangkaka, tells the story of Karin, a young child who is uprooted from her home in South Africa when her mother, Irene, packs up...
Brazilian edition of Futhi Ntshingila’s Do Not Go Gentle published
This week sees the publication of Futhi Ntshingila’s second novel, Do Not Go Gentle, into Portuguese. Brazilian publishers, Dublinense have translated the novel into...
German rights sold for Ameera Patel’s Outside the Lines
Thanks to Bieke van Aggelen’s agenting we have sold the German rights for Ameera Patel’s debut novel, Outside the Lines. The novel came out on March 29th of this year. Patel is a talented actor and writer, she wrote her debut novel while doing her MFA at...
Futhi Ntshingila on a book tour in Brazil
Dublinense has bought the rights to publish Do Not Go Gentle by Futhi Ntshingila, which has now been translated into Portuguese, as Sem Gentileza. And this November saw Futhi on a three city book tour to Brazil. What an exciting trip for her, but as her publisher,...
Book Launch: How to Open the Door by Marike Beyers
The National English Literary Museum and Modjaji Books are delighted to invite you to the Grahamstown launch of “How to Open the Door” – poems by Marike Beyers. She will be introduced by Robert Berold. Lonely, lovely and lyrical, Marike’s poems...
“One of the most affordable return tickets to Uganda” – launch of Flame and Song by Philippa Namutebi Kabali-Kagwa
I don’t get to go to the launch of every book that Modjaji publishes. I was very glad to get to The Book Lounge launch of Philippa Namubeti Kabali-Kagwa’s memoir, Flame and Song, that we published in time for the Women’s Day Story Cafe at the...
Book Lounge launch interview with Ishara Maharaj
Ishara Maharaj’s debut novel, Namaste Life, tells the story of a pair of Hindu twins who leave their home in Durban to study in Grahamstown, only to encounter the kind of tragedy that makes parents want to keep their daughters close. The novel launched at the...
Every day is Women’s Day at Modjaji Books – huge website sale
Every day is Women’s Day at Modjaji Books, and so is every month. We are having a huge website sale to clear stock from my home warehouse (i.e. lounge and dining room and bedroom and garage). Thanks to those of you who have helped me with this already....
The Cry of the Hangkaka by Anne Woodborne reviewed by Andie Miller
The Cry of the Hangkaka by Anne Woodborne is another of those quiet books that seems to have slipped past amid the noise. Drawing on her own childhood experiences of growing up in Cape Town, Scotland and Nigeria, the author has crafted a richly poetic novel of a...
An interview with Anne Woodborne
Anne Woodborne’s debut novel, The Cry of the Hangkaka, tells the story of Karin, a young child who is uprooted from her home in South Africa when her mother, Irene, packs up their things to escape the shame of divorce. Irene is so desperate to start afresh that she...
Brazilian edition of Futhi Ntshingila’s Do Not Go Gentle published
This week sees the publication of Futhi Ntshingila’s second novel, Do Not Go Gentle, into Portuguese. Brazilian publishers, Dublinense have translated the novel into Portuguese and now it is out. Both Gustavo Faraon and I were participants in the 2012 Frankfurt...