We’re working on the 6th edition of the African Small Publishers Catalogue which will be available in October 2024. We'd love to have you in the catalogue. You can be a sponsor...
Modjaji turns 17!
We have turned 17! And to celebrate we'd like to offer you a 17% discount on any books for sale on the website and free shipping for a week, till the 20th May. Thank you for...
Spring is in the air and Modjaji is on the move!
Modjaji is going on a road trip! Apart from going to the Frankfurt Book Fair in October, we have been invited to the inaugural Central Book Festival by Trevor Mokeyane to be...
Road trip to the Free State for Central Book Festival
Modjaji Books has been invited to the inaugural Central Book Festival by Trevor Mokeyane to be held in Mangaung/ Bloemfontein over the Heritage Day weekend in September. Anne...
New titles, book launches, reviews and more!
We've been hibernating a bit on the newsletter front for the past few months, partly because we have been incredibly busy and partly because of the cold wet weather in Cape Town....
On becoming a published poet in South Africa
Experienced poetry and literary magazine editors and publishers, Robert Berold, Gary Cummiskey, and Colleen Higgs share their advice and suggestions on becoming a published poet....
Pop-up shop in Cape Town and Black Friday website sale
Join us this Saturday, 26th November at our pop-up sale in Cape Town. Backlist titles published before 2020 will be discounted by up to 50%, more recent and new titles...
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...