Fall Awake, Jeannie McKeown’s latest volume of poetry, came out during lockdown and thus missed out on the fanfare it deserves. This month we’d like to celebrate the collection...
An interview with Jeannie McKeown
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Meet Barbara Adair
Barbara Adair is an award-winning novelist, academic and travel writer. Based in Johannesburg, her novels include the critically-acclaimed In Tangier We Killed the Blue Parrot...
Interview with Ameera Patel
As Ameera Patel's novel Outside the Lines is being launched by Catalyst Press in the USA to rave reviews, here's a look back at a 2016 interview with the author of this gripping...
Meet Philippa Kabali-Kagwa
‘Writing allowed me to honour the connections between life and death’—Philippa Namutebi Kabali-Kagwa talks to Tiah Beautement about her memoir, Flame and Song Philippa Namutebi...
Making covers: Whiplash by Tracey Farren
Next up on this small series about making covers is the cover of Whiplash by Tracey Farren, the first novel we ever published. It came out in June 2008. Read more about it here....
Making covers for Modjaji’s books: Fourth Child by Megan Hall
Working on covers with artists and illustrators has been one of the deep joys of the work I have done over the past 13 years. I've wanted to show those who are interested how we...
Meet Joan Metelerkamp
Joan Metelerkamp is an award-winning South African poet with several collections published by Modjaji. In this interview from Conversations with Writers, published way back in...
The little book that could: A to Z of Amazing South African Women continues to amaze
When we did the Thundafund campaign for our A to Z of Amazing South African Women, author Ambre Nicolson affectionately referred to it as "The Little Book That Could". Over a...
Frankfurt Book Fair 2018
Modjaji Books will be at the Frankfurt Book Fair again, we've been every year since 2011, when we participated in the Frankfurt Invitation Programme. This year we are exhibiting...