August: Every month is women’s month
In this issue we say a big thank you, look at one of our books crossing borders, a new longlist honour, & your chance to submit. (We publish our newsletter on Substack first, you can reply or ask questions if you follow us there.) From Colleen’s desk Dear friends,...
Living in an “obsessively visual culture” interview with Joanne Bloch
Living in an “obsessively visual culture" - Takondwa Mazengera interviews Joanne Bloch Joanne Bloch is a South African artist, writer, and author of the book Unseen: Listening to visually impaired South Africans, a book that...
Autumn is here and we have lots of news!
We have had an excellent start to the year, and we are excited to share what’s been happening here from our new books, literary celebrations, collaborations, and a special tribute. And we’ve extended our subscription offer till 10th May. Our most exciting news is that...
Catalyst Press and Modjaji Books announce international publishing partnership
We're delighted to announce a new international publishing partnership with Catalyst Press beginning May 2025, building on our successful collaboration since 2016. The foundation for our partnership was established when Catalyst acquired international rights to five...
2025 HSS Awards – two shortlisted titles
We were delighted to discover that two of our titles were recognised at this year's HSS Awards. They were Moving On, short stories by Barbara Ludman and S.E. Bhamjee's debut novel, Home Scar which was recognised in the Emerging Author category. On Moving On from the...
Modjaji Subscription Offer
We have an exciting offer to share with you, inspired by an early Modjaji initiative: a special subscription offering. (For those in South Africa only.) For 18 years, Modjaji Books has been...
Is it February already?
We’re changing things up in 2025. We’ve moved our newsletter over to Substack. So if you are happy to keep on being a subscriber, you don’t need to do anything. (You can unsubscribe if you don’t want to receive the newsletters anymore.) As from the 1st Feb, we’ve...
SUN’S OUT, BOOKS OUT: A NEW SEASON BLOOMS AT MODJAJI
We've been busy and we couldn’t be happier. We have enjoyed book launches, panels, and literary festivals galore. So after a hectic few months, we want to share our news and new titles with you. THE AFRICAN SMALL PUBLISHERS CATALOGUE Modjaji Books is excited to...
Home Scar – Cape Town book launch
On Tuesday 17th September, we launched Saaleha Bhamjee's Home Scar at Cavendish Exclusive Books, who always welcome us warmly! Lovely to see Saaleha in Cape Town, with her son. Louise Rapley who edited the book was in the audience, they enjoyed meeting each other in...
Cape Town launch of Barbara Ludman’s short story collection, Moving On
We'd love to see you at the Cape Town launch of Moving On. Barbara Ludman, the author and legendary journalist of the Weekly Mail and Mail & Guardian will be in conversation with Anton Harber.
