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...
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...
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...
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 Town. To mark the occasion, we’re hosting an exhibition of our beautiful book covers at the...
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 each filled with poems that live on long after reading them. Burnt Offering by Joan...
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. Whiplash was short-listed for the Sunday Times Fiction Prize in 2009, and the author...
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 choose the final cover and how sometimes it is easy and sometimes it is more complicated....



