First of all, to become an intern for Modjaji Books, and this may be totally and completely obvious, you have to get to Cape Town. For me this was a huge deal. It meant saving up...
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...
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...
Celebrating 11 years of publishing poetry
In preparing for the upcoming McGregor Poetry Festival, we realised that Modjaji Books has published 45 collections of poetry since 2007! Amongst these beautiful books are 3 X...
What it’s like working as an intern for Modjaji Books by Kylie Bern
First of all, to become an intern for Modjaji Books, and this may be totally and completely obvious, you have to get to Cape Town. For me this was a huge deal. It meant saving up a year of barista, busser and hostess money, saying goodbye to my closely knit family,...
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...
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 2009, she talks, among other things, about the vacuum that exists on the South Africa poetry...
Celebrating 11 years of publishing poetry
In preparing for the upcoming McGregor Poetry Festival, we realised that Modjaji Books has published 45 collections of poetry since 2007! Amongst these beautiful books are 3 X Ingrid Jonker winners, 1 X UJ debut winner, 2 X SALA winners, and one poet who was nominated...



