2026 marks the 19th birthday of Modjaji Books and the Woordeloos poetry anthology is a celebration of our work and the writings of southern African women. Thank you to all 240...
Newsflash: Poets selected for Modjaji’s Woordeloos anthology
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More about Woordeloos
More about the process Firstly we want to thank all of you, who submitted for submitting! It was wonderful to read all the poems and to see what is on your minds and what is...
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...
Newsflash: Poets selected for Modjaji’s Woordeloos anthology
2026 marks the 19th birthday of Modjaji Books and the Woordeloos poetry anthology is a celebration of our work and the writings of southern African women. Thank you to all 240 poets who submitted from all over southern Africa. We were delighted by the inventive use of...
More about Woordeloos
More about the process Firstly we want to thank all of you, who submitted for submitting! It was wonderful to read all the poems and to see what is on your minds and what is important to you. Unfortunately, we had to disqualify about 50 poems because they didn't meet...
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....