Follow Modjaji Books, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/modjaji-books Sun, 26 Jun 2022 22:40:38 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/SfYiKLzR6E4-Ou8MbPOMsEGT5aWO9DEx Join us in celebrating 15 years of feminist publishing: Giveaways, birthday sale, Modjaji trivia, and more Happy birthday to us – Modjaji Books turns 15 this April! In the past 15 years, founder and MD Colleen Higgs – together with many collaborators, supporters, volunteers, a business partner, freelancers and interns – has published over 150 books by […]]]> Fri, 15 Apr 2022 16:17:24 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/SfYiKLzR6E4-Ou8MbPOMsEGT5aWO9DEx https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/SfYiKLzR6E4ioOvX6bmqRhKeetMRuZbW In 2009 we published our first non-fiction titles, each of them fascinating and a pleasure to publish. Invisible Earthquake a woman’s journal through stillbirth by Malika Ndlovu. Undisciplined Heart by Jane Katjavivi Hester se Brood by Hester van der Walt Jane Katjavivi’s memoir is a more traditional one in approach. She’s had a rich and […]]]> Tue, 12 Apr 2022 12:25:45 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/SfYiKLzR6E4ioOvX6bmqRhKeetMRuZbW https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/SfYiKLzR6E7T7c7rF0M6iWFk24e89-qg               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 Metelerkamp, Please Take Photographs by Sindiwe […]]]> Thu, 07 Apr 2022 09:55:55 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/SfYiKLzR6E7T7c7rF0M6iWFk24e89-qg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/SfYiKLzR6E6j69-B4s9RNp8v71dCn6bG               Unlike human and animal babies, the moment of birth for a publishing company is less easy to pin down. Modjaji was born in 2007, but was it April when the name arrived? And the bank account opened? Or was it when we launched the first book, Megan Hall’s […]]]> Tue, 05 Apr 2022 11:22:37 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/SfYiKLzR6E6j69-B4s9RNp8v71dCn6bG https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/SfYiKLzR6E4UJsyhg3lKQGw5Ur-z5Bww Modjaji Authors at Time of the Writer The Time of the Writer festival returns for its 25th edition March 14 – 21 2022. We’re delighted that several Modjaji writers are featured in the festival, which is happening virtually this year. See below for Modjaji author appearances, and find the full programme here. Beyond the Words […]]]> Thu, 24 Mar 2022 18:00:33 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/SfYiKLzR6E4UJsyhg3lKQGw5Ur-z5Bww https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/SfYiKLzR6E7uO1Fi_a6UfG7fhEn5oRuR Happy 2022 from all of us at Modjaji Books! We’re beyond excited for the books we’ll be bringing out this year – we’ve got poetry, short stories, novels, memoir and more for you to look forward to, as well as an exciting new venture that we can’t yet share more about. In the meantime, here are […]]]> Tue, 01 Feb 2022 10:35:58 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/SfYiKLzR6E7uO1Fi_a6UfG7fhEn5oRuR https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/SfYiKLzR6E42RlASQUoBOSxhxzpi7FpJ It’s my 60th birthday this month, and Modjaji turns 15 in April 2022. We invite you to celebrate with us by joining our fundraiser. We’ve chosen Siyafunda, a wonderful non-profit that buys books for kids at rural schools, as the recipient of the books. Ntokozo Ndlovu the driving force behind  #Siyafunda Donate-a-Book, was nominated as […]]]> Tue, 04 Jan 2022 11:15:27 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/SfYiKLzR6E42RlASQUoBOSxhxzpi7FpJ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/SfYiKLzR6E7UC_Dg1L_5COQEmsPXZ5C9 Do you want to do something small, feel-good, and bookish this holiday season? Here’s a way to do it. Ntokozo Ndlovu of #Siyafunda Donate-a-Book, the wonderful non-profit that donates books to schools so that more young South Africans in rural areas can read books relevant to them. When Modjaji had a pop-up sale a month […]]]> Thu, 23 Dec 2021 09:21:35 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/SfYiKLzR6E7UC_Dg1L_5COQEmsPXZ5C9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/SfYiKLzR6E6KSZmrtxLzGAO5yOwvVe_2 You’re invited: A pop-up Modjaji book sale in Cape Town (plus a one-day-only online discount) Please join us on Saturday, 13 November for a special, one-day-only pop-up Modjaji sale at the home of MD and founder Colleen Higgs. Doors open at 10am and close at 4pm, pop in when you please and stay for a […]]]> Thu, 11 Nov 2021 18:56:48 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/SfYiKLzR6E6KSZmrtxLzGAO5yOwvVe_2 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/SfYiKLzR6E5F9DD9Pex94mFk24e89-qg 69 Jerusalem Street by Lindiwe Nkutha shortlisted for the 2021 UJ Prizes for South African Writing in English Our hearty congratulations to Lindiwe Nkutha: Her short story collection, 69 Jerusalem Street, has been shortlisted for the 2021 UJ Prizes for South African Writing in English under the Debut Prize category! A round of applause also to all […]]]> Wed, 13 Oct 2021 09:44:04 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/SfYiKLzR6E5F9DD9Pex94mFk24e89-qg