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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 language, the humour, the interplay between languages, the […]

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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 the criteria we laid down […]

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“Woordeloos is an invitation: astonish us, give us language where language falters, and help us see South Africa and the world we live in anew.”

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We’re excited that Hannah Botsis, author of A Clergyman’s Daughter will be in Cape Town in the first week of February. She lives in Joburg, so this is a great opportunity for us to have here down here. We’ve arranged several events for her. Don’t miss out on hearing her talk about her memoir. We […]

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