We’ve been busy and we couldn’t be happier. We have enjoyed book launches, panels, and literary festivals galore. So after a hectic few months, we want to share our news and new titles with you. THE AFRICAN SMALL PUBLISHERS CATALOGUE Modjaji Books is excited to announce that the 6th edition of the African Small Publishers ..read more

On Tuesday 17th September, we launched Saaleha Bhamjee’s Home Scar at Cavendish Exclusive Books, who always welcome us warmly! Lovely to see Saaleha in Cape Town, with her son. Louise Rapley who edited the book was in the audience, they enjoyed meeting each other in person as the book was edited only by email and ..read more

We’d love to see you at the Cape Town launch of Moving On. Barbara Ludman, the author and legendary journalist of the Weekly Mail and Mail & Guardian will be in conversation with Anton Harber.         ..read more

We’re working on the 6th edition of the African Small Publishers Catalogue which will be available in October 2024. We’d love to have​ you in the catalogue. You can be a sponsor or a listed publisher, you could take out an advert, or pitch an article. Previous editions listed over 60 small and independent publishers ..read more

Can you believe it's already June and we're only just sending out our first newsletter of the year? We have lots of exciting news to share! It's hard to know what to share first. One of our books has been turned into a movie, and we're bringing out a re-edited movie tie-in edition. Our titles have also been receiving recognition left and right with wins, longlists, and shortlists for various awards. We're also exploring some new directions we hope you'll love. Be sure to read below to catch up on our latest news ..read more

We have turned 17! And to celebrate we’d like to offer you a 17% discount on any books for sale on the website and free shipping for a week, till the 20th May. Thank you for supporting us and buying and reading our books since 2007. This only applies in South Africa.   ..read more

What a year, and how fast it seemed to whizz by! Writers on the move Our authors traveled far and wide in 2023 and participated in lots of different literary festivals, events and book fairs. We traveled to Morocco for a Women Writers in Africa festival (Barbara Adair and Ashti Juggath). Lots of authors traveled ..read more

Modjaji is going on a road trip!   Apart from going to the Frankfurt Book Fair in October, we have been invited to the inaugural Central Book Festival by Trevor Mokeyane to be held in Mangaung/Bloemfontein over the Heritage Day weekend in September. Colleen will be travelling with Anne Schlebusch, whose novel Bloomer, will be featured at ..read more

Modjaji Books has been invited to the inaugural Central Book Festival by Trevor Mokeyane to be held in Mangaung/ Bloemfontein over the Heritage Day weekend in September. Anne Schlebusch and her novel Bloomer, are to be featured at the festival in BLOOMfontein. We will have a stand so our titles will be on sale too ..read more

We’ve been hibernating a bit on the newsletter front for the past few months, partly because we have been incredibly busy and partly because of the cold wet weather in Cape Town. Here’s a bumper newsletter to make up. Two of our titles were longlisted for The Sunday Times Literary Awards!  We are so proud ..read more