Catch Klara du Plessis in Riebeek-Kasteel tomorrow for the POETRY JAM!

BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE at Woman Zone Book Club! What an inspiring morning! Thank you to all who contributed – it is a privilege to listen to you all and to share our stories.

"TEXT IS KING - Read on, queen" Recommended reading for all mega-, giga- and tera-readers! open.substack.com/pub/experime...

A beautiful evening of poetry and connection last night @exclusivebooks.bsky.social Cavendish: the launch of LET'S BE LEGENDS by Chantal Stewart, the award-winning author of #TheVeilOfMaya. Wendy Woodward interviewed Chantal about her exquisite debut collection. Thank you to everyone! 💙

I am running my first writing workshop for 2026 in February. It is called 'Writing into your voice' and is open to flash and poetry writers. Email me: [email protected]

A friend is enjoying ICE SHOCK in a Filipina playa!

With @kerryhammerton.bsky.social at our very first @indeedbooks.bsky.social launch: MY THREE NAMES by Pamela Newham! 😍 Thank you @exclusivebooks.bsky.social Cavendish for hosting!

Full house @exclusivebooks.bsky.social Cavendish for Pamela Newham's MY THREE NAMES. @kerryhammerton.bsky.social and I loved this novel and I am thrilled that Karavan Press and Booksite can support its publishing journey. Thank you to all who attended and to #ExclusiveBooks #Cavendish for hosting!

As seen on Instagram ... 🤣 "Congratulations to President Donald Trump for winning the Nadine Gordimer Short Story Award at the South African Literary Awards." 📷 Dennis Morton www.instagram.com/p/DTqLSPYDMYT/

SOUTHERN IMAGINING is launched! In the presence of the rocks of Gondwanaland and the memories of the great whales. @princetonupress.bsky.social @morethanadodo.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social

WZBC Book Review: Swartbooij & Titus by Karen Jennings www.instagram.com/p/DTpQxtcjK8h/

In Oxford on 3 February 2026? Don’t miss this wonderful literary event: Daunt Books, Oxford: @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social in conversation with Richard Beard Tuesday, 3 February 2026, 7:00PM dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/events/...

"The Day NY Publishing Lost Its Soul" by Ted Gioia "I make a point of supporting these independent voices. I encourage you to do the same." (Gioia talks about thousands and thousands of books, Karavan Press survives & thrives (!) on a few hundred ...) www.honest-broker.com/p/the-day-ny...

EVER AFTER, THE END: Consuelo Roland and Lucienne Bestall in conversation WEDNESDAY, 28 January 2026, 10:30AM – MEADOWRIDGE LIBRARY HALL WEDNESDAY, 18 March 2026, 10:00AM – PINELANDS LIBRARY COMMITEE ROOM karavanpress.com/2026/01/15/e...

FULLY BOOKED FOR 2026!

Karavan Stories 2026: Workshop and Anthology karavanpress.com/2026/01/14/k... [Image: Etienne Swanepoel]

Woman Zone Book Club: Burning Down the House Saturday, 24 January 2026, 10:30-12:30 Woman Zone Library, Artscape karavanpress.com/2026/01/13/w...

Please join us for the launch of LET'S BE LEGENDS, the debut poetry collection by Chantal Stewart. Thursday, 22 January 2026 5.30 for 6PM @exclusivebooks.bsky.social Cavendish RSVP: exclusivebooks.co.za/pages/events...

Formal Exclusive Books invitation to launch of MY THREE NAMES at Cavendish on Wednesday 21 January. 5.30pm for 6.00pm Link to register: exclusivebooks.co.za/pages/events...

Lesers kan uitsien na ’n goeie boeke-oes in 2026 www.netwerk24.com/kunste/boeke...

LitNet - TEARS BEFORE BEDTIME by Diane Awerbuck: excerpt www.litnet.co.za/tears-before...

Breyten schrijven #19: Breytenbachs lyrische erfenis door de blik van dichters, conversatie met Klara du Plessis voertaal.nu/breyten-schr...

MY THREE NAMES is officially launching on Wednesday 21 January at Cavendish Exclusive Books. 5.30pm for 6pm. Join us for the conversation. Link to register: exclusivebooks.co.za/pages/events...

CFBF 2026: @karavanpress.bsky.social and @indeedbooks.bsky.social authors at the Cape Flats Book Festival 2026 karavanpress.com/2026/01/06/k...

Karen Jennings: Using AI to write could mean the extinction of poetry www.news24.com/life/books/n...

I love Karen's prose and poetry and creative collages. 📙 The human conflicts and cycles of revenge are horrible, barbaric. Some things never change no matter what century.

A new year, a new book of fiction, the characters and events are based in fact SWARTBOOIJ & TITUS by Karen Jennings ✍🏼️ Published by @KaravanPress 📙📖 "It was in 1739 when the wars in the northern frontier of the Cape began..."

Earlier in December we chatted online to @jenthorpewriter.bsky.social about Collaborative Publishing and Indeed Books. Follow the link to learn about Collaborative Publishing and how we landed on the name Indeed Books. jenthorpewrites.substack.com/p/collaborat...

A new compass for global reading: looking at the world from the far southern latitudes. Southern Imagining by @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social is now available in the UK/Europe! Order yours today: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... Available in North America on February 10. #Literature #ReadUP

What a wonderful way to end the literary year: @exclusivebooks.bsky.social Hyde Park have been posting lists of the books their readers loved most this year 👏✨️ Their proudly SA fiction bestsellers of the year have THE FOURTH BOY on the top of the list! 💛 Thank you for all your amazing support!

Riley Herbert-Henry reviews 'Swartbooij & Titus' by Karen Jennings www.instagram.com/p/DShNyJvCMgj/

Three Karavan Press titles among the @thebooklounge.bsky.social's bestsellers of 2025! EXCEPT FOR BREATH by Lucienne Bestall THE FRIGHTENED by Lethokuhle Msimang THE FOURTH BOY by Andrew Robert Wilson 💙 💙 💙 Congratulations!

Hein Viljoen reviews EK'T ACT by Klara du Plessis for LitNet www.litnet.co.za/bundel-wat-h...

Sheryl is a university graduate with a BA. She is cerebral palsied, passionate about sport, animals & the bush. Her mother, Sandy, spent thirty years as a school principal & educator. UNBRIDLING arose from the journals that Sheryl and her mom penned as each of them experienced her own ‘unbridling’.

Born cerebral palsied, SHERYL JAMES spends her early life arguing with the world & God. After one failed & two successful Comrades marathons, she resigns from her job & at the unlikely age of 33 she is unexpectedly launched into sprinting. Her trajectory is set for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

The latest @karavanpress.bsky.social addition to our collection. And just in time for the start of the extended festive season reading hours. 📚🎄

dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/events/... @karavanpress.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social All Welcome!

Karavan Press in 2025 karavanpress.com/2025/12/15/k...

PAMELA NEWHAM is an award-winning author who has worked as an English teacher, journalist and editor. MY THREE NAMES is her fifth novel for teens. All her teen novels are widely used in schools. SUSAN NEWHAM-BLAKE is the author of the memoir MAKING FINN and fiction novel AS IF BORN TO YOU.

In the latest issue of the JRB: ‘A reluctant, complicated love story spanning the globe and a myriad natural disasters’—Barbara Boswell reviews Ice Shock by @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social johannesburgreviewofbooks.com/2025/12/15/a...

In the latest issue of the JRB: Poetry by Dawn Garisch, from The Consulting Room johannesburgreviewofbooks.com/2025/12/15/p...

In the latest issue of the JRB: Read ‘The Nazi Insurgence Reaches Blairgowrie’, from Lone Wolf Living, the debut short story collection by Werner Pretorius johannesburgreviewofbooks.com/2025/12/15/r...

Barbara Boswell reviews Ice Shock! @karavanpress.bsky.social johannesburgreviewofbooks.com/2025/12/15/t...

Louise Viljoen reviews EK'T ACT by Klara du Plessis for DIE BURGER www.netwerk24.com/kunste/boeke...

The U of Pretoria book launch of Ice Shock. Photos just arrived. 30 Oct. What a great event. We sold loads of books! @karavanpress.bsky.social @aliceisapoetish.bsky.social With brilliant Isaac Ndlovu.

@kerryhammerton.bsky.social and @karinamszczurek.bsky.social will be chatting to Jen Thorpe later today about Collaborative Publishing. We would love to hear your questions about self-publishing! Link to register is in the comments.

Join us at the Cape Flats Book Festival on Saturday 31 January. Sheryl James paralympian runner and her mother, Sandy James, will be in conversation with Nancy Richards about UNBRIDLED. Pam Newham, MY THREE NAMES, will be in conversation with Andile Cele and Nancy Richards about identity.

The Book Lounge’s Festive Reading Guide is out and includes a few Karavan Press titles: karavanpress.com/2025/12/05/t...

First UK outing for Ice Shock in its exquisite Valley Press livery: an ice-sparkling and wide-ranging discussion with Lara Feigel at Blackwells, Oxford, tonight. Shout out to the fantastic audience for your questions! @karavanpress.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social

Today, @thebooklounge.bsky.social is turning 18 and celebrating the coming of age with an 18% discount on everything, in store and online. Free coffee all day for caffeine lovers, coupled with good cake. The Book Lounge's Book of the Year will also be announced! Many Happy Returns!