Karavan Press
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Independent publisher based in Cape Town. Ancient paths. New literary journeys.
'Performing Translingual Poetics' by Klara du Plessis ā earlier today at UCT. The first photo was a complete accident, but amazing in the context of Sarah Dowling's book on translingual poetics.
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Last night
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: Werner Pretorius stepping from behind the bookseller's counter onto the author's stage at the launch of his debut collection of stories, LONE WOLF LIVING. Werner was in conversation with Mervyn Sloman.
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UJ seminar and launch of Ekāt Act by Klara du Plessis 29 September 2025
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UJ seminar and launch of Ekāt Act by Klara du Plessis
You can register for online admission to the seminar here: LanCSAL Letās Talk Word & World Seminar
https://karavanpress.com/2025/09/23/uj-seminar-and-launch-of-ekt-act-by-klara-du-plessis/
3 days ago
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Thobeka Yose at the Khayelitsha Book Festival! Donāt miss a great lineup, including Thobeka Yose, author of the award-winning 'In Silence My Heart Speaks', at this yearās Khayelitsha Book Festival taking place between 26 and 28 September 2025. Book tickets here:
www.quicket.co.za/events/32946...
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Book tickets for Khayelitsha Book Festival
https://www.quicket.co.za/events/329461-khayelitsha-book-festival#/
3 days ago
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MERANG & SANG: ān Viering van Afrikaans as inklusiewe taal met Danie Marais, Klara du Plessis, Elvis Saal, Franco Prinsloo Book at Quicket:
www.quicket.co.za/events/33114...
4 days ago
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UCT SLL Research Seminar Series: Klara du Plessis
4 days ago
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Karen Watkins reviews 'The Fourth Boy' by Andrew Robert Wilson for Goodreads
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Karen Watkins's review of The Fourth Boy
4/5: The semi-arid valley of the Little Karoo in South Africa seems like an unlikely setting for a gripping murder mystery. In Wilsonās debut novel, its dusty roads and quiet dorpies hide dark secrets...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7662163717
5 days ago
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Karavan Press authors at Blown Away by Books: 'Writing Mortality & Celebrating Life' with Lucienne Bestall, Consuelo Roland & Stephen Symons. Thank you to the authors, the Friends of the Fish Hoek Library and to all who attended for the life-affirming morning of literary discovery.
5 days ago
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reposted by
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Gailgil
5 days ago
Still tickled pink to be part of the Karavan Press family! Thank you with all my heart,
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Look who is publishing her new novel with Karavan Press ...
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6 days ago
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Happiness is ... Liberty Books with Christy,
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&
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6 days ago
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Last night at the Oude Leeskamer: a poetry evening with Klara du Plessis & Stephen Symons. We are celebrating EK'T ACT, Klara's first South African, fully bilingual, or rather translingual, collection of poetry.
7 days ago
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PAGECAST, 12 Sep OBF 2025: Bongani Kona interviews Frankie Murrey (A Collection of Gaps) ā
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OBF 2025: Bongani Kona interviews Frankie Murrey (A Collection of Gaps)
Pagecast was at the 2025 Open Book Festival, where we spoke with authors about their writing journeys and the stories they share with readers. In this episode, Bongani Kona interviews Frankie Murrey a...
https://iono.fm/e/1596406
8 days ago
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The Book Lounge launch of LONE WOLF LIVING by Werner Pretorius Tuesday, 23 September 2025, 17:30 for 18:00
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The Book Lounge launch of LONE WOLF LIVING by Werner Pretorius
Tuesday, 23 September 2025: Please join us for the launch of Lone Wolf Living by the The Book Loungeās very own Werner Pretorius. Werner will be in conversation with Mervyn Sloman. And in theā¦
https://karavanpress.com/2025/09/16/the-book-lounge-launch-of-lone-wolf-living-by-werner-pretorius/
10 days ago
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Lucienne Argent reading at The Red Wheelbarrow 18 September 2025 19:30
10 days ago
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Blown Away by Books: āWriting Mortality and Celebrating Lifeā with Lucienne Bestall, Consuelo Roland and Stephen Symons The authors will be in conversation with
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Fish Hoek Library 20 September 2025 9:30 for 10:00AM
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Blown Away by Books: āWriting Mortality and Celebrating Lifeā with Lucienne Bestall, Consuelo Roland and Stephen Symons
Visit the post for more.
https://karavanpress.com/2025/09/12/blown-away-by-books-writing-mortality-and-celebrating-life-with-lucienne-bestall-consuelo-roland-and-stephen-symons/
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Writer's Evening: Klara du Plessis and Friends at the Oude Leskamer RSVP:
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Writerās Evening: Klara du Plessis and Friends at the Oude Leeskamer
RSVP: OUDE LEESKAMER
https://karavanpress.com/2025/09/12/writers-evening-klara-du-plessis-and-friends-at-the-oude-leeskamer/
14 days ago
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Karavan Press title: EK'T ACT by Klara du Plessis
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Karavan Press title: Ekāt Act by Klara du Plessis
TO ACT I S TO DO. TO ACT I S TO ADOPT A ROLE. This slippage between agency and being, on the one hand, and performance, on the other, is amplified in Ekāt Actās homophonic play across languages. Exā¦
https://karavanpress.com/2025/09/12/karavan-press-title-ekt-act-by-klara-du-plessis/
14 days ago
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Official press release: "Karavan Press bags Creative Africa Nexus (CANEX) Book Factory Prize for Publishing in Africa 2025"
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Karavan Press bags Creative Africa Nexus (CANEX) Book Factory Prize for Publishing in Africa 2025
Karavan Press was recognised for its book In Silence My Heart Speaks by Thobeka Yose, winning the $20,000 top prize
https://afreximbank.africa-newsroom.com/press/karavan-press-bags-creative-africa-nexus-canex-book-factory-prize-for-publishing-in-africa-2025?lang=en
15 days ago
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Debbie Florence
19 days ago
Karina WON 1st prize š„
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Your creativity, dedication and hard work is recognized and rewarded. (I'm tearful and so happy!š)
add a skeleton here at some point
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Karina M. Szczurek
19 days ago
Exploring Algiers with local author Hamza Koudri ā¤ļø
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Karina M. Szczurek
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CANEX Prize for Publishing in Africa
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Karina M. Szczurek
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We WON! ā¤ļø
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Karina M. Szczurek
21 days ago
Hello, Algiers!
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Karina M. Szczurek
21 days ago
On my way to CANEX@IATF2025 in Algiers for the CANEX Prize for Publishing in Africa awards ceremony. Blurry-eyed but excited.
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GRIEFSEED-ING at Bertha House with Malika Ndlovu & Phelisa Sikwata! Saturday, 13 September 2025, 10:30-12:30 For tickets:
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23 days ago
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Last night at Salon Hecate | Noordhoek Art Point ā a celebration of Short Story Day Africa, its fabulous founder, Rachel Zadok, and our latest SSDA anthology, CAPTIVE: New Short Fiction from Africa, and
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's Beatles birthday.
23 days ago
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Book sale & reading: uHlanga Press
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Book sale & reading: uHlanga Press
Dear Poetry Lovers, Karavan Press would probably not exist if it wasnāt for Nick Mulgrewās pioneering and inspiring publishing at uHlanga Press, and so it is with great pleasure that weā¦
https://karavanpress.com/2025/09/02/book-sale-reading-uhlanga-press/
24 days ago
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Huge THANK YOU to Catrina Wessels & Ouida Smit who represented CW Rights Management at the Book Adaptation Rights Market of the Venice Film Festival, pitching titles to film industry role-players. We're deeply grateful that Karavan Press titles featured on the presented list. May our stories soar!
24 days ago
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Scenes from the Prince Albert Leesfees 2025
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25 days ago
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The Red Wheelbarrow Poetry Reading with Sue Woodward and Kerry Hammerton ā 3 September 2025
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The Red Wheelbarrow Poetry Reading with Sue Woodward and Kerry Hammerton ā 3 September 2025
Visit the post for more.
https://karavanpress.com/2025/09/01/the-red-wheelbarrow-poetry-reading-with-sue-woodward-and-kerry-hammerton-3-september-2025/
25 days ago
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'Storytelling as a healing pathway' seminar with Andile Cele at the Department of English, Stellenbosch University. Andile is heading for the
@openbookfestival.bsky.social
next!
29 days ago
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CLAWS Lucky Draw 2025 ā win a Karavan Press book hamper and other stunning prizes
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CLAWS Lucky Draw 2025 ā win a Karavan Press book hamper and other stunning prizes
Karavan Press has been supporting the CLAWS (Clanwilliam Animal Welfare Society) Lucky Draw for the past three years and we are very happy to contribute once again to the wonderful prizes you can wā¦
https://karavanpress.com/2025/08/28/claws-lucky-draw-2025-win-a-karavan-press-book-hamper-and-other-stunning-prizes/
29 days ago
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The Emma Press
about 1 month ago
We're delighted to announce the shortlist from our February 2025 open call: huge congratulations to the selected authors, and thank you to all writers who trusted us with their projects! š Read the full shortlist & longlist on our blog:
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UJ Prize shortlist announced
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UJ Prize shortlist announced
The University of Johannesburg Prize (UJ Prize) for South African writing has announced the 2025 shortlist for books published in 2024.
https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/books/news/2025-08-26-uj-prize-shortlist-announced/
about 1 month ago
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UJ Prize shortlist announced: Anna Stroudās 'Who Looks Inside' nominated for the Debut Prize
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UJ Prize Shortlist for Books Published in 2024 announced
Media release: The University of Johannesburg Prize (UJ Prize) for South African Writing is pleased to announce the shortlist for books published in 2024. The Prize opened for submissions on 26 Novā¦
https://karavanpress.com/2025/08/26/uj-prize-shortlist-for-books-published-in-2024-announced/
about 1 month ago
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5-7 September 2025:
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- Karavan Press &
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Open Book Festival 2025: Karavan Press & Holland House Books
The first weekend of September is Open Book Festival time (5-7 September 2025), and we ā Karavan Press, Holland House Books and our wonderful authors ā are thrilled to be part of these ā¦
https://karavanpress.com/2025/08/26/open-book-festival-2025-karavan-press-holland-house-books/
about 1 month ago
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Andile Cele: Storytelling as a healing pathway ā Discussing āBraids & Migrainesā Stellenbosch University, Department of English DATE: THURSDAY, 28 AUGUST 2025 TIME: 12:10 ā 13:10 VENUE: THE YELLOW MOLTENO
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Andile Cele: Storytelling as a healing pathway ā Discussing āBraids & Migrainesā
Stellenbosch University, Department of English DATE: THURSDAY, 28 AUGUST 2025TIME: 12:10 ā 13:10VENUE: THE YELLOW MOLTENO
https://karavanpress.com/2025/08/23/andile-cele-storytelling-as-a-healing-pathway-discussing-braids-migraines/
about 1 month ago
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The Book Revue with Andrew Robert Wilson
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The Book Revue with Andrew Robert Wilson
Our second book event with the wonderfulĀ Pippa SmithĀ ofĀ The Book RevueĀ will take place on Thursday, 4 September, at 10.30AM in Constantia and will featureĀ Andrew Robert WilsonĀ and his debut novel,Ā ā¦
https://karavanpress.com/2025/08/23/the-book-revue-with-andrew-robert-wilson/
about 1 month ago
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An author and the proof of his debut short story collection! ā¤ļø LONE WOLF LIVING by Werner Pretorius
about 1 month ago
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In Love Letterās winning essay, Shari Daya considers how her life might have been different had a stranger succeeded in stealing her at a church bazaar. Please enjoy this gentle but chilling essay by the South Africa poet and geographer Shari Daya.
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Chances are
The winning Love Letter essay
https://open.substack.com/pub/karinschimke/p/chances-are?r=3m0i2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
about 1 month ago
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Karavan Press title: LONE WOLF LIVING by Pretorius Werner
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Karavan Press title: Lone Wolf Living by Werner Pretorius
LONE WOLF LIVING by Werner Pretorius illustrated by Dawn Bolton Introducing Lone Wolf Livingā¢ Sign up for the programme today and your life will be instantly more rewarding and less miserable. Takeā¦
https://karavanpress.com/2025/08/21/karavan-press-title-lone-wolf-living-by-werner-pretorius/
about 1 month ago
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A beautiful literary morning in the sun at The Book Revue: Frankie Murrey in conversations with Pippa Smith about
#ACollectionOfGaps
and
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about 1 month ago
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Karavan Press title: BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE ā A FEMINIST APPRAISAL OF SPACE, edited by Mbali Mazibuko, Shakeelah Ismail, Charisse Louw, Ijeoma Chidi Opara & Stella Viljoen
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Karavan Press title: BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE ā A FEMINIST APPRAISAL OF SPACE, edited by Mbali Mazibuko, Shakeelah Ismail, Charisse Louw, Ijeoma Chidi Opara & Stella Viljoen
BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE is a collectionĀ of anarchic essays written by a new generation of everyday thinkers, activists and scholars who are figuring out their relationship to feminism. It is a radiā¦
https://karavanpress.com/2025/08/20/karavan-press-title-burning-down-the-house-a-feminist-appraisal-of-space-edited-by-mbali-mazibuko-shakeelah-ismail-charisse-louw-ijeoma-chidi-opara-stella-viljoen/
about 1 month ago
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CANEX Prize for Publishing in Africa shortlist announced! We are thrilled that Thobeka Yoseās 'In Silence My Heart Speaks' is among the selected titles. Congratulations to all shortlisted authors and publishers!
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about 1 month ago
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CAPTIVE: NEW SHORT FICTION FROM AFRICA launching at Salon Hecate
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CAPTIVE: NEW SHORT FICTION FROM AFRICA launching at Salon Hecate
A book launch and a birthday! Come and celebrate the latest SHORT STORY DAY AFRICA anthology, Captive: New Short Fiction from Africa, and Helen Moffettās birthday at Salon Hecate at the stunnā¦
https://karavanpress.com/2025/08/18/captive-new-short-fiction-from-africa-launching-at-salon-hecate/
about 1 month ago
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Great advice from Cathy Park Kelly
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The one thing that will sell your story...
is not what you think it is.
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about 1 month ago
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PRINCE ALBERT LEESFEES, 29-31 August 2025: Andrew Robert Wilson will be in conversation with
@karinamszczurek.bsky.social
on Saturday, 30 August, 9:00-9:40AM.
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Prince Albert Leesfees 2025
It is time for the Prince Albert Leefees again (29-31 August 2025) and we are delighted that Andrew Robert Wilson features on the programme with his debut novel, The Fourth Boy, which is partly setā¦
https://karavanpress.com/2025/08/16/prince-albert-leesfees-2025/
about 1 month ago
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You can order your limited-edition copy of A Collection of Gaps by Frankie Murrey
@thebooklounge.bsky.social
here:
booklounge.co.za/product/a-co...
about 1 month ago
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In the latest issue of the JRB: Jennifer Malec interviews Karen Jennings about Crooked Seeds
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āWithout the right words, one has failed, which is a devastating feelingāāJennifer Malec chats to Karen Jennings about her latest novel, Crooked Seeds
The JRB EditorĀ Jennifer Malec chats to Karen Jennings about her new novel, Crooked Seeds, and making your reader's skin crawl. Jennifer Malec for The JRB: Before settling in to write these questions, ...
https://johannesburgreviewofbooks.com/2025/08/13/without-the-right-words-one-has-failed-which-is-a-devastating-feeling-jennifer-malec-chats-to-karen-jennings-about-her-latest-novel-crooked-seeds/
about 1 month ago
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