Less: ChatGPT More: Researching amidst the flickering lanterns of an old-fashioned library in Edinburgh during a raging thunderstorm with the help of a library ghost.

Discovered in our aunt's photo album. With the best brother in the world. @tc-krys.bsky.social

Aunt Zosia's home ❤️

Portrait of a Lady 😻 @karinamszczurek.bsky.social

😻Salieri is keeping me company for a few hours with her catchats and purring.

Bundesoberstufenrealgymnasium (BORG) in Ried. I graduated in 1996 and returned yesterday for the big reunion. So good to see my classmates. We had some great times together.

Stephen Symons is headline guest of this year’s Karoo Writers Festival! Cradock, 18 to 20 June 2026 karavanpress.com/2026/05/29/s...

Last night was a special evening celebrating womanhood. A very appreciative audience listened to Jenna Mervis read from BRAIDED RIVER, and her conversation with Julia Smuts Louw about motherhood and raising a neurodivergent child. Thank you @exclusivebooks.bsky.social Cavendish for hosting us.

“Invisible Mending” by Dawn Garisch In March, LIRIC Journal published a wonderful essay on life and creativity by Dawn Garisch. You can read it online here: liric.lapidus.org.uk/index.php/li...

Chatting about Ice Shock and Southern Imagining and all the links and chinks between them with Hermione Lee @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social

Do you love empowering children while they are having fun? Join us for the launch of FARTING IN OUTER SPACE! @njclelland.bsky.social will be in conversation with @alexlatimer.bsky.social: @exclusivebooks.bsky.social Cavendish 10 June 2026 5.30 for 6PM RSVP: exclusivebooks.co.za/pages/events...

Attersee

André Brink, born #OTD in 1935. ❤️ (Photo: Austria, just after André and I got married and visited my family together.)

With @tc-krys.bsky.social – the best brother in the world!

Back in Braunau, one of the places I grew up in. After such a long time in SA, I now can't get over cars always stopping at zebra crossings and pedestrians obeying red traffic lights. Also, drove past a brothel and it struck me how common (and legal) they are in Austria.

In my mother's garden.

Arrived :)

Sunday Times Literary Awards longlists announced! www.sundaytimes.timeslive.co.za/news/2026-05...

Wonderful to see UNBRIDLING by Sheryl James and Sandy James topping the bestseller charts @exclusivebooks.bsky.social Cavendish after their launch! ❤️ @indeedbooks.bsky.social

Braided River by Jenna Mervis (@indeedbooks.bsky.social) to be launched at @exclusivebooks.bsky.social Cavendish. Thursday, 28 May 2026, 5.30 for 6PM. RSVP: exclusivebooks.co.za/pages/events...

Marina Griebenow's write-up on the launch of SELECTED PLAYS by @uncleloo.bsky.social in yesterday's Die Burger. www.netwerk24.com/kunste/resen...

Please join us @exclusivebooks.bsky.social Cavendish for the launch of @njclelland.bsky.social’s FARTING IN OUTERSPACE. Nick will be in conversation with award-winning children’s book author @alexlatimer.bsky.social. Tuesday, 10 June 2026, 5.30 for 6PM. RSVP: exclusivebooks.co.za/pages/events...

Cape Town Marathon

Some books stay with us for a lifetime. 📚 Honorary Fellow and author @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social shares why Katherine Mansfield’s The Garden Party has meant so much to her, both as a reader and as a writer. #NationalYearOfReading2026 #YearOfReading2026 #GoAllIn2026 youtube.com/shorts/za9im...

Dinner when you are too tired to be creative.

G&T time at the FLF with one of my lovely friends: @gailgil.bsky.social ❤️

What a privilege to chair a FLF event with these fabulous authors: Siphokazi Jonas & Dominique Botha.

Therapist: Have you had any toxic relationships in the past? Me: Well, I used to be on Twitter.

Enjoying the FLF as a reader :)

At the FLF ❤️

Last night @exclusivebooks.bsky.social Cavendish: the beautiful launch of UNBRIDLING by Sheryl & Sandy James (@indeedbooks.bsky.social). The two authors were in conversation with @gailgil.bsky.social. Thank you to all three of you for an inspiring, heart-warming evening.

"Theatre without crutches as Louis Viljoen embraces pure dramatic confrontation" Keith Bain interviews @uncleloo.bsky.social about his latest play, 'The Killing of a Union Leader': www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...

Karavan Press and @indeedbooks.bsky.social at the KBF 2026 23 May 2026, Kingsmead College With Pamela Newham & @njclelland.bsky.social karavanpress.com/2026/05/10/k...

Karavan Press title: FARTING IN OUTER SPACE by @njclelland.bsky.social, illustrated by Marta Pucci karavanpress.com/2026/05/08/k...

POETRY READING Please join us as we celebrate the poetry of Stephen Symons, whose The Algebra of Insignificance won the 2026 Olive Schreiner Prize for Poetry: Wordsworth Books Gardens, 21 May 2026, 5.30 for 6PM.

ELGIN POETRY FESTIVAL: 24-26 July 2026 karavanpress.com/2026/05/07/e...

In a week's time, we go from a simmer to a boil... THE KILLING OF A UNION LEADER 12 - 30 May at Artscape Arena bit.ly/4tSCTc5

SELECTED PLAYS by @uncleloo.bsky.social launched @thebooklounge.bsky.social last night!

At the launch of SELECTED PLAYS: @uncleloo.bsky.social & @bloots.bsky.social 💙

Last night @thebooklounge.bsky.social: the launch of SELECTED PLAYS by @uncleloo.bsky.social! 💙 This stunning collection of plays showcases the exceptional talent of Louis Viljoen, his passion for the theatre, love of language and thought-provoking storytelling.

Gratitude Day 91/100: for literary events and spaces. Tonight at The Booklounge in Cape Town, Karina M. Szczurek from @karavanpress.bsky.social introducing @uncleloo.bsky.social and John Maytham for the launch of Louis Viljoen's SELECTED PLAYS #gratitude

Hey South African writers, this is a general call out for flash stories (500 words), both fiction and creative non-fiction for the IN OTHER STORIES anthology I edit with @karavanpress.bsky.social Deadline: 1 June 2026. Email address: [email protected]. Information in the attached image.

Karavan Press and @indeedbooks.bsky.social at the FLF 2026 karavanpress.com/2026/05/03/k...

At the FLF 2026 karinamagdalena.com/2026/05/03/a...

BECAUSE I LOVE YOU by Joy Watson launching @thebooklounge.bsky.social on Thursday, 7 May 2026. I have the privilege of interviewing Joy. Can't wait! ❤️ karinamagdalena.com/2026/05/02/b...

COFFEE WITH KARAVN PRESS Saturday, 9 May 2026, 10AM-12PM karavanpress.com/2026/05/02/c...

BRAIDED RIVER. Jenna Mervis' second poetry collection, will be available very soon! In the meantime join her at Off The Wall at 19.30 on 4 May for a poetry reading of her beautiful words. Link will be in the comments.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but if all you accomplish this weekend is reading a riveting novel cover-to-cover whilst drinking multiple cups of tea and consuming a scandalous amount of scones, you will have accomplished more than enough.

We are excited to announce that with @karavanpress.bsky.social, Cheverelles Farm and Liberty Books we are organising the inaugural Elgin Poetry Festival between 24 & 26 July 2026. We will post details here including how to book tickets. Follow Elgin Poetry Festival on Instragram lnkd.in/danGdFir.