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@karinamszczurek.bsky.social
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Reader, writer, editor, publisher. Cape Town.
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The best email signature I have ever seen: 'Note: Please do not feel pressured to respond to this immediately. Your physical, mental, and emotional health, and of those for whom you are caring, come first.' (Jaydon Farao)
over 1 year ago
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Barbara Loots
1 day ago
Book launch of
@uncleloo.bsky.social
's SELECTED PLAYS, published by
@karavanpress.bsky.social
, at the Book Lounge on 5 May 2025 at 6:30pm. He will be in conversation with John Maytham. Would love to see you there: RSVP to
[email protected]
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Kerry Hammerton
1 day ago
Gratitude Day 68/100: for the writers I worked with today. For their willingness to walk with me on this road of discovery.
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Karavan Press
1 day ago
UNHEARD VOICES: an anthology of stories to be published by
@hollandhousebooks.bsky.social
– call for submissions!
www.hhousebooks.com/sa-unheard-v...
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Karavan Press
1 day ago
"My hat goes off to
@kerryhammerton.bsky.social
for her thoughtful curation and editing of this collection. She showcases a wide variety of voices, championing diversity. This is a collection not to be missed!" Riley Herbert-Henry reviews IN OTHER STORIES 2025:
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Karavan Press
3 days ago
SAVE THE DATE: Poetry is coming to Elgin! 24-26 July 2026
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Barbara Loots
3 days ago
So extremely excited and proud! 10 of
@uncleloo.bsky.social
's brilliant plays will be published by
@karavanpress.bsky.social
as a SELECTED PLAYS compilation ... Counting down the days, literally, to the release date of 16 April 2026!
karavanpress.com/2026/04/09/k...
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Louis Viljoen
about 1 month ago
NEW PLAY!!! "THE KILLING OF A UNION LEADER" 12 - 30 May, Artscape Arena Starring: John Maytham, Emma Kotze, Sizwesandile Mnisi & Carl Beukes Written & Directed by Louis Viljoen Set & Lighting Design by Kieran McGregor Poster Design by
@bloots.bsky.social
www.unionleaderplay.co.za
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Karavan Press
3 days ago
Karavan Press title: SELECTED PLAYS by
@uncleloo.bsky.social
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Karavan Press title: Selected Plays by Louis Viljoen
LOUIS VILJOEN is a Cape Town-based playwright and director. Described as ‘one of South Africa’s most exciting playwrights’, Viljoen’s gripping writing is known for its intricate use of language and…
https://karavanpress.com/2026/04/09/karavan-press-title-selected-plays-by-louis-viljoen/
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Karavan Press
4 days ago
Daily Maverick interview with Stephen Symons
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Stephen Symons wins Olive Schreiner Award for The Algebra of Insignificance
Poet, graphic designer and veteran surfer Stephen Symons was at an event at a Cape Town art gallery when the news came through. It was an unexpected text message from his editor bearing the surprise n…
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-04-09-stephen-symons-wins-olive-schreiner-award-for-the-algebra-of-insignificance/
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Karavan Press
10 days ago
Secrets and other stories at Blown Away by Books Saturday, 18 April 2026, 9.30AM FISH HOEK LIBRARY
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Secrets and other stories at Blown Away by Books
Please join us for another Blown Away by Books event at the Fish Hoek Library on 18 April 2026, at 9.30AM – this year celebrating Secrets, the latest Karavan Stories anthology (2025) and the …
https://karavanpress.com/2026/04/02/secrets-and-other-stories-at-blown-away-by-books/
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Physically, I am back home, but my soul is still at Oudrif ...
5 days ago
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8 days ago
@karinamszczurek.bsky.social
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Mornings with Salieri.
12 days ago
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Karavan Press
13 days ago
BOOKS ON THE BAY 2026: AN OVERVIEW by
@karinamszczurek.bsky.social
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Books on the Bay 2026: an overview - LitNet
"It is about perceiving the world from another perspective, about documenting war while dreaming about opera, about seeing someone’s tears and twirling in a stunning dress in front of them to make the...
https://www.litnet.co.za/books-on-the-bay-2026-an-overview/
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Gailgil
18 days ago
A Tokyo moment ...
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old fruit pictures
19 days ago
pomegranate pomegranates, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1932
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Sunday.
22 days ago
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22 days ago
Frida Kahlo, Xochimilco, Mexico, 1937
#WomensArt
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Funny and profound; Edward Norton reciting Walt Whitman at the end deeply moving. Loved listening to this interview.
youtu.be/kSEMaPOOrU8?...
22 days ago
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My kind of flight.
25 days ago
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Susanna Crossman
25 days ago
Le bouquet de fleurs. Mercredi soir.
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Karavan Press
25 days ago
Flash Writing Workshops with
@kerryhammerton.bsky.social
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Sunday.
28 days ago
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Books on the Bay with inspiring women writers:
@gailgil.bsky.social
, Karen Jennings, Anna Hug, Debi Hawkins, Melissa A. Volker &
@ellekeboehmer.bsky.social
❤️
29 days ago
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Starlight Classics ❤️
29 days ago
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Karavan Press
about 1 month ago
Global first: Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, appoints Athol Williams to the role of School Poet Laureate
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Global first: Business School appoints a Poet Laureate. Published poet Athol Williams takes up new critical role | Saïd Business School
Poetry has been described as the secret weapon of CEOs. Steve Jobs was famously passionate – as are corporate chiefs, who keep copies of Shelley's Ozymandias in their desks.
https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/news/global-first-business-school-appoints-poet-laureate-published-poet-athol-williams-takes-new-critical-role
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Joanne Harris
about 1 month ago
The worst danger of AI isn't that it exploits creators, nor that it guzzles energy, wastes water and hands power to an undeserving elite, but that it severs our links to each other. It discourages conversation, spontaneity, empathy, critical thinking: everything that makes us better than machines.
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Our books at Books on the Bay.
about 1 month ago
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First day at Books on the Bay 💙
about 1 month ago
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I admire anyone who can think in this heat.
about 1 month ago
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Karavan Press
about 1 month ago
BOOKS ON THE BAY SATURDAY, 14 March 2026 11:30 – 12:30 Simon’s Town Methodist Church Elleke Boehmer Ice Shock Karina Szczurek is in conversation with
@ellekeboehmer.bsky.social
about how her characters respond to a catastrophically changing environment.
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Karavan Press
about 1 month ago
A literary morning with Chantal Stewart at the Durbanville Library ❤️
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
about 1 month ago
Here’s last night’s story about USAID, why the Trump Administration has gutted it, who is being impacted, and how many nice things John can say about George W. Bush. It’s more than zero! By a very narrow margin, it is more than zero.
youtu.be/tU8S13xYJNM
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USAID: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
https://youtu.be/tU8S13xYJNM
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Karavan Press
about 1 month ago
The sister editions of ICE SHOCK by
@ellekeboehmer.bsky.social
– Karavan Press (SA, 2025) & Valley Press (UK, 2026) 💙💙
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Karavan Press
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The Algebra of Insignificance by Stephen Symons wins the Olive Schreiner Prize for Poetry 2026
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The Algebra of Insignificance by Stephen Symons wins the Olive Schreiner Prize for Poetry 2026
We are thrilled to announce that the English Academy of Southern Africa has selected The Algebra of Insignificance by Stephen Symons as the winner of the Olive Schreiner Prize for Poetry 2026. Cong…
https://karavanpress.com/2026/03/06/the-algebra-of-insignificance-by-stephen-symons-wins-the-olive-schreiner-prize-for-poetry-2026/
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Philosophy with Mark Rowlands, Salieri and dogs.
about 1 month ago
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Kerry Hammerton
about 1 month ago
I will be running flash writing workshops in April and May. Have a look at my Substack for all the details:
kerryhammerton.substack.com/p/flash-writ...
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Karavan Press
about 1 month ago
Thobeka Yose at Time of the Writer
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Thobeka Yose at Time of the Writer 2026
OUR STORIES: THE LITERATURE OF LIVED EXPERIENCE Explore the power of memoir to carry personal narrative and process life experiences through literature. SWIFT by Melinda Ferguson In Silence my Hear…
https://karavanpress.com/2026/03/04/thobeka-yose-at-time-of-the-writer-2026/
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The Whimsical Muse
about 1 month ago
Sometimes, self-care is reading books, eating pastries, and petting cats.
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Institute of Art and Ideas
about 1 month ago
The famous image of Earth from space looks neutral—but it was quietly turned to put the north on top. | https://bit.ly/4kVSi88
@ellekeboehmer.bsky.social
argues this small adjustment captures a much larger habit of mind, and that it is impossible to view the world from an objective perspective.
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There is no objective view of Earth
<p><em>The famous image of Earth from space looks neutral—but it was quietly turned to put the north on top. Professor <strong>Elleke Boehmer</strong> argues that this small adjustment captures a much...
https://bit.ly/4kVSi88
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Blaize K.
about 1 month ago
Amy is the best. This is the book I've wanted her to write since our writing group first met in Hyde Park Exclusives to crit stories and drink hot chocolate. Wonderful novel.
add a skeleton here at some point
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Karavan Press
about 1 month ago
Call for submissions for poetry anthology! Modjaji Books launches a call for our Woordeloos anthology celebrating southern African women poets
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Newsflash
Modjaji Books launches a call for our Woordeloos anthology celebrating southern African women poets
https://open.substack.com/pub/modjajibooks/p/newsflash?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Indeed Books
about 2 months ago
Spotted out in the wild at
@exclusivebooks.bsky.social
MY THREE NAMES by Pamela Newham.
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Karavan Press
about 2 months ago
Poetry Evening in the Garden at Waterfall Cottage with Chantal Stewart and Dawn Garisch Saturday, 14 March 2026, 5.15 for 5.30PM
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Elleke Boehmer
about 2 months ago
My blue book’s first southern launch! Come one, come all!
@karavanpress.bsky.social
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Indeed Books
about 2 months ago
We are very excited about our current cohort of authors and books, and how they are making an impact on readers. We are looking for new manuscripts and authors to join Indeed Books and strengthen our reputation as a haven of literary engagement and entertainment.
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Richard de Nooy
about 2 months ago
When you find your true purpose.
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
about 2 months ago
This week’s main story is about Twitter. Or “X” if you’re a hall monitor. How it went from bad to worse under Elon Musk, how it’s impacting us all, and why there’s exactly one account there that we’re still fine with.
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Poem & artwork by Finuala Dowling (Instagram).
about 2 months ago
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