Colleen Higgs

I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.

She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.

Congratulations! Thrilled for you and proud of you.

Holding thumbs for you

I would like for wealthy people excited for tax cuts to sign a piece of paper acknowledging that every dollar they get in tax breaks is going to be paid for by someone else…either someone not getting healthcare or SNAP or some future person paying higher taxes to pay the interest on our new debt.

I didn't realise the extent of the love for what we do at Modjaji Books. Thank you!!!

Help keep the lights on at Modjaji Books here's how you can be part of it

For 18 years, we've been the heartbeat of independent publishing of southern African women writers, bringing vital voices to readers. We've made big changes this year, and strained our cash flow.

We need to raise ZAR120,000 by 30June to bridge this gap & ensure we can continue our vital work.

Autistic 4th Grader Goes Viral For Powerful Rebuke To RFK Jr.: 'I'm Not Broken' Beautifully stated, young man!

Bravo, young man! www.comicsands.com/autistic-boy...

If you are in Makhanda on the 14th May, do join us for the launch of Jeannie McKeown's new collection of poetry, Ornithology. It's at the Amazwi Museum, 5.30 pm for 6. No RSVPs needed.
#southafricanliterature
#southafricanpoetry
#modjajibooks

Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.

Please let this pathetic walkback be a lesson to everyone tempted to capitulate
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...

London bus stop near Amazon HQ 🔥

You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.

Elisabeth Anderson: A champion of books for all - LitNet Colleen Higgs writes about Elisabeth Anderson’s enduring legacy. Elisabeth Anderson’s memorial service will be held this afternoon at 13:30.

Elisabeth Anderson was my boss, friend and mentor when I worked at the Centre for the Book in Cape Town in the 2000s. What an extraordinary person she was. Rest in Peace Elisabeth.
www.litnet.co.za/elisabeth-an...

Ingrid Sinclair of Soutie Press and I will be in conversation about publishing. The highs, the lows and what it takes to keep going as an independent publisher.

Independent publisher here. Same.

New book out from @modjajibooks.bsky.social still one of the highlights of publishing. Jeannie Mckeown's second collection, Ornithology. Helen Moffett at lunch yesterday with her copy, hot off the press. 😊💐🐦

Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.

Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know

Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know

Trump’s Anti-Trans Moves Steal From Putin’s Playbook How autocrats target 'enemies within' for political gain.

"Scapegoating transgender people comes straight out of the authoritarian playbook. It is part of a strategy to create an 'enemy within,' and then target vulnerable minorities for political gain," writes Graeme Reid.
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ESCAPE: Gold beneath the gloom — five amazing things to explore in Jozi

It’s good to be reminded that alongside the urban decay, there are vibrant attractions too.

Book launch: Dr Michelle Pentecost, The Politics of Potential. Global Health and Gendered Futures in South Africa.

#BookLaunch #ReworldingReproduction
#FutureAfricaUP

Cape Town folk, we'd love to see you at this event. Don't forget to RSVP if you plan to come

For 18 years, we've been amplifying Southern African women’s voices. Subscribe & invest in the future of SA lit & so we can continue finding & publishing bold new voices, nurturing new writers, and ensuring that important stories by women reach readers.

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Things you aren't supposed to talk about Modjaji Books and the wild ride of small scale independent publishing

A post I wrote about why I do what I do. And how it's been.

the dog in question I want to write about putting down a dog, not because he was old or ill, and his time had come.

"I want to write about putting down a dog, not because he was old or ill, and his time had come. But about the time I put down a dog that was only six years old, he was a dog I loved, but could no longer live with."

colleenhiggs.substack.com/p/the-dog-in...

Thank you! Super proud to be your SA publisher

The Work of Repair In the timber plantations in northeastern South Africa, laborers work long hours among tall, swaying lines of eucalypts, on land once theirs. In 2008, at the...

My monograph, The Work of Repair: Capacity after Colonialism in the Timber Plantations of South Africa. June 2023, published by Fordham.

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As long as we're all talking about how naive Liz Breunig is, remember when she said the end of abortion would lead to better policies for parents?