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Salon Hecate at Noordhoek Art Point Gallery: BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE burning bright and inspiring us all to pay attention, care and create the world we want to live in! Thank you all for making it happen ...

It is a great review indeed.

WOMAN ZONE STORIES: The Cape Flats Book Festival 2026

Woman Zone Stories: Cape Flats Book Festival 2026
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PenAfrican: Building beauty against ruin – Roger Lucey’s How to build a house in the mountains - LitNet "Roger Lucey’s How to build a house in the mountains is a book about constructing a legacy from your own ruins."

Mphuthumi Ntabeni reviews HOW TO BUILD A HOUSE IN THE MOUNTAINS
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REVIEW | Roger Lucey, rebel folk-rocker who built his own house in the mountains | News24 Lucey proves to be a gifted writer with a strong voice, using humour, irony and plenty of ‘seffrican’ vernacular to tell his life story

Fred de Vries reviews HOW TO BUILD A HOUSE IN THE MOUNTAINS by Roger Lucey
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Woman Zone Stories - Meet the Author: Burning Down the House

PODCAST
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And another friend is reading Ice Shock—this time under blue, humid southern hemisphere skies. Queensland, Australia.
Look at how that gap in the iceberg resembles an ice cube. Too melty! @karavanpress.bsky.social

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

"TEXT IS KING - Read on, queen"

Recommended reading for all mega-, giga- and tera-readers!

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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: kerryhammerton@gmail.com

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
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SOUTHERN IMAGINING is launched!
In the presence of the rocks of Gondwanaland and the memories of the great whales.
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WOMAN ZONE on Instagram: "WZBC Book Review: Swartbooij & Titus by Karen Jennings (@karavanpress ) Slavery ran through the history of the Cape like a fire in a forest. It left behind not just devastati... 3 likes, 1 comments - womanzonecapetown on January 18, 2026: "WZBC Book Review: Swartbooij & Titus by Karen Jennings (@karavanpress ) Slavery ran through the history of the Cape like a fire in a fores...

WZBC Book Review: Swartbooij & Titus by Karen Jennings
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Elleke Boehmer in conversation with Richard Beard Buy tickets for the event with Elleke Boehmer in conversation with Richard Beard at Daunt Books Summertown from Daunt Books today.

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
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The Day NY Publishing Lost Its Soul How did we get here? And how do we get back?

"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 ...)

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EVER AFTER, THE END: Consuelo Roland and Lucienne Bestall in conversation Mortality forms a thematic throughline in both Consuelo’s first novel, The Good Cemetery Guide (2005), and Lucienne’s debut collection of non-fiction essays, Except for Breath: Reflections on Image…

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
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FULLY BOOKED FOR 2026!

Karavan Stories 2026: Workshop and Anthology
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Woman Zone Book Club: Burning Down the House Visit the post for more.

Woman Zone Book Club: Burning Down the House
Saturday, 24 January 2026, 10:30-12:30
Woman Zone Library, Artscape
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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
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Tears before bedtime by Diane Awerbuck: excerpt - LitNet "This a joke book – except that all the dialogue is real, and from my family, over a period of fifteen years. I have been taking notes."

LitNet - TEARS BEFORE BEDTIME by Diane Awerbuck: excerpt
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Breyten schrijven #19: Breytenbachs lyrische erfenis door de blik van dichters, conversatie met Klara du Plessis - Voertaal "Breytenbach is ’n buitengewoon sterk digter in die Afrikaanse literatuur, maar daar moet altyd ruimte wees vir ’n taal se letterkunde om te groei, om te verander, om dalk anders te klink, om op daard...

Breyten schrijven #19: Breytenbachs lyrische erfenis door de blik van dichters, conversatie met Klara du Plessis
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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...