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Heralding a new female voice in fiction: Ijangolet S Ogwang’s debut novel An Image in a Mirror

Achen and Nyakale: twin sisters, separated in childhood to inherit different destinies.

BlackBird Books new book alert: An Image in a Mirror by Ijangolet S Ogwang

BlackBird Books has announced a new publication: An Image in a Mirror by Ijangolet S Ogwang.

Join Chwayita Ngamlana for the launch of her debut novel If I Stay Right Here in Joburg

You are invited to the launch of Chwayita Ngamlana’s debut novel If I Stay Right Here.

New book alert: The Last Sentence by Tumelo Buthelezi – out in May from BlackBird Books

BlackBird Books has revealed the cover for The Last Sentence, the debut novel by Tumelo Buthelezi!

Storied: A crowdfunding campaign to publish diverse fiction and push the publishing agenda in South Africa

Introducing: Storied – a Jacana Media initiative and private company that will publish local fiction!

Pitch to Publication presentations pay off, for both publishers and writers

Jacana Media has revealed the successful writers who pitched their manuscripts during the publisher’s Pitch to Publication event.

African Flavour Books in Braamfontein packed out for the launch of Chwayita Ngamlana’s If I Stay Right Here

BlackBird Books hosted a launch for Chwayita Ngamlana’s If I Stay Right Here at the new African Flavour Books store in Braamfontein last night.

Celebrating black female writers

Xarra Books and BlackBird Books cordially invite you to a book launch celebrating young black female writers. 

Join Chwayita Ngamlana at Bridge Books for a reading from her new novel If I Stay Right Here

BlackBird Birds invites you to a reading from If I Stay Right Here, the electric debut book by Chwayita Ngamlana.

Don’t miss the launch of Chwayita Ngamlana’s electric debut novel If I Stay Right Here

BlackBird Books and African Flavour Books invite you to the launch of If I Stay Right Here by Chwayita Ngamlana.

An electric debut novel: If I Stay Right Here by Chwayita Ngamlana

This is Chwayita Ngamlana’s debut novel – and it won’t be the last.

How do we decolonise South African book editing? Don’t miss this Jacana Media event

On Wednesday, 2 August Jacana Media hopes to have a robust and thought-provoking debate and discussion. Don’t miss it!

The first of its kind: Jacana Media to host a live book-pitching session

On 4 August 2017, Jacana Media publishers and a panel of experts will gather for a live book-pitching session!

New book festival to be launched in Tshwane: Tjo!StoryFest – Everyone Has A Story

The residents of Tshwane are in for a unique treat. They will be closing off Youth Month and welcoming Mandela Month with a new, exciting edition to the cultural calendar: Tjo!StoryFest!