Aimee-Claire Smith
Writer. Coffee drinker. Feminist. Intern under Colleen Higgs at Modjaji Books and assistant to Rachel Zadock at Short Story Day Africa. Working on my first novel.
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An evening with Karen Jennings, South African Booker Prize nominee (1 Sep)
Karen Jennings and Colleen Higgs, publisher at Modjaji Books will be in conversation about Karen’s recent Booker Prize nomination for An Island, her writing life, and her plans for the future.
Don’t miss Aoife Lennon-Ritchie’s webinar on how to get a literary agent (18 Aug)
How do you get a literary agent? What do literary agents even do, and why do you need one? How does agenting work in South Africa? What kind of titles are agents looking for?
Don’t miss this writing webinar with successful local author Fiona Snyckers! (21 Jul)
Have you ever wondered how writers do what they do? How they write novels that keep you interested and turning page after page into the early hours of the morning?
The Inside Track on Publishing for Writers – Don’t miss Helen Moffett’s publishing seminar in partnership with Modjaji Books (24 Jun)
Join Modjaji Books on Thursday 24 June 2021 at 6pm for a publishing seminar with experienced editor, award-winning writer and all-round book fiend Helen Moffett.
Two Modjaji titles make the 2021 Sunday Times/CNA Literary Awards longlists
Modjaji Books is proud to see two of our titles, The Gospel According to Wanda B Lazarus by Lynn Joffe and WILL, the Passenger Delaying Flight … by Barbara Adair, on the Sunday Times/CNA Literary Awards 2021 longlist under the Fiction category.
African Small Publishers Catalogue 2021: Opportunity for publishers, freelancers and small businesses
Modjaji Books is happy to announce that a new edition (the fifth) of the African Small Publishers’ Catalogue is in production and will be available in July 2021.
Don’t miss the virtual launch of 69 Jerusalem Street by Lindiwe Nkutha (24 Feb)
Modjaji Books is thrilled to invite you to the virtual launch of Lindiwe Nkutha’s debut short story collection, 69 Jerusalem Street.
Five Modjaji Books titles and over 50 Modjaji authors on the 2021 HSS Awards longlists
Modjaji Books is thrilled to see the following books longlisted for the 2021 Humanities and Social Science (HSS) Awards.
Don’t miss the virtual launch of Bernard Levinson’s Collected Poems (14 Feb)
Join Hands-On Books to celebrate the launch of Bernard Levinson’s Collected Poems!
The 2019 Short Story Day Africa Prize longlist has been announced
Short Story Day Africa has announced the longlist for their seventh annual prize.
Celebrate African literature at the launch of Hotel Africa: New Short Fiction from Africa
The Book Lounge and Short Story Day Africa are pleased to invite you to the launch of Hotel Africa: New Short Fiction from Africa.
Join Short Story Day Africa for the launch of Hotel Africa: New Short Fiction from Africa (4 Dec)
The Book Lounge and Short Story Day Africa are pleased to invite you to the launch of Hotel Africa: New Short Fiction from Africa.
Two Short Story Day Africa writers shortlisted for the 2019 Caine Prize For African Writing
Short Story Day Africa is extremely proud to have first discovered and published two of the five stories shortlisted for the 2019 Caine Prize for African Writing – for the second time since the project’s inception.
Short Story Day Africa needs you!
Short Story Day Africa is a small non-profit organisation that relies on donations to fund our development projects. These include the SSDA Editing Mentorship, the annual prize and anthology, and the writing workshops we hold across the African continent.
Disruption: Short Story Day Africa Announces 2019 Theme
In 2019, Short Story Day Africa is seeking short fiction exploring disruption, especially but not limited to climate and environ[mental] disruption.
Modjaji Books to open submissions in March 2019
Award-winning feminist press Modjaji Books will be opening submissions again on 1 March 2019.
Find your flow: Apply for the Short Story Day Africa 2018 Flow Writing Workshop in Kigali
Calling all writers in Rwanda! Apply today to attend the 2018 Hotel Africa Flow Workshop hosted by Goethe-Institut Kigali.
There Goes English Teacher: Forthcoming memoir from Modjaji Books launching twice in Cape Town
Searingly honest, heartachingly funny and deeply sad, Karin Cronje’s powerful memoir There Goes English Teacher spans three years of adventures and misadventures as an English teacher in a small Korean village and later at a university.
Short Story Day Africa Prize 2018 deadline extended
The deadline for the Short Story Day Africa Prize has been extended to 31 October 2018.
Trifonia Melibea Obono’s La Bastarda: Modjaji Books releases first novel by an Equatorial Guinean woman to be translated into English
Cape Town-based independent feminist press Modjaji Books is set to release the southern African version of La Bastarda by Trifonia Melibea Obono.