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CLAWS Lucky Draw 2026 – win a Karavan Press book hamper and other stunning prizes

Karavan Press has been supporting the CLAWS (Clanwilliam Animal Welfare Society) Lucky Draw for the past four years and we are very happy to contribute once again to the wonderful prizes you can win in the CLAWS Luck Draw 2026.

🐾 IT’S FOR A GOOD CLAWS! 🐾

Support the incredible work of the Clanwilliam Animal Welfare Society (CLAWS) and stand a chance to win some amazing local prizes while helping animals in need throughout our community.

🎁 Lucky Draw Prizes Include:

✨ Gravity Adventures – Micro Adventure for 2
💰 Value: R1 100

✨ Oudrif – 2 Nights for 2
💰 Value: R8 600

✨ Hoghouse Brewing Company – Beer & Deli Hamper
💰 Value: R1 200

✨ Driehoek Wines – Wine Prize
💰 Value: R500

✨ Karavan Press – Book Hamper
💰 Value: R2 420

✨ John Maytham – Wine of your choosing from his collection
💰 Value: R5 000

🎟️ Tickets are R100 each

💳 How to Enter

Simply EFT your ticket payment to:

Clanwilliam Animal Welfare Society (CLAWS)
FNB
Account Number: 62920085504
Branch Code: 250655
Reference: Your Name and contact number

🐶🐱 Every ticket purchased helps CLAWS continue rescuing, feeding, sterilising and caring for animals in need in the Clanwilliam community.

📢 Please share this post and support by buying a ticket. Every share helps us reach more people, and every ticket sold helps change an animal’s life.

❤️ Because it’s for a good CLAWS.

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🙏 Many thanks for your support.

Entries close on 7 September. 

For more details, see:

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Shari Daya’s and Lucienne Argent’s debut collections shortlisted for the Ingrid Jonker Prize 2026

The shortlist for the Ingrid Jonker Prize 2026 has been announced and we are thrilled that Shari Daya’s Land | Lines and Lucienne Argent’s Self-Portrait of a Guava have been nominated. Congratulations to the two of them and all other shortlisted poets!

The shortlist for 2026:

Lucienne Argent, Self-Portrait of a Guava (Karavan Press)

Shari Daya, Land | Lines  (Karavan Press)

Zeenit Saban-Jacobs, Inside an Eyeball (Botsotso Publishing)

Siphokazi Jonas, Weeping Becomes a River (Penguin)

Frank Meintjies, A Place to Night In (Botsotso Publishing)

Sarah Uheida, Not This Tender (Dryad Press)

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Love Books launch of 185: The Janine van Wyk Story as told to Firdose Moonda

The Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) is taking place in Morocco this year and Banyana Banyana are playing their first match in the competition against Tanzania tonight. South Africa won the Cup only once – in 2022. One of the women who lifted the trophy that year was Janine van Wyk. In 185: The Janine van Wyk Story as told to Firdose Moonda, you can read all about the successful campaign and Janine’s path to record-breaking glory as well as the incredible background story of South Africa’s women footballers’ quest to compete on the African continent and beyond, and to be counted among the best! Janine and Firdose will be in Johannesburg to celebrate the launch of the book – fittingly during the women’s month of August – and we hope to see you all at Love Books on 11 August for the occasion. Janine and Firdose will be in conversation with speaker, broadcaster and host of The Enhanced Pod, Leigh-Ann Paulick. Not to be missed!

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Karavan Press title: Nothing Is Lost by Kerry Hammerton

‘I watch the writer through this prism of water, the way she gobbles food, always rushing out the door. She sits and writes and types and talks to people through a screen. I have seen her weep, and lie down in the middle of the day, too tired to hold her head up. But always her words ring bright. I’m fine. I’m okay. Just busy, you know how it is.’

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‘… an absorbing, exhilarating collection … this is Kerry Hammerton writing at the height of her powers.’ – Finuala Dowling

KERRY HAMMERTON lives in Cape Town, South Africa and has an MA in Creative Writing from Rhodes University. She has published poetry and prose in various South African and international literary journals and anthologies. Nothing is Lost is Kerry’s fifth poetry collection. Kerry is the editor of In Other Stories, first published in 2024, a series of anthologies of flash fiction and creative non-fiction published by Karavan Press. She facilitates her own creative writing workshops, and has also partnered with various literary festivals and organisations to deliver creative writing seminars. Kerry is a freelance lecturer and supervisor with the Rhodes University School of Languages and Literature on their Master’s in Creative Writing programme.

Find her at www.kerryhammerton.com

Publisher: Karavan Press

Distributor: Booksite

Publication date: July 2026

ISBN: 978-1-0671781-5-4

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Author: Firdose Moonda

FIRDOSE MOONDA is a sports journalist and writer whose main role is as the Senior Correspondent for Africa and women’s cricket at Cricinfo but her first published stories were about football. While studying her Journalism Honours degree, Firdose covered the university’s football team, Bidvest Wits, who were in South Africa’s Premier League. She went on to report on the 2010 Football World Cup but with a packed sporting calendar, eventually had cricket chosen for her. She returned to football writing in 2023, inspired by the Women’s World Cup. Firdose is interested in sport as a socio-cultural phenomenon and her stories often come from beyond the boundary. Her writing portfolio includes short stories published in Karavan Press anthologies and chapters in academic books and journals. When she is not writing, Firdose is a yoga scholar and teacher trainer.

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Karavan Press title: 185 – The Janine van Wyk Story as told to Firdose Moonda

From kicking a ball in the backyard with her cousins, to being the only girl in a boys’ team, JANINE VAN WYK rose to become the most-capped footballer in Africa and is among the most decorated players in the global game. This book charts her journey alongside the growth of the women’s game and the changing landscape of South African sport. Hop on a bus in Mozambique, bathe in a river in Nigeria and feel the fury of fans in Equatorial Guinea as Janine and her teammates chase continental glory. Experience the thrills of the Olympic Games and the World Cups and the progression to professionalism as Janine earns contracts abroad. What never leaves her is her commitment to developing and contributing to the game at home. Alongside her quest to break the record for most appearances for an African national side, Janine navigates co-owning a football club, the Covid-19 crisis, and changing team and relationship dynamics. This is not just a story about sport; it is a story about dreams, determination and a deep desire to be the best one can be.

About the author:

FIRDOSE MOONDA is a sports journalist and writer whose main role is as the Senior Correspondent for Africa and women’s cricket at Cricinfo but her first published stories were about football. While studying her Journalism Honours degree, Firdose covered the university’s football team, Bidvest Wits, who were in South Africa’s Premier League. She went on to report on the 2010 Football World Cup but with a packed sporting calendar, eventually had cricket chosen for her. She returned to football writing in 2023, inspired by the Women’s World Cup. Firdose is interested in sport as a socio-cultural phenomenon and her stories often come from beyond the boundary. Her writing portfolio includes short stories published in Karavan Press anthologies and chapters in academic books and journals. When she is not writing, Firdose is a yoga scholar and teacher trainer.

Publisher: Karavan Press

Distributor: Booksite

Publication date: August 2026

ISBN: 978-1-0671781-4-7

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Karavan Press title: Memories In Our Throats, edited by Melissa Sussens

Memories In Our Throats is an anthology of English South African poetry, edited by Melissa Sussens. We hope that the 2026 edition is only the first in a series of similar snapshots of contemporary poetic preoccupations.

EDITOR

Melissa Sussensis a queer veterinarian and poet. Her debut collection, Slaughterhouse (Karavan Press, 2022), was a finalist for the 2024 HSS Awards and was shortlisted for the Ingrid Jonker Prize 2024. She placed 2nd in the 2020 New Contrast National Poetry Prize and was shortlisted for the 2022 prize. Melissa was also shortlisted for the 2024 Isele Poetry Prize and her work has appeared in many publications, both locally and internationally. She has performed at the Poetry in McGregor Festival, The Commons and The Red Wheelbarrow Poetry Collective. She spent years as a teaching assistant for Megan Falley’s international writing course, Poems That Don’t Suck and her favourite part of writing is editing. Melissa lives in Cape Town with her wife and their two dogs. Find her at melissasussens.com or @melissasussens.

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Cover image | Fragment of Nina Kruger’s ‘Unmade’ (2026); Protea fibres, alpaca fleece, netting

Publisher: Karavan Press

Distributor: Booksite

Publication date: July 2026

ISBN: 978-1-0671781-0-9