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The Smell of Blood & Other Stories by Caitlin Stobie and Kharys Ateh Laue launched at EB Cavendish

We launched The Smell Of Blood & Other Stories by Caitlin Stobie & Kharys Ateh Laue at Exclusive Books Cavendish last night. We spoke about storytelling in general and the short story in particular, about the creative process involved in collaborating on a collection of this nature, and the challenges and joys of writing about intimacy, sexuality, violence and coming of age in a country as complex and fascinating as South Africa of the eighties and nineties.

Thank you to the authors (you are remarkable!) and to everyone who shared this special moment with us (so great to engage).

A special thank you to Linda and the EB Cavendish team. Thank you for all your kind words and for championing our stories. We are deeply grateful for the support.

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IN OTHER STORIES, edited by Kerry Hammerton, to be launched at Exclusive Books V&A Waterfront

This is an event that promises to be loads of fun! Please join us for the launch of In Other Stories, a collection of fiction and non-fiction flashes, compiled and edited by Kerry Hammerton.

Kerry will be in conversation with Nancy Richards and quite a few authors included in the collection will be present to read from and talk about their contributions.

Can’t wait!

RSVP: In Other Stories launch at EB V&A Waterfront

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University of the Third Age: ‘Cat Therapy for Humans’ – Gail Gilbride

Join Gail Gilbride for a talk at the University of the Third Age in Hermanus:

“Cat Therapy for Humans”

When Gail Gilbride was diagnosed with breast cancer, she experiences the full range of emotions but was determined to fight it. What she didn’t anticipate was that she’ll have a furry, ginger wingman for company. Archie brings to Gail camaraderie and healing in the dark hours when, alone, she cannot keep the dread at bay. He’s the remedy she didn’t know she needed.

Friday, 30 August, at 10:00 in the Catholic Church Hall, Hermanus

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Land | Lines by Shari Daya launched at Exclusive Books Cavendish

We launched Land | Lines by Shari Daya at Exclusive Books Cavendish last night. Shari was in conversation with Nadia Kamies and spoke about inspiration, craft, place, belonging and freedom. She read her poetic prose and poetry and her words filled a stormy Cape evening with warmth and wonder.

Thank you to Shari and Nadia for the beautiful conversation. Thank you to Linda and the Exclusive Books Cavendish team for hosting the event. And thank you to all who attended, especially Shari’s and Karavan Press’s family and friends.

To all who couldn’t make it: EB Cavendish has a few signed copies of Land | Lines …

Happy reading!

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DOT TO DOT by Lisa Tredoux to be launched at V&A Exclusive Books

Our first children’s book (which adults will love too) – Dot to Dot by Lisa Tredoux – is going to be launched at the V&A Exclusive Books on Wednesday, 4 September 2024, at 6PM. Lisa will be in conversation with fellow actor and children’s book author, Bianca Flanders.

Join us for the event and stand a chance at going home with one of these Freckolion mugs!

RSVP: DOT TO DOT launch at V&A Exclusive Books

In case you are wondering who is my (Karina’s) favourite character in Dot to Dot … 🙂

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Megan Hall and Shari Daya reading at The Red Wheelbarrow

Megan Hall
Shari Daya

Megan Hall and Shari Daya will be reading to us at 6 Spin Street on Wednesday, 28th August at 7 p.m.

Megan Hall won the Ingrid Jonker Prize for her poetry collection Fourth Child (Modjaji Books, 2007). Published in various journals since 1995, her work has been anthologised for schools (Worldscapes, 2005) and for university students (The New Century of South African Poetry, 2018), amongst others. She also writes short stories. She lives and works in Cape Town.

Shari Daya is a geographer and poet from Cape Town. Her poetry and essays explore the entangled geographies of lineage, memory, place and the body, and her work has appeared in the literary journals Obsidian, Stanzas, New Contrast and the anthologies Africa! My Africa! and I Wish I’d Said… Vol. 5, from the AVBOB Poetry Project. Shari completed an MA in Creative Writing at the University of Cape Town in 2023 and her debut collection of poetry and prose, Land | Lines, has been recently published by Karavan Press this year.

As always, the reading by the featured poet(s) will be followed by an open mic session for poets from the audience. Poets are welcome to read from their own work as well as from the work of a favourite poet.
 
Please note that 6 Spin Street offers a cash bar.
We look forward to seeing you there!
 
Date: Wednesday, 28th August 2024
Time: 19:00
Venue: 6 Spin Street Restaurant Gallery, 6 Spin Street, Church Square, Cape Town

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IN SILENCE MY HEART SPEAKS by Thobeka Yose launched at Woman Zone

In Silence My Heart Speaks by Thobeka Yose – officially: Queen Thobeka – was launched at Woman Zone as part of the Artscape Women’s Humanity Festival yesterday. Thobeka was in conversation with Nancy Richards, who has been a champion of Thobeka’s memoir from the start when she first met this courageous woman and heard her remarkable story.

Yesterday’s launch interview was followed by a deeply moving Q&A during which other women praised Thobeka, her book, and shared their own stories of becoming, resilience and power. It was an honour to be present and to listen. We all went away inspired.

Thank you, Queen Thobeka, for your strength, wisdom and willingness to be vulnerable and to open up spaces for vital conversations. Thank you to Nancy for all the encouragement and support, and for leading the conversation. To Woman Zone – deepest gratitude for championing women’s lives & stories. And to Artscape for hosting. Thank you to all who attended and made this occasion beyond special!

Note Thobeka’s shoes! Definitely the most fabulous launch shoes in Karavan Press book launch history! Fitting for a Queen!

You can listen to the launch conversation here:

Woman Zone Stories – Meet the Author: Thobeka Yose
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Sarah Frost reading at The Red Wheelbarrow

Join The Red Wheelbarrow on Thursday, 15th August 2024, on Zoom at 19:30 SAST for a reading by Sarah Frost, followed by an open mic.

Join via Zoom link or Meeting ID: 884 0600 8769 | Passcode: poetry

Sarah Frost works as an online editor for Juta Legalbrief in Durban. She has been writing poetry since she was nineteen years old, completed an MA in English Literature at UKZN and achieved a first in a module in Online Poetry at Wits. She won the Temenos prize for mystical poetry in the McGregor Poetry Competition in 2021. Her debut collection, Conduit, was published by Modjaji in 2011. Her second manuscript, River Fugue, will be brought out by Karavan Press later this year.