Please join us for this wonderful occasion – it will be fun! Hope to see you all there!

Please join us for this wonderful occasion – it will be fun! Hope to see you all there!

Malika Lueen Ndlovu is back in town next week and will be in conversation with Pregs Govender at The Commons in Muizenberg for the launch of her Griefseed. Please join us for this wonderful occasion on Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 7 for 7:30PM! Not to be missed! RSVP: Karavan Press

Please join us for this special event, a joint launch of The Fourth Boy by Andrew Robert Wilson and Salt Water Pool Boy by Peter-Adrian Altini at Wordsworth Books Garden Route Mall on Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 17:30 for 18:00. The authors will be in conversation with Karina M. Szczurek.


The fifth bi-annual Jewish Literary Festival took place yesterday and it was a day of books, books, books! And sunshine, writers, readers and fascinating conversations. Thank you to all who make this day of dialogue and engagement possible!







Thank you to all the authors for a day of insight and literary joy!














We are thrilled to invite you to the launch of Salt Water Pool Boy, Peter-Adrian Altini‘s debut novel, at Exclusive Books Cavendish on Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 5.30 for 6PM. Peter-Adrian will be in conversation with Alistair Mackay, author of It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way, The Child and The Lucky Ones. Peter-Adrian is visiting all the way from Paris, where he now lives. Please join us for this special event!

Happy publication day to Andile Cele and Holland House Books! Today, Andile’s debut novel, Braids & Migraines, runner-up in The Island Prize for unpublished African novelists 2023, is officially making its way into the world. Together with Protea Distribution, we are delighted to be the South African distribution partner for the moving debut novel. Please join us on Thursday, 24 April 2025, for the Cape Town launch of Braids & Migraines at The Book Lounge. Andile will be in conversation with Karen Jennings, founder of The Island Prize. Can’t wait!

Please join us for the launch of Of Salt, Dust and Love, the first collection of stories by Stephen Symons. Stephen will be in conversation with Glen Thompson. An evening of storytelling not to be missed! See you at Wordsworth Books Gardens on 23 April 2025 – World Book Day – the perfect to celebrate this beautiful book!


You are invited to the second of six planned gatherings this year where you can chat to me, Karina, founder and publisher of Karavan Press, and likeminded writers and readers over a cup of coffee – or tea, of course – about anything related to book-writing-editing-publishing-reading. Karavan Press’s home will be open, and I will be ready to answer your questions and discuss your projects.
No need to RSVP. Just ring the bell between 10AM and 12PM on Saturday, 5 April 2025. Coffee and tea will be served. Karavan Press books will be on sale at great prices.
Please join us for the Cape Town launch of Andrew Robert Wilson’s The Fourth Boy at The Book Lounge on Tuesday, 1 April 2025, 6 for 6:30PM. Andrew will be in conversation with John Maytham. Not to be missed!

Please join us for another celebration of the South African Library Week at the Rondebosch Library on 18 March 2025, at 15:30! Consuelo Roland will be in conversation with Aimee Searle.
