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Karavan Press and Indeed Books authors at the Cape Flats Book Festival 2026

The Cape Flats Book Festival 2026 is just around the corner and it is the perfect start to the literary festival calendar of the new year. A few Karavan Press and Indeed Books authors feature on the wonderful programme that has something to offer for every literary desire. We can’t wait for these two days of bookish encounters. Please join us!

SATURDAY, 31 January 2026

10:45-11:25

13:30-14:10

14:25-15:05

15:20-16:00

SUNDAY, 1 February 2026

12:45-13:25

13:40-14:20

Click here for the entire programme:

CAPE FLATS BOOK FESTIVAL 2026

We are looking forward to seeing you all there!

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Karavan Press at the Madibaland @ BookBedonnerd Literary Festival

We are heading to Richmond again at the end of this month and hoping that many readers from across the country will follow. It is time for the Madibaland @ BookBedonnerd Literary Festival! Taking place between 30 October and 1 November, the festival brings together a wonderful mix of writers and readers.

Among the participants are Karavan Press authors Chantal Stewart, Kerry Hammerton and Holland House Books’ Andile Cele, whose wonderful debut novel, Braids & Migraines, we help distribute in South Africa.

THURSDAY, 30 OCTOBER 2025

11:30 ANDILE CELE

FRIDAY, 31 OCTOBER 2025

9:30 KERRY HAMMERTON

SATURDAY, 1 NOVEMBER 2025

9:30 CHANTAL STEWART

For more details and the full programme, see:

Madibaland @ BookBedonnerd Literary Festival

We look forward to seeing you all there!

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Karen Jennings and Andile Cele at the iLembe Book Festival – 25 October 2025

‘Reading is a Right, Not a Privilege.‘

The iLembe Book Festival (IBF) is a collaborative literary event that brings together readers, writers, and creatives from the iLembe District Municipality and surrounding communities. The festival features panel discussions, a school outreach programme, poetry workshops, and a slam poetry event, all aimed at fostering a deeper appreciation for literature and the spoken word.

This year’s festival is taking place on Saturday, 25 October 2025. Karen Jennings and Andile Cele feature on the programme. For more details, see: iLembe Book Festival.

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Open Book Festival 2025: Karavan Press & Holland House Books

The first weekend of September is Open Book Festival time (5-7 September 2025), and we – Karavan Press, Holland House Books and our wonderful authors – are thrilled to be part of these inspiring, thought-provoking and soul-restoring conversations.

Friday, 5 September 2025

11:00-12:00

12:30-13:30

14:00-15:00

16:00-17:00

Saturday, 6 September 2025

10:00-11:00

14:00-15:00

16:00-17:30

18:00-19:00

Sunday, 7 September 2025

14:00-15:00

Karavan Press author Nick Mulgrew is also in town for the festival, but will be wearing his publisher’s hat for the occasion and participating in a celebration of ten years of uHlanga Press. Congratulations, uHlanga, Nick and all your amazing poets. Every uHlanga poetry collection is a celebration of beauty and our humanity. Thank you for ten years of outstanding publishing!

For the full programme see: Open Book Festival

Book tickets: Webtickets

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Braids & Migraines by Andile Cele to be launched at The Book Lounge

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!