The first book festival of 2025 is just around the corner – Cape Flats Book Festival – and we are delighted to announce the following events featuring Karavan Press authors:
SATURDAY, 1 February, 10:45-11:25 | IN OTHER STORIES
SATURDAY, 1 February, 11:40-12:20 | STORYTELLING FOR CHILDREN
SATURDAY, 1 February, 12:35-13:15 | COURAGEOUS SURVIVORS: OVERCOMING A TRAUMATIC PAST
SATURDAY, 1 February, 15:20-16:00 | TRIBUTE TO POET IN EXILE: ATHOL WILLIAMS
Lester Walbrugh will also be at the Festival, speaking about the book he co-wrote with Karin Kortje – not to be missed!
SUNDAY, 2 February, 12:45-13:25 | DIE HELE STORIE / THE WHOLE STORY
We are delighted to announce that Karavan Press is publishing a new edition of Chantal Stewart‘s highly acclaimed, award-winning novel, The Veil of Maya.
WINNER OF THE 2023 NIHSS BEST FICTION NOVEL AWARD & THE 2024 UCT BOOK AWARD
ABOUT THE BOOK
Lena Brown, a geneticist who spends her days in Cape Town comfortably engrossed in laboratory work, receives a call to investigate an outbreak of madness amongst a group of men in a small town in rural Swaziland. She is excited to revisit the place of her childhood holidays. However, she does not realise how this journey will change her, challenging her beliefs and her perceptions of the world.
The novel is both a medical mystery and love story. Just before leaving Cape Town, Lena meets the charismatic astronomer Gabriel Powell, and finds herself attracted to the mystery which she senses within him. Circumstances intervene which force her to confront issues of trust and deception, secrets and loss.
The Veil of Maya slips between the worlds of Cape Town, Sutherland, Swaziland and England. At its core is a powerful story of love and life.
PRAISE FOR THE BOOK
A story that moves seamlessly through the world of stars, science and different cultures.
– Gail Gilbride Bohle, author of Under the African Sun and Cat Therapy
CHANTAL STEWART is a medical doctor, author and poet. She works fulltime in a government hospital and in her spare time facilitates creative writing workshops. She has published poetry and short stories in Women Flashing (2006), Writing the Self (2008), Twist (2006), and Stanzas (2021, 2023). She lives with her husband and two dogs.
