The latest issue of the JRB is out and it includes Barbara Boswell’s review of Ice Shock by Elleke Boehmer; a poem by Dawn Garisch from her latest collection, The Consulting Room; a story by Werner Pretorius from his debut collection, Lone Wolf Living; and so much more! Happy reading!
Dawn Garisch‘s third poetry collection – The Consulting Room – is a wonderful reason to celebrate, and we hope that you will all join us next week Tuesday, 11 November 2025, at The Book Lounge for the launch of this stunning new work by one of Karavan Press’s most acclaimed authors. Dawn will be in conversation with Kate Sidley. We hope to see you all there!
With poignant wit and insight, The Consulting Room awakens our senses.
HANI DU TOIT
Poet
When I was young
I spoke from the wound
with one determined voice.
There’s still breath enough
to loosen the verse and sing
the selves buried beneath the sermon.
About the author
DAWN GARISCH is an author and medical doctor. She is a founding member of the Life Righting Collective (liferighting.com), running writing courses. She has had seven novels, poetry, short stories, a nonfiction work and a memoir published. She has had five plays and a short film produced, and has written for television. Her poem ‘Blood Delta’ won the DALRO prize (2007); Trespass was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize in Africa (2010); ‘Miracle’ won the EU Sol Plaatje Poetry Award (2011); and ‘What to Do About Ricky’ won the Short.Sharp.Stories competition (2013). Her novel Accident was longlisted for the Barry Ronge Sunday Times Fiction Award (2018), and her novel Breaking Milk was shortlisted for the Sunday Times/CNA Fiction Award (2021) and was published in the UK by Héloïse Press in 2024. Her first collection of short stories, What Remains, won the HSS Award for Best Fiction Short Stories and the Nadine Gordimer Short Story Award in 2024. The Consulting Room is her third collection of poetry.
ISBN: 978-0-6398626-8-2
Publication date: November 2025
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