Modjaji Books
Modjaji Books is a South African small-scale independent publisher. Started in 2007 by Colleen Higgs, it is an independent press that publishes the writings of Southern African women.
Many Modjaji titles have gone on to be nominated for and to win prestigious literary awards both in South Africa and internationally.
Modjaji Books is based in Cape Town, publishing books written exclusively by Southern African women. Currently, the company publishes short stories, memoir, novels, poetry, and creative non-fiction.
Modjaji Books aims to fill a gap by providing an independent outlet for serious writing by women: "From poetry to biography to fiction, there will be an outlet for writing by women that takes itself – and its readers – seriously."
The Modjaji Books blog is frequently updated and features reviews, news, articles and insights on South African publishing. The blog is available on Books LIVE.
Selected publications
A Saving Bannister by Wendy WoodwardAccident by Dawn Garisch Absent Tongues by Kelwyn SoleA lioness at my heels by Robin Winckel-MellishAt Least the Duck Survived by Margaret CloughThe Attribute of Poetry by Elisa GalgutAn A to Z of Amazing South African Women by Ambre NicolsonThe Bed Book of Short Stories by Joanne HichensBalthasar's Gift by Charlotte OtterBare & Breaking by Karin SchimkeBom Boy by Yewande OmotosoBeyond Touch by Arja SalafrancaBurnt Offering by Joan MetelerkampBearings by Isobel DixonConduit by Sarah FrostThe Chameleon House by Melissa de VilliersThe Cry of the Hangkaka by Anne WoodborneDo Not Go Gentle by Futhi NtshingilaDifficult to Explain by Finuala DowlingThe Everyday Wife by Phillippa Yaa de VilliersFourth Child by Megan Hall Flame and Song: a memoir by Phillippa Kabali-KagwaGrace by Barbara BoswellGo Tell the Sun by Wame MolefheHomegrown by Christine CoatesHow to open the door by Marike BeyersHemispheres by Karen LazarHester's Book of Bread by Hester van der WaltHester se Brood by Hester van der WaltI'm the Girl Who Was Raped by Michelle HattinghInvisible Earthquake by Malika NdlovuIce cream headache in my bone by Phillippa Yaa de VilliersJabulani Means Rejoice by Phumzile Simelane KalumbaKarkloof Blue by Charlotte OtterLife in Translation by Azila Talit ReisenbergerThe Last to Leave by Margaret CloughThe Love Sheet by Jacques Coetzee and Barbara FairheadLove Interrupted by Reneilwe MalatjiMy First Time by Jen ThorpeMessages from the Bees by Robin Winckel-MellishNamaste Life by Ishara MaharajNow Following You by Fiona SnyckersNow I See You by Priscilla HolmesNow the World Takes these Breaths by Joan MetelerkampNomme 20 Delphi Straat by Shirmoney RhodeOleander by Fiona ZerbstOutside the Lines by Ameera PatelPlease, Take Photographs by Sindiwe MagonaPiece Work by Ingrid AndersenRunning & other stories by Makhosazana XabaRiding the Samoosa Express by Zaheera Jina and Hasina AsvatRemnants, Restante, Reste by Annette SnyckersStrange Fruit by Helen MoffettSerurunbele by Katleho Kano ShoroSigns for an exhibition by Eliza KentridgeThe Suitable Girl by Michelle McGraneShooting Snakes by Maren BodensteinSnake by Tracey FarrenSwimming with Cobras by Rosemary SmithSTRAY by Helen Moffett and Diane Awerbuck Sê my, is julle twee susters? by Hester van der WaltSecret Keeper by Kerry HammertonTeam Trinity by Fiona SnyckersThe Turtle Dove Told Me by Thandi SliepenThese are the lies I told you by Kerry HammertonTess by Tracey FarrenThe Thin Line by Arja SalafrancaThis Day by Tiah BeautementThis Place I Call Home by Meg VandermerweTjieng Tjang Tjerries and other stories by Jolyn PhillipsTo the Black Women We All Knew by Kholofelo MaenetshaUnlikely by Colleen Crawford CousinsUnSettled and other stories by Sandra HillWhiplash by Tracey Farren Witch Girl by Tanvi Bush