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Modjaji Books

Modjaji Books, South Africa

Modjaji Books was started in 2007 by Colleen Higgs, it is an independent press that publishes the writings of Southern African women. Modjaji Books wants 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.” Visit the Modjaji Books site here.

  • 69 Jerusalem Street
    69 Jerusalem Street
    by Lindiwe Nkutha
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • 2021 African Small Publishers Catalogue
    2021 African Small Publishers Catalogue
    edited by Aimee-Claire Smith, Colleen Higgs
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Accident
    Accident
    by Dawn Garisch
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Agringada: Like a gringa, like a foreigner
    Agringada: Like a gringa, like a foreigner
    by Tariro Ndoro
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Are you two sisters?
    Are you two sisters?
    by Hester van der Walt
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Asleep Awake Asleep
    Asleep Awake Asleep
    by Jo-Ann Bekker
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • At Least the Duck Survived
    At Least the Duck Survived
    by Margaret Clough
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • The Attribute of Poetry
    The Attribute of Poetry
    by Elisa Galgut
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Balthasar's Gift
    Balthasar's Gift
    by Charlotte Otter
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Bare and Breaking
    Award
    Bare and Breaking
    by Karin Schimke
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • The Bed Book of Short Stories
    Award
    The Bed Book of Short Stories
    edited by Lauri Kubuitsile, Joanne Hichens
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • A Bed on Bricks and Other Stories
    New
    A Bed on Bricks and Other Stories
    by M. A. Kelly
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Between the Apple and the Bite
    Between the Apple and the Bite
    by Sue Woodward
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Beyond the Delivery Room
    Beyond the Delivery Room
    by Khadija Tracey Carmelita Heeger
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Burnt Offering
    Burnt Offering
    by Joan Metelerkamp
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • The Chameleon House
    The Chameleon House
    by Mellisa de Villiers
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Collaborative Conversations
    Collaborative Conversations
    edited by Sara Matchett, Alex Halligey
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Conduit
    Conduit
    by Sarah Frost
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • The Cry of the Hangkaka
    The Cry of the Hangkaka
    by Anne Woodborne
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Difficult Gifts
    Difficult Gifts
    by Dawn Garisch
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Do Not Go Gentle
    Do Not Go Gentle
    by Futhi Ntshingila
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Eloquent Body
    Eloquent Body
    by Dawn Garisch
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Everyday Wife
    Award
    Everyday Wife
    by Phillippa Yaa de Villiers
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Fall Awake
    Fall Awake
    by Jeannie Wallace McKeown
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Flame and Song
    Flame and Song
    by Philippa Namutebi Kabali-Kagwa
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Fools' Gold
    Fools' Gold
    edited by Arja Salafranca
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Fourth Child
    Award
    Fourth Child
    by Megan Hall
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Fractured Lives
    Fractured Lives
    by Toni Strasburg
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • The Girl who Chased Otters
    The Girl who Chased Otters
    by Sally Partridge
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Go Away Birds
    Go Away Birds
    by Michelle Edwards
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Hemispheres
    Hemispheres
    by Karen Lazar
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Hester se Brood
    Hester se Brood
    by Hester van der Walt
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Hester's Book of Bread
    Hester's Book of Bread
    by Hester van der Walt
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Homegrown
    Sale
    Homegrown
    by Christine Coates
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • I turned away and she was gone
    I turned away and she was gone
    by Jennie Reznek
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • I'm the Girl who was Raped
    I'm the Girl who was Raped
    by Michelle Hattingh
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Ice Cream Headache in my Bone
    Ice Cream Headache in my Bone
    by Phillippa Yaa de Villiers
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • In Tangier We Killed the Blue Parrot
    In Tangier We Killed the Blue Parrot
    by Barbara Adair
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • In the Shadow of the Springs I Saw
    New
    In the Shadow of the Springs I Saw
    by Barbara Adair
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Innie Shadows
    Award
    Innie Shadows
    by Olivia M. Coetzee
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Invisible Earthquake
    Invisible Earthquake
    by Malika Ndlovu
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Jabulani Means Rejoice
    Jabulani Means Rejoice
    by Phumzile Simelane Kalumba
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Jabulani Means Rejoice
    Jabulani Means Rejoice
    by Phumzile Simelane Kalumba
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Karkloof Blue
    Karkloof Blue
    by Charlotte Otter
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • The Last to Leave
    Sale
    The Last to Leave
    by Margaret Clough
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Lava Lamp Poems
    Lava Lamp Poems
    by Colleen Higgs
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Life in Translation
    Life in Translation
    by Azila Talit Reisenberger
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • A Lioness at My Heels
    A Lioness at My Heels
    by Robin Winckel-Mellish
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Looking for Trouble and other Mostly Yeoville Stories
    Looking for Trouble and other Mostly Yeoville Stories
    by Colleen Higgs
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Making Way
    Making Way
    by Joan Metelerkamp
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Messages from the Bees
    Messages from the Bees
    by Robin Winckel-Mellish
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Namaste Life
    Namaste Life
    by Ishara Maharaj
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Navigate
    Navigate
    by Karin Schimke
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Now Following You
    Sale
    Now Following You
    by Fiona Snyckers
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Now I See You
    Now I See You
    by Priscilla Holmes
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Now the World Takes These Breaths
    Now the World Takes These Breaths
    by Joan Metelerkamp
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Oleander
    Oleander
    by Fiona Zerbst
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • The Only Magic We Know
    The Only Magic We Know
    edited by Marike Beyers
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Outside the Lines
    Outside the Lines
    by Ameera Patel
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • A Person My Colour
    A Person My Colour
    by Martina Dahlmanns
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Piece Work
    Piece Work
    by Ingrid Andersen
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Please, Take Photographs
    Please, Take Photographs
    by Sindiwe Magona
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Predictive Text
    Predictive Text
    by Crystal Warren
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • The Pride of Noonlay
    The Pride of Noonlay
    by Shanice Ndlovu
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Reclaiming Afrikan
    Reclaiming Afrikan
    edited by Zethu Matabeni
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Reclaiming the L-Word
    Reclaiming the L-Word
    edited by Alleyn Diesel
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Remnants Restante Reste
    Remnants Restante Reste
    by Annette Snyckers
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Removing
    Removing
    by Melissa Butler
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Riding the Samoosa Express
    Riding the Samoosa Express
    edited by Hasina Asvat, Zaheera Jina
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Running and Other Stories
    Award
    Running and Other Stories
    by Makhosazana Xaba
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • A Saving Bannister
    Sale
    A Saving Bannister
    by Wendy Woodward
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • The School Gates
    The School Gates
    by Fiona Snyckers
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Se my is julle twee susters
    Se my is julle twee susters
    by Hester van der Walt
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Secret Keeper
    Secret Keeper
    by Kerry Hammerton
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Serurubele
    Serurubele
    by Katleho Kano Shoro
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Shooting Snakes
    Shooting Snakes
    by Maren Bodenstein
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Signs for an Exhibition
    Sale
    Signs for an Exhibition
    by Eliza Kentridge
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Stem of the Moon
    Stem of the Moon
    by Thandi Slipen
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Strange Fruit
    Strange Fruit
    by Helen Moffett
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • The Summer We Didn't Die
    The Summer We Didn't Die
    by Christine Coates
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Swimming with Cobras
    Swimming with Cobras
    by Rosemary Smith
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Team Trinity
    Team Trinity
    by Fiona Snyckers
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • The Reckless Sleeper
    The Reckless Sleeper
    by Haidee Kruger
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • There Goes English Teacher
    There Goes English Teacher
    by Karin Cronje
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • These are the Lies I Told You
    These are the Lies I Told You
    by Kerry Hammerton
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • These Hands
    These Hands
    by Makhosazana Xaba
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • The Thin Line
    Award
    The Thin Line
    by Arja Salafranca
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • This Day
    This Day
    by Tiah Beautement
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • This Place I Call Home
    This Place I Call Home
    by Meg Vandermerwe
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • To the Black Women We All Knew
    To the Black Women We All Knew
    by Kholofelo Maenetsha
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Trinity on Track
    Trinity on Track
    by Fiona Snyckers
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • The Turtle Dove Told Me
    Award
    The Turtle Dove Told Me
    by Thandi Slipen
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Undisciplined Heart
    Undisciplined Heart
    by Jane Katjavivi
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • The Unfamous Five
    Award
    The Unfamous Five
    by Nedine Moonsamy
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Unlikely
    Unlikely
    by Colleen Crawford Cousins
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • UnSettled and other stories
    UnSettled and other stories
    by Sandra Hill
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Whiplash
    Award
    Whiplash
    by Tracey Farren
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Will, the Passenger Delaying Flight...
    Will, the Passenger Delaying Flight...
    by Barbara Adair
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Witch Girl
    Witch Girl
    by Tanvi Bush
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Woman Unfolding
    Woman Unfolding
    by Jenna Mervis
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • Women out of Water
    Women out of Water
    by Sally Cranswick
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
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