Please join us for the launch of Gail Gilbride’s An Unsuitable Woman – a bold exploration of love in all its confusing guises – the much-awaited second novel from the author of Under the Afri…

Karavan Press is heading to Stellenbosch for the annual Woordfees that is taking place between 3 and 11 October 2026. Two authors, Louis Viljoen and Erika Viljoen (no relation) feature on this year's exciting programme with their recently published Karavan Press titles.

Jenna Mervis, author of Braided River (Indeed Books), is hosting a writing workshop on 10 October 2026 in Hout Bay. Please email Jenna to book your place.

The University of Johannesburg Prize for South African Writing (UJ Prize) in English has announced its 2026 winners: Michelle Kekana was awarded the Debut Prize for The Fragile Mental Health of Str…

Netwerk24 kykNET Rapport Breyten Breytenbach-prys vir digkuns 2026 Wenner: Klara du Plessis vir Ek’t Act (Karavan Press) Commendatio: Ronelda Kamfer Klara du Plessis se Ek’t Act verteenwoordig…

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After viewing a viral online video of a brutal homophobic attack in an unknown country, five men in their late twenties reflect on their experiences of growing up, grappling with their identities a…

Please join us for the launch of In the Slowness of Melting, Glen L. Thompson’s debut poetry collection. Glen will be in conversation with Stephen Symons: Wordsworth Books Gardens Centre, Wed…

The University of Johannesburg Prize (UJ Prize) for South African Writing has announced its shortlists for books published in 2025. Debut Prize: Buried in the Chest by Lindani Mbuyunza-Memani Not T…

Jy skryf so genoeglik, ek sal graag sien dat hierdie briewe ’n wyer gehoor bereik. – A N D R É  P.  B R I N K Een dag was daar … ’n mama en ’n papa en twee kindertjies wat uitgewyk het na ’n stuk v…

ERIKA VILJOEN kom van ’n skaapplaas in die Noordoos-Kaap, van goeie ou Afrikaner-afkoms, waar sy niks anders as die eenvoud van die plaaslewe geken het nie. Toe word sy ’n swerwer, ontdekker, woord…

Sell your story, not your soul Story Seller HQ is a supportive community for authors who are tired of figuring out audience-building and book marketing on their own. It’s a place to learn from peop…

André and Salieri on her first day at home The first time I saw her it was in the reflection of the love at first sight in André’s face. I knew that he was holding someone in his hands when he appr…

CapeTalk’s next edition of READ THE ROOM book club will tell the story of publishing. Author and independent publisher Karina Szczurek of the multi-award-winning Karavan Press will join John Maytha…

Paddling to what pleasure? sporting hope in dying waters from ‘Paddle action!’ They slip out of reach while forming on my lips, utterances mouthed become not sound; an essence of sound a blank spee…

The unfunny ironies of being a writer in the age of generative ai

In Peter-Adrian Altini’s debut novel Salt Water Pool Boy (Karavan Press), which has been longlisted for the 2026 Sunday Times Literary Award in Fiction, we meet Damon in Cape Town where he’s put his p...

Life has dealt journalist Deborah Morsey a challenging hand. The traumatic dealings with South Africa’s apartheid police, devastating betrayals and failed love affairs make her feel like a stranger…

GAIL GILBRIDE lives with her family in the Hemel en Aarde Valley, where she swims in the sea, writes, gardens and paints. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (Rhodes) and a post-graduate diploma (U…

In 1977, the world surf tour comes to South Africa and the final event of the SA ProContest Circuit runs at Umhlanga Rocks, north of Durban. Zigzag Surfing LifestyleMagazine reports that ‘thousands…

This gathering facilitated by Malika Lueen Ndlovu is part of the ongoing series ‘In the Wild Garden of Grief’. The latest iteration of the unfolding grief-tending creative practice is i…

Nuwe toetreders skuur skouers met vorige wenners en benoemdes op die kortlyste vir vanjaar se Netwerk24 kykNET Rapport Boekpryse.  Dié pryse, wat tans altesaam R1,4 miljoen beloop, word jaarli…

The following collections of poetry were selected by the judges to be on the shortlist of the Ingrid Jonker Prize 2026.

Karavan Press has been supporting the CLAWS (Clanwilliam Animal Welfare Society) Lucky Draw for the past four years and we are very happy to contribute once again to the wonderful prizes you can wi…

The Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) is taking place in Morocco this year and Banyana Banyana are playing their first match in the competition against Tanzania tonight. South Africa won…

‘I watch the writer through this prism of water, the way she gobbles food, always rushing out the door. She sits and writes and types and talks to people through a screen. I have seen her weep, and…

From kicking a ball in the backyard with her cousins, to being the only girl in a boys’ team, JANINE VAN WYK rose to become the most-capped footballer in Africa and is among the most decorated play…

Memories In Our Throats is an anthology of English South African poetry, edited by Melissa Sussens. We hope that the 2026 edition is only the first in a series of similar snapshots of contemporary …