The JRB presents an interview with Ellah Wakatama, facilitated by Joel Cabrita, excerpted from Imprint Africa: Conversations with African Women…
The 2024 African Small Publishers Catalogue has been released by Modjaji Books. Read Jessie Cooper’s essay ‘Self-publishing: A Real Choice for…
The JRB presents an excerpt from Publishing from the South: A Century of Wits University Press. The book is available…
It was a warm afternoon when I visited Weaver Press earlier this year. I was moderating a book launch for…
Wamuwi Mbao reviews The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt, a book that contains ‘one of the most alarmingly enjoyable…
Set in early twentieth-century Zimbabwe, Chinongwa follows the life of a young girl forced into child marriage with a much…
Lebohang Mojapelo chatted to Morabo Morojele about his forthcoming novel, Three Egg Dilemma, to be published this month—fifteen years after…
Author Karen Jennings was in conversation with The JRB Editor Jennifer Malec at the Origins Centre in Johannesburg recently, as…
Contributing Editor Efemia Chela speaks to CA Davids about her new novel, How to Be a Revolutionary. How to Be a RevolutionaryCA…
In the context of increasing scrutiny on the literary production of white writers, Ben Williams offers up some ideas on…
Despite a strong heritage stretching back more than a century, South African fiction remains largely unfamiliar—apart from a handful of…
