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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 Woodward * ''Acci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arja Salafranca
Arja Salafranca (born 1971, Málaga Málaga (, ) is a municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 578,460 in 2020, it is the second-most populous city in Andalusia after Seville and the sixth most pop ...) is a South African writer and poet. Salafranca was born in Spain to a Spanish father and a South African mother and has lived in South Africa since 1976. She has had fiction, poetry and essays published in a number of journals and anthologies. Her first poetry collection, ''A life stripped of illusions'', received the 1994 Sanlam Award for poetry, while a short story, 'Couple on the Beach' was a winner of the same award in 1999 for short fiction. Her second collection of poetry, ''The fire in which we burn'', was published by Dye Hard Press in 2000. An anthology of prose and poetry, ''Glass Jars Among Trees'', which she co-edited with Alan Finlay, was published by Jacana Media in 2003. She rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Book Publishing Companies Of South Africa
A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images, typically composed of many pages (made of papyrus, parchment, vellum, or paper) bound together and protected by a cover. The technical term for this physical arrangement is ''codex'' (plural, ''codices''). In the history of hand-held physical supports for extended written compositions or records, the codex replaces its predecessor, the scroll. A single sheet in a codex is a leaf and each side of a leaf is a page. As an intellectual object, a book is prototypically a composition of such great length that it takes a considerable investment of time to compose and still considered as an investment of time to read. In a restricted sense, a book is a self-sufficient section or part of a longer composition, a usage reflecting that, in antiquity, long works had to be written on several scrolls and each scroll had to be identified by the book it contained. Each part of Aristotle's ''Physics'' is called a bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makhosazana Xaba
Makhosazana Xaba (born 10 July 1957) is a South African poet and short-story writer. She trained as a nurse and has worked a women's health specialist in NGOs, as well as writing on gender and health. She is Associate Professor of Practice in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Johannesburg. Biography Makhosazana (Khosi) Xaba was born in Greytown, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, to Glenrose Nomvula Mbatha and Rueben Bejanmin Xaba, the second of five children."A Brief Biography of Makhosazana Xaba" Art for Humanity, 31 August 2011. She has an MA degree in creative writing from the (Wits University) and is working on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sindiwe Magona
Sindiwe Magona (born 27 August 1943) is a South African writer. Early life Magona is a native of the former Transkei region, South Africa. She grew up in Gugulethu, a Cape Town township, and worked as a domestic while completing her secondary education by correspondence. Magona later graduated from the University of South Africa and earned her Master of Science degree in Organisational Social Work from Columbia University."About Sindiwe Magona" official website. Career She starred as Singisa in the classic drama '' Ityala Lamawele''. She worked in various capacities for the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azila Talit Reisenberger
Dr. Azila Talit Reisenberger is ''Le Professeur Distinqué''; and a distinguished author, the Head of the Hebrew Department at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, a champion of Women's Rights and Gender Equality, and an acting Rabba. Biography Dr. Azila Talit Reisenberger was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. Around the age of 24 she went to South Africa on her honeymoon with her husband Peter, they both settled and currently live in Cape Town. She did her first degree (B.A.) at the University of Cape Town where she concentrated on two areas of research: the study of world religions and Hebrew literature. The thesis of her second degree (M.A) was: “The Literary Creations of Hannah Szenes”. The theme of Dr. Talit Reisenberger's doctorate – “The Concept of Motherhood in the Bible” – has proved that fixed prejudices and the expectations in daily life in ancient times influenced the definition of “The Motherhood Concept” as it appears in the text of the Bible. As if in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
