Karavan Press
@karavanpress.bsky.social
Independent publisher based in Cape Town.
Ancient paths. New literary journeys.
Ancient paths. New literary journeys.
Conversations Between Word and Image at Glen Carlou
Guest speaker: Lucienne Bestall, author of 'Except for Breath'
Opening: Sunday, 30 November 2025, at 11AM
Guest speaker: Lucienne Bestall, author of 'Except for Breath'
Opening: Sunday, 30 November 2025, at 11AM
November 26, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Conversations Between Word and Image at Glen Carlou
Guest speaker: Lucienne Bestall, author of 'Except for Breath'
Opening: Sunday, 30 November 2025, at 11AM
Guest speaker: Lucienne Bestall, author of 'Except for Breath'
Opening: Sunday, 30 November 2025, at 11AM
Two Karavan Press titles are now available as eBooks on Kindle: 'Bad Luck Penny' by Amy Heydenrych and 'End & Beginning' by Athol Williams.
You can find them here:
Bad Luck Penny by Amy Heydenrych: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FXVJHC8W
End & Beginning by Athol Williams:
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FXTTJVVD
You can find them here:
Bad Luck Penny by Amy Heydenrych: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FXVJHC8W
End & Beginning by Athol Williams:
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FXTTJVVD
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Two Karavan Press titles are now available as eBooks on Kindle: 'Bad Luck Penny' by Amy Heydenrych and 'End & Beginning' by Athol Williams.
You can find them here:
Bad Luck Penny by Amy Heydenrych: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FXVJHC8W
End & Beginning by Athol Williams:
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FXTTJVVD
You can find them here:
Bad Luck Penny by Amy Heydenrych: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FXVJHC8W
End & Beginning by Athol Williams:
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FXTTJVVD
Blackwell’s Oxford Events: @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social ICE SHOCK with Lara Feigel
Blackwell’s, Broad Street Oxford
Dec 3 from 5:30pm to 6:30pm GMT
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Blackwell’s, Broad Street Oxford
Dec 3 from 5:30pm to 6:30pm GMT
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Elleke Boehmer ICE SHOCK with Lara Feigel
Join us for a discussion chaired by Lara Feigel with Elleke Boehmer, author of the new book 'Ice Shock'
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November 24, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Blackwell’s Oxford Events: @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social ICE SHOCK with Lara Feigel
Blackwell’s, Broad Street Oxford
Dec 3 from 5:30pm to 6:30pm GMT
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/elleke-boe...
Blackwell’s, Broad Street Oxford
Dec 3 from 5:30pm to 6:30pm GMT
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/elleke-boe...
Anschen Conradie reviews 'Lone Wolf Living' by Werner Pretorius
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November 22, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Anschen Conradie reviews 'Lone Wolf Living' by Werner Pretorius
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BOTD in 1923 — Nadine Gordimer 📚
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Nobel Prize in Literature 1991
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1991 was awarded to Nadine Gordimer "who through her magnificent epic writing has - in the words of Alfred Nobel - been of very great benefit to humanity"
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November 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
BOTD in 1923 — Nadine Gordimer 📚
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Cover reveal: UNBRIDLING by Sheryl and Sandy James.
Sheryl James is a South African Paralympic track athlete born with cerebral palsy. UNBRIDLING is the story of her journey and the story of her mother’s support.
It is a story of faith, love and family
#unbridling #indeedbooks #paraolympics
16h
Sheryl James is a South African Paralympic track athlete born with cerebral palsy. UNBRIDLING is the story of her journey and the story of her mother’s support.
It is a story of faith, love and family
#unbridling #indeedbooks #paraolympics
16h
November 13, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Cover reveal: UNBRIDLING by Sheryl and Sandy James.
Sheryl James is a South African Paralympic track athlete born with cerebral palsy. UNBRIDLING is the story of her journey and the story of her mother’s support.
It is a story of faith, love and family
#unbridling #indeedbooks #paraolympics
16h
Sheryl James is a South African Paralympic track athlete born with cerebral palsy. UNBRIDLING is the story of her journey and the story of her mother’s support.
It is a story of faith, love and family
#unbridling #indeedbooks #paraolympics
16h
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We will be talking about Indeed Books and collaborative publishing online with Jen Thorpe on 8 December. Follow the link for more information.
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Collaborative Publishing: Indeed Books
Please join us (Kerry Hammerton and me) for this special online event with Jen Thorpe. For more details, click here: Collaborative Publishing
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November 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
We will be talking about Indeed Books and collaborative publishing online with Jen Thorpe on 8 December. Follow the link for more information.
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Pamela Newham with her latest teen novel MY THREE NAMES. We are the proud publisher of this award-winning writer, and excited to announce that a school in Cape Town has already added this book to their reading list for 2026.
November 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Pamela Newham with her latest teen novel MY THREE NAMES. We are the proud publisher of this award-winning writer, and excited to announce that a school in Cape Town has already added this book to their reading list for 2026.
BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE at the Oude Leeskamer ❤️
Thank you to all for a wonderfully enriching conversation and thank you to the Oude Leeskamer for hosting.
Thank you to all for a wonderfully enriching conversation and thank you to the Oude Leeskamer for hosting.
November 18, 2025 at 4:51 AM
BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE at the Oude Leeskamer ❤️
Thank you to all for a wonderfully enriching conversation and thank you to the Oude Leeskamer for hosting.
Thank you to all for a wonderfully enriching conversation and thank you to the Oude Leeskamer for hosting.
Earlier tonight @thebooklounge.bsky.social: Roger Lucey in conversations with John Maytham at the launch of his HOW TO BUILD A HOUSE IN THE MOUNTAINS.
An evening of storytelling and music.
Thank you to everyone who made the event possible and to all who attended!
An evening of storytelling and music.
Thank you to everyone who made the event possible and to all who attended!
November 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Earlier tonight @thebooklounge.bsky.social: Roger Lucey in conversations with John Maytham at the launch of his HOW TO BUILD A HOUSE IN THE MOUNTAINS.
An evening of storytelling and music.
Thank you to everyone who made the event possible and to all who attended!
An evening of storytelling and music.
Thank you to everyone who made the event possible and to all who attended!
BOOK REVIEW | 'Burning down the house': A Feminist call to rethink home, power and gender violence
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BOOK REVIEW | 'Burning down the house': A Feminist call to rethink home, power and gender violence
'As a metaphor for dismantling gender hierarchies, Burning Down the House is a powerful attempt to ask the questions that help us rethink our homes as sites of gender reproduction.'
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November 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
BOOK REVIEW | 'Burning down the house': A Feminist call to rethink home, power and gender violence
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Last night @thebooklounge.bsky.social: the launch of THE CONSULTING ROOM by Dawn Garisch. She was in conversation with Kate Sidley. What a wonderful evening of poetry and fascinating discussion. Thank you to everyone who made it possible!
November 12, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Last night @thebooklounge.bsky.social: the launch of THE CONSULTING ROOM by Dawn Garisch. She was in conversation with Kate Sidley. What a wonderful evening of poetry and fascinating discussion. Thank you to everyone who made it possible!
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"That's what I was hoping for,
for adoration to become tenderness,
for lovingkindness to sound less sinister."
Klara du Plessis
"Ek't Act"
New #klaraduplessis
from @karavanpress.bsky.social
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for adoration to become tenderness,
for lovingkindness to sound less sinister."
Klara du Plessis
"Ek't Act"
New #klaraduplessis
from @karavanpress.bsky.social
karavanpress.com/2025/09/12/k...
Photo: @itsakirby.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"That's what I was hoping for,
for adoration to become tenderness,
for lovingkindness to sound less sinister."
Klara du Plessis
"Ek't Act"
New #klaraduplessis
from @karavanpress.bsky.social
karavanpress.com/2025/09/12/k...
Photo: @itsakirby.bsky.social
for adoration to become tenderness,
for lovingkindness to sound less sinister."
Klara du Plessis
"Ek't Act"
New #klaraduplessis
from @karavanpress.bsky.social
karavanpress.com/2025/09/12/k...
Photo: @itsakirby.bsky.social
Karavan Press title: Swartbooij & Titus by Karen Jennings
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Karavan Press title: Swartbooij & Titus by Karen Jennings
IT WAS IN 1739 when the wars in the northern frontier of the Cape began. Ten settler farmers with ox wagons and trading goods, and several Khoisan servants, spent a month with the Groot Namaqua at …
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November 9, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Karavan Press title: Swartbooij & Titus by Karen Jennings
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Nancy Richards reviews Tunnel by Nick Mulgrew
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Nancy Richards reviews Tunnel by Nick Mulgrew
I have been in some unexpected, uncomfortable and unsettling situations in my book journeys. But never quite like the one that stretches out in Tunnel. The title itself conjures a certain inescapab…
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November 8, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Nancy Richards reviews Tunnel by Nick Mulgrew
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Burning Down the House at the Oude Leeskamer
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Free entry, but book your seat here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Free entry, but book your seat here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 8, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Burning Down the House at the Oude Leeskamer
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Free entry, but book your seat here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Free entry, but book your seat here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Book of the Year 2025 @thebooklounge.bsky.social shortlist announced:
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The Book Lounge Book of the Year 2025 shortlist
What a wonderful list! Particularly happy to see two Karavan Press titles and one Holland House Books title on it. Congratulations to all!
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November 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Book of the Year 2025 @thebooklounge.bsky.social shortlist announced:
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Golden delight!
Don't miss THE VULGARIANS, the latest wicked comedy by @uncleloo.bsky.social – at Baxter's Masambe Theatre until 22 Nov.
Can't wait to see it again next week.
@kerryhammerton.bsky.social @debbs-flo.bsky.social – would you like to join me?
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Don't miss THE VULGARIANS, the latest wicked comedy by @uncleloo.bsky.social – at Baxter's Masambe Theatre until 22 Nov.
Can't wait to see it again next week.
@kerryhammerton.bsky.social @debbs-flo.bsky.social – would you like to join me?
www.webtickets.co.za/v2/event.asp...
November 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Golden delight!
Don't miss THE VULGARIANS, the latest wicked comedy by @uncleloo.bsky.social – at Baxter's Masambe Theatre until 22 Nov.
Can't wait to see it again next week.
@kerryhammerton.bsky.social @debbs-flo.bsky.social – would you like to join me?
www.webtickets.co.za/v2/event.asp...
Don't miss THE VULGARIANS, the latest wicked comedy by @uncleloo.bsky.social – at Baxter's Masambe Theatre until 22 Nov.
Can't wait to see it again next week.
@kerryhammerton.bsky.social @debbs-flo.bsky.social – would you like to join me?
www.webtickets.co.za/v2/event.asp...
Video recording of ICE SHOCK launch at Love Books
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Video recording of ICE SHOCK launch at Love Books
Last week, Elleke Boehmer launched her latest novel, Ice Shock, at Love Books. She was in conversation with Michele Magwood. You can watch this wonderful event on YouTube here: LOVE BOOKS LAUNCH OF…
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November 7, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Video recording of ICE SHOCK launch at Love Books
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Collaborative Publishing: Indeed Books, with @kerryhammerton.bsky.social & me.
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Collaborative Publishing: Indeed Books
Please join us (Kerry Hammerton and me) for this special online event with Jen Thorpe. For more details, click here: Collaborative Publishing
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November 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Collaborative Publishing: Indeed Books, with @kerryhammerton.bsky.social & me.
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NEW PLAY!!!
"THE VULGARIANS"
Baxter Theatre Masambe
4 - 22 November
Starring: Emily Child & Nicholas Pauling
Writer/Director: Louis Viljoen
Designer: Kieran McGregor
Poster: Barbara Loots
www.thevulgarians.co.za
"THE VULGARIANS"
Baxter Theatre Masambe
4 - 22 November
Starring: Emily Child & Nicholas Pauling
Writer/Director: Louis Viljoen
Designer: Kieran McGregor
Poster: Barbara Loots
www.thevulgarians.co.za
September 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
NEW PLAY!!!
"THE VULGARIANS"
Baxter Theatre Masambe
4 - 22 November
Starring: Emily Child & Nicholas Pauling
Writer/Director: Louis Viljoen
Designer: Kieran McGregor
Poster: Barbara Loots
www.thevulgarians.co.za
"THE VULGARIANS"
Baxter Theatre Masambe
4 - 22 November
Starring: Emily Child & Nicholas Pauling
Writer/Director: Louis Viljoen
Designer: Kieran McGregor
Poster: Barbara Loots
www.thevulgarians.co.za
Join us for @thebooklounge.bsky.social launch of HOW TO BUILD A HOUSE IN THE MOUNTAINS by ROGER LUCEY. Roger will be in conversation with John Maytham.
Thursday, 13 November 2025, 6 for 6.30PM
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Thursday, 13 November 2025, 6 for 6.30PM
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RSVP: booklounge.co.za/event/how-to...
November 5, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Join us for @thebooklounge.bsky.social launch of HOW TO BUILD A HOUSE IN THE MOUNTAINS by ROGER LUCEY. Roger will be in conversation with John Maytham.
Thursday, 13 November 2025, 6 for 6.30PM
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RSVP: booklounge.co.za/event/how-to...
Thursday, 13 November 2025, 6 for 6.30PM
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RSVP: booklounge.co.za/event/how-to...
Karavan Press title: How to Build a House in the Mountains by Roger Lucey
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Karavan Press title: How to Build a House in the Mountains by Roger Lucey
‘… a songline of self, of transcending grief, shame and regret and of coming to a deep sense of peace’—HAMILTON WENDE Roger Lucey survived a covert security police campaign which destro…
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November 5, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Karavan Press title: How to Build a House in the Mountains by Roger Lucey
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