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"Palestinofication is for everyone, even those who wholeheartedly disagree with my position. I hope those in support find comfort, and I hope those who are neutral become enlightened."

"Before we hit the ground by Selali Fiamanya is a literary novel about migration, grief, memory, belonging and return. The narrative opens with a Ghanaian family in Scotland packing up a house after the death of their son, Elom. Rather than using bereavement as melodrama, Fiamanya presents grief as something embedded in ordinary life routines – the wiping of kitchen tiles, packing Tupperware, preserving photographs and deciding what belongs in storage, memory and the bin. The emotional restraint is one of the novel’s greatest strengths."

You are invited to this conversation on the 27th of August 2026. Herewith more information.

The committee of the Ingrid Jonker Prize gladly announces the winner of this year’s prize.

"Perhaps that is why reading Homer after university felt less like discovering a foreign classic than recognising a distant relative for me. I was not entering an unfamiliar world. I was returning to one I had known all along."

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

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You are invited to the book launch of these two books at Exclusive Books in Cavendish Square on the 12th of August 2026. Herewith more information.

"I will be proud to publish under such a seal, just as farmers are who produce meat under the formal Karoo Lamb seal."

You are invited to the discussion on the 13th of August 2026: Welgevallen Clinic, Stellenbosch.

"The occupation, he insists, is not merely administered through architecture and engineering, but is the architecture of conquest."

What do two poets, united by poetry across the ocean, have to say about our place in the world and the urgent need to transform it in our image?

Tara Roos cuts through the political noise with this analysis of South African politics that argues that we have entered the age of uncertainty as populism is on the rise.

"Every child deserves a story that reminds them they are brave enough to face the unknown, kind enough to make a difference, and strong enough to believe in themselves."

"Land is among the finest historical novels of recent years: intellectually ambitious, emotionally resonant, politically alert and written with extraordinary grace. It confirms Maggie O’Farrell as one of the most accomplished novelists writing in English today."

Tannie Maria is wrestling with a fear of the dark and Henrietta has PTSD. But this doesn’t stop the intrepid agony aunt – and her hen – from going undercover with Maria’s fiancé, detective Henk Kannemeyer, to the Karoo Wilderness Reserve. Their mission: Save the vetplantjies!

"The whale shark becomes more than just an animal encounter; it feels like a quiet symbol of acceptance and calm strength."

"Blaise Pascal put it beautifully when he said (paraphrased) that we have a God-shaped hole in our souls that only God can fill."

"The story is filled with exciting moments, but it also takes time to explore the emotional impact of losing a home and being forced into unfamiliar surroundings."

"Books, the art of reading – we come into this world alone and we depart from it alone, but in between we get to read. And hopefully read a lot."