On 9 June 2003, a 43-year-old coloured man named Magadien Wentzel walked out of Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town. Behind him lay a lifelong career in the 28s, South Africa’s oldest and most reviled prison gang, for decades rumoured to have specialised in rape and robbery. In front of him lay the prospect of a [...]

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Author: Jonny Steinberg, English, NonArt, Sofcover, 195x125mm, 440pg, Black and White, ISBN: 9781868422333

Showcasing the brilliant and controversial existence of one of the world’s most famous political “comix” magazines, this anthology exhibits the wide range of published material including covers, postcards, posters, and drawings from the creators’ personal sketchbooks. The collection is a testament to the contentious history of Bitterkomix and its attacks on the Afrikaner culture and [...]

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Author: Anton Kannemeyer, English, Art General, Harcover, 285x230mm, Colour, black and white, 160pp, ISBN: 9781770093317,
Price: (ZA)R 395

Pablo Picasso may be the most famous and influential artist of the twentieth century. What few know is that in 1935, at age 54, Picasso stopped painting, and for a time devoted himself entirely to poetry. Even after eventually resuming his visual work, Picasso continued to write, in a characteristic torrent, until 1959 – leaving [...]

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Author: Pablo Picasso, English, Monograph, Softcover, 202x155mm, 316pp, ISBN: 9781878972361,
Price: (ZA)R 200.00

The lost colours of the Chameleon is set on the fictitious island of Bangula in the Indian Ocean – an island populated by an indigenous community that coexists uneasily with Creoles, mainly descendants of ancient Portuguese colonizers. The half-a-million inhabitants live under the twin shadows of an impending cyclone and an outbreak of the blood [...]

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Author: Mandla Langa, English, NonArt, Softcover, 326pp, 232 x 150mm, ISBN: 978 1770100848,
Price: (ZA)R 190.00

The lost colours of the Chameleon is set on the fictitious island of Bangula in the Indian Ocean – an island populated by an indigenous community that coexists uneasily with Creoles, mainly descendants of ancient Portuguese colonizers. The half-a-million inhabitants live under the twin shadows of an impending cyclone and an outbreak of the blood [...]

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Author: Mandla Langa, English, NonArt, Softcover, 326pp, 232 x 152cm, ISBN: 978 1770100848,
Price: (ZA)R 180.00

This exhilarating novel by prize–winning author Ivan Vladislavić is a linguistic tour de force, a spectacular carnival of post–modern commentary, urban satire, riotous imagery and outrageous wordplay.

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Author: Ivan Vladislavic, English, NonArt, Soft cover, 200x140mm, 352 pages, ISBN: 978-086486-667-7,
Price: (ZA)R 125.00