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Antjie Krog is one of South Africa’s most internationally recognised writers.Her work has been translated in multiple la...
17/07/2026

Antjie Krog is one of South Africa’s most internationally recognised writers.

Her work has been translated in multiple languages, influenced national policy and been made into a film starring Samuel L. Jackson 🎬📚

Now, in this experimental work of autofiction, the celebrated author traces her and her mother's creative and domestic symbioses, as well as the historical touchstones – war, prejudice, love – that both defined their work and fractured their society.

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Start with Antjie Krog.Then keep reading 🔥Batis Books publishes books for readers who want MORE.Readers like you!This su...
14/07/2026

Start with Antjie Krog.

Then keep reading 🔥

Batis Books publishes books for readers who want MORE.

Readers like you!

This summer…
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A motherA daughterA country that will not be held at a distanceIn this critically acclaimed novel, Antjie Krog returns t...
13/07/2026

A mother
A daughter
A country that will not be held at a distance

In this critically acclaimed novel, Antjie Krog returns to the intimacy and discomfort of family, exploring the emotional weather between her and her mother with characteristic compassion and poise.

For readers drawn to the political and formally daring, ’Blood’s Inner Rhyme’ is out now in the UK & Ireland 📕

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AN AMONG WILLOWS SUMMER 🌞🕊️
10/07/2026

AN AMONG WILLOWS SUMMER 🌞🕊️

BLOOD’S INNER RHYME: The searing autobiographical novel by Antjie Krog is out in the UK & Ireland, exclusive to Batis Bo...
08/07/2026

BLOOD’S INNER RHYME: The searing autobiographical novel by Antjie Krog is out in the UK & Ireland, exclusive to Batis Books.

A daughter returns to the most difficult relationship of her life: her mother’s.

But between them is not only family. There is language, land, ideology, history, ageing, love.

For readers of intimate, politically charged autofiction.

📕 Buy your copy now: www.bat.is/books/bloods-inner-rhyme

“With my whole being, I want to completely cannibalise her fragile, exhausted body with its sharp, intelligent gaze that...
06/07/2026

“With my whole being, I want to completely cannibalise her fragile, exhausted body with its sharp, intelligent gaze that has guided me my entire life.”

💥 The moment has arrived for the UK launch of ‘BLOOD’S INNER RHYME’, a monumental new masterwork from the legendary South African writer and activist, Antjie Krog 🌍

Set against the sparse landscape of the Free State, this genre-busting novel turns Krog’s unparalleled powers of empathy toward the most complex relationship of her life: the profound generational and ideological gap between a daughter and her dying mother.

Congratulations, Antjie! 🎉📕

Readers in the UK & Ireland, secure your copy today.

Blood’s Inner Rhyme is available at all quality bookstores, and online right now
👉 www.bat.is/books/bloods-inner-rhyme

There’s truth… There’s memory…There’s justice…And then there’s the relationships, and the untold histories, at the centr...
03/07/2026

There’s truth…
There’s memory…
There’s justice…

And then there’s the relationships, and the untold histories, at the centre of it all.
In Antjie Krog’s latest novel, the award-winning ‘Blood’s Inner Rhyme’, we meet two celebrated writers – a daughter and her dying mother – who find themselves on opposite sides of history

‘Blood’s Inner Rhyme’ is out this MONDAY! 🎉

🇬🇧🇮🇪 Readers in the UK & Ireland, here’s your chance to pre-order ‘Blood’s Inner Rhyme’: www.bat.is/books/bloods-inner-rhyme

“Melancholy and passion resonate in virtually every word of both mother and daughter.” – TrouwAs a writer, academic, poe...
02/07/2026

“Melancholy and passion resonate in virtually every word of both mother and daughter.” – Trouw

As a writer, academic, poet, translator and activist, Antjie Krog has spent decades challenging power.

Her work has made an extraordinary contribution to literature and social justice, confronting oppressive structures and those who sought to uphold them.

Now, in the award-winning ‘Blood’s Inner Rhyme’, Krog turns her focus toward one of the most challenging relationships of her life: the bond between a daughter and her dying mother.

OUT in the UK & Ireland on Monday 6th of July with Batis Books.

💥 Pre-order your copy now: www.bat.is/books/bloods-inner-rhyme

📣 One of South Africa’s greatest writers publishes with Batis Books this month!‘Blood’s Inner Rhyme’ by Antjie Krog is t...
01/07/2026

📣 One of South Africa’s greatest writers publishes with Batis Books this month!

‘Blood’s Inner Rhyme’ by Antjie Krog is the English edition of the UJ Prize-winning ‘Binnerym van bloed’: a genre-busting work of autofiction about a daughter and her dying mother – both celebrated writers - who find themselves on opposite sides of history.

Set in the dramatic, sparse landscape of the Free State, Blood’s Inner Rhyme explores a profound generational gap. How can equality emerge from a bigoted society? Where does love fit in the midst of ideology? 📒

The Scotsman praises the “beautiful love and respect” between mother and daughter, and how in Krog's masterful hands, their writing becomes an intimate conversation between two intellectual powerhouses.

Coming 6 July 2026 🎉

Pre-order your copy now: www.bat.is/books/bloods-inner-rhyme

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