Botsotso

08/10/2025

'Now Silent, Gaza' by Kelwyn Sole, from his recent collection of poetry 'What Is Owed?' (Botsotso, 2025).

Get your copy here: https://botsotso.org.za/product/what-is-owed/

27/09/2025

Botsotso poet Basil du Toit reading from ‘Studies in Khoisan Verbs’ (Botsotso, 2024) at a landmark Edinburgh pub known as The Diggers — it is situated between two cemeteries, and the gravediggers would go for a pint at this pub after a day’s work 🍻

Get your copy of ’Studies in Khoisan Verbs’ via our website 🔗

23/09/2025

This Friday in London! 🗣️🎙️

Catch Botsotso poet Pitika Ntuli reading from his newest collection ‘Palestine in My Heart’ (Botsotso 2025)

21/09/2025

🎤Q&A | Kelwyn Sole🗞️

Grab a copy of Daily Maverick to read Botsotso poet Kelwyn Sole’s interview with Mick Raubenheimer about the power of poetry.

Get ‘What is Owed?’ from all good bookstores or online: https://botsotso.org.za/product/what-is-owed/ 🔗

17/09/2025

Kelwyn Sole reads 'The leader's speeches', first published in The Johannesburg Review of Books, and featured in his new collection, 'What Is Owed?' (Botsotso, 2025).

Available now! ⚡️

09/09/2025

Issue 11 of herri is out and is "an urgent agit-prop response to the genocide in Gaza in the form of poetry, writing, photography, sonic responses, DJ mixes, visual art and more."

Featuring work by Botsotso poets Allan Kolski Horwitz and Frank Meintjies, and loads more from some of our favourite writers and artists. Dive in!

herri is an attempt to imagine what decolonized sound looks like in the age of techno-hybridity

03/09/2025

This weekend in Cape Town!

Catch Botsotso poet Kelwyn Sole at Cape Town central library, reading from his new collection ‘What is Owed’

29/08/2025

Congratulations to Botsotso poet Pitika Ntuli for the launch of his new exhibition with Willie Bester at The Melrose Gallery ✨🥳

20/08/2025

AUTHOR INTERVIEW: BRIAN WALTER

Live on : https://africanbookscollective.com/interview-with-brian-walter-author-of-down-the-baakens-underworld/

Get your copy of ‘Down the Baakens Underworld’ via ABC and all good bookstores, locally 📚

24/03/2025

THIS SATURDAY AT THE FORGE 🎤📚

Join us for an incredible line-up of poets and thinkers.

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20/03/2025

Thank you to everyone who joined us at Book Lounge last week for the launch of Brian Walter’s ‘Down The Baakens Underworld’ with Jacques Coetzee ✨📚

Get your copy at all good bookstores or drop us a message!

📸: John Donaldson