Tuesday, 17 February 2026

Look out for Curry and Bread in Umhlanga!


 

Diarise for the Umhlanga Book Fair, where Pravasan Pillay's Curry and Bread will be on sale!

Curry and Bread is also available at Exclusive Books, madeindurban.co.za, Love Books in Melville (Johannesburg) and Clarke's in Cape Town.


Wednesday, 11 February 2026

Outside the cave: selected poems by Gary Cummiskey

 

Outside the cave: selected poems by Gary Cummiskey, is still available. Chosen from 30 years of work, the poems are selected and introduced by renowned South African poet Kobus Moolman.

160 pages.

Published by Dye Hard Press. The cost is R180, plus courier is R100 -- so R280 altogether, for South Africa only. To order please email cummiskeyg@gmail.com. 

Here is one of the poems from the collection:


Recipe


Take your favourite

book of poems.

 

Place in an oven dish.


Drizzle (as the menus

always say)

with olive oil.

 

Place the dish in the middle

of the oven.

Turn to maximum on Grill.

 

Don’t stop until

incinerated.

 

Monday, 09 February 2026

Curry and Bread in England!


Good to see that artist Paul Warren in England has received his copy of Pravasan Pillay's Curry and Bread -- the first copy to land in the UK!

You can buy Curry and Bread from Exclusive Books, madeindurban.co.za, Clarke's in Cape Town, and Love Books, in Melville, Johannesburg.

Tuesday, 03 February 2026

Sinclair Beiles is still hanging out at Clarke's in Cape Town


Who was Sinclair Beiles?, edited by Gary Cummiskey and Eva Kowalska, is still available at Clarke's Bookshop in Cape Town. You can order a copy here.

Sunday, 01 February 2026