The bogeyman is a haunting and disturbing stream-of-consciousness narrative by Gary Cummiskey, due to be published by Turquiose Press.
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Curry and Bread by Pravasan Pillay. R220. Price: R220 from the publisher. Will also soon be availabl from select bookstores.
He Said // She Said, a new collection of poems by Kobus Moolman. 44 pages.
Animal eyeball is a free e-chapbook of seven cut-up prose poems by Gary Cummiskey, complemented with collages by Paul Warren.
The Fall, a collection of poems by Hans Pienaar. Order directly from the author at mwhanspi@gmail.com for R350 (postage included).
Outside the Cave: selected poems by Gary Cummiskey. Selected and introduced by Kobus Moolman. Email dyehardpress@gmail.com to order.
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New from Dye Hard Press
Curry and Bread by Pravasan Pillay. R220. Price: R220 from the publisher. Will also soon be availabl from select bookstores.
Recent title from Dye Hard Press
He Said // She Said, a new collection of poems by Kobus Moolman. 44 pages.
Recent title from Dye Hard Press
Animal eyeball is a free e-chapbook of seven cut-up prose poems by Gary Cummiskey, complemented with collages by Paul Warren.
Recent title from altoviolet and Dye Hard Press
The Fall, a collection of poems by Hans Pienaar. Order directly from the author at mwhanspi@gmail.com for R350 (postage included).
Recent title from Dye Hard Press
Outside the Cave: selected poems by Gary Cummiskey. Selected and introduced by Kobus Moolman. Email dyehardpress@gmail.com to order.
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Titles by Gary Cummiskey
The Secret Hour, Dye Hard Press, Johannesburg,1994
Lost in a World, Dye Hard Press, 1994
Conspiracies of the Interior, Dye Hard Press, 1994
Visitations, Dye Hard Press, 1995
River of Dreams, Dye Hard Press, 1995
City, Sun Belly Press, Johannesburg, 1995
When Apollinaire Died, Firfield Press, Cape Town, 1996
Head (with Roy Blumenthal), Dye Hard Press, 1998
Reigning Gloves, Dye Hard Press, 2000
Bog Docks, Dye Hard Press, 2005
April in the Moon-Sun, Dye Hard Press, 2006
Today is their Creator, Dye Hard Press, 2008
Who was Sinclair Beiles? (co-edited with Eva Kowalska), Dye Hard Press, 2009 and 2015
Romancing the Dead, Tearoom Books, Durban, 2009
Sky Dreaming, Graffiti Kolkata, India, 2011
Lost in a World, Dye Hard Press, 1994
Conspiracies of the Interior, Dye Hard Press, 1994
Visitations, Dye Hard Press, 1995
River of Dreams, Dye Hard Press, 1995
City, Sun Belly Press, Johannesburg, 1995
When Apollinaire Died, Firfield Press, Cape Town, 1996
Head (with Roy Blumenthal), Dye Hard Press, 1998
Reigning Gloves, Dye Hard Press, 2000
Bog Docks, Dye Hard Press, 2005
April in the Moon-Sun, Dye Hard Press, 2006
Today is their Creator, Dye Hard Press, 2008
Who was Sinclair Beiles? (co-edited with Eva Kowalska), Dye Hard Press, 2009 and 2015
Romancing the Dead, Tearoom Books, Durban, 2009
Sky Dreaming, Graffiti Kolkata, India, 2011
I Remain Indoors, Tearoom Books, Stockholm, 2013
Off-ramp, Dye Hard Press, Johannesburg, 2013
Don't Stop Until Incinerated, Tearoom Books, Stockholm, 2016
In Naked Field, Concrete Meat Press, Leicester, England, 2019
Thunder on the highway, Dye Hard Press, Johannesburg, 2020
Outside the cave: Selected Poems, Dye Hard Press, Johannesburg, 2001
Animal eyeball (with Paul Warren), Dye Hard Press, Johannesburg, 2024
Somewhere else, Graffiti Kolkata, India, 2024
Renegade eye (collages), Turquoise Press, Johannesburg, 2025
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