Dryad Press is an independent RSA poetry publisher. Our 'Dryad Press Living Poets Series' features award-winning poets.
Cape Town, South Africa
Joined January 2017
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University of Kwazulu Natal’s Poetry Africa is hosting an online book launch on Tuesday, 11th October @ 13:00, featuring Michèle Betty, Khadija Heeger, Roy McFarlane, and Zama Madinana. @poetryafrica #booklaunch @michèlebetty @khadijatracey @roy.mcfarlane @zamamadinana #poetry
Read Joan Metelerkamp’s full review of Kobus Moolman’s "The Mountain Behind the House” appearing in New Coin.
“Sometimes it is difficult to review a book [...]. It knocks you a little speechless.” (Llink in our bio).
#newcoin #joanmetelerkamp #kobusmoolman #bookreview
Join us on 20 October for the launch of Michéle Betty's second volume of poetry, Dark Horse. You can also take advantage of our special pre-launch offer and get 25% discount if you purchase two or more books, one of which is Dark Horse.
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We are excited to present the cover for our second collection of 2022, “Dark Horse”, by Michéle Betty. The exquisite artwork is a Sumi ink drawing by Elize de Beer called “Mondays”. #DryadPress #MicheleBetty #DarkHorse #Poetry #inkdrawings #artandpoetry #elizedebeer
What Life is Really Like, a poem by Beverly Rycroft, has been selected as a matric poem in 2023. Scholars get 40% off her poetry book-just send a picture of yourself in your school uniform or at school, via email to [email protected].
#matricpoem #whatlifeisreallylike
A shout-out to the @norvalfoundation for their Women’s Month exhibition: When Rain Clouds Gather. The exhibition places intellectuality of Black women artists at its core, in which Black women’s work is the object, method, and theory of study.
#womensmonth #blackwomenartists
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR BOOK BUNDLE SPECIAL! Our award winning authors Beverly Rycroft + Tony Ullyatt. Purchase Beverly Rycroft’s, ‘missing’ + ‘A Private Audience’ and/or Tony Ullyatt’s ‘An Unobtrusive Vice’ + ‘River Willows: Senryū from Lockdown’, + get 40% discount on your order.
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Wonderful news to wake up to! Not one but two poems short listed for the National Poetry Prize!
Congratulations to the poets announced on the shortlist for the 2021 national poetry prize #winningpoets #wineandpoetry #southafricanpoets #southafricantalent
Dryad Press Poets in Profile: 🌿 JOAN HAMBIDGE
Joan is a poet, novelist, critic and public intellectual. She teaches Afrikaans and Creative Writing at the University of Cape Town in the Hofmeyr Chair. She writes extensively on modern trends in literary theory.
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Die Judaskus (Kagiso/Perskor, 1998) (Novel)
Ewebeeld (Kagiso/Perskor, 1998) (Poetry)
Swart Koring (Human & Rousseau, 1996) (Novel)
Postmodernisme (J.P. van der Walt, 1995) (Text Book)
Interne Verhuising (Perskor, 1995) (Poetry)
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You can purchase *The Coroner's Wife* and be in touch with Joan here:
dryadpress.co.za/books/
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Does creative living and developing your passion for poetry align with your new year intentions?
Don’t miss a vibrant two-part article on making poetry with Sally Ann Murray. Read @DryadPress author and @StellenboschUni's English Prof here: bit.ly/3g2K5yf
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Dryad Press Poets in Profile:🌿IYRA MAHARAJ
Iyra's debut poetry collection with Dryad, will be *earth-circuit* (Forthcoming).
Iyra is a PhD student at the University of Cape Town specialising in palaeobiology + studied biological sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
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As a matriculant, she was the recipient of the Francis & Jessica Brett-Young Memorial Prize in 2012 for pupils attaining 90% and higher for their English essay in the English Higher Examination. Since that time she has been writing poetry.
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Alongside her academic work, Iyra is currently a writer at KREST Publishers working on a collaborative fiction novel.
You can follow Iyra @iyra_emm and her collection will be available for purchase here:🌿
dryadpress.co.za/books/