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South African book publisher
Kwela Books is a South African publishing house founded in
Cape Town in 1994 as a new imprint of
NB Publishers .
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1994-2004
In the first ten years it published several books.
Notable publications
2004-present
Post 2004 Kwela continued to publish, winning several awards.
Notable publications
Dog Eat Dog by
Niq Mhlongo , 2004 - winner of the 2005 Mar des Lettras Prize
All We Have Left Unsaid by
Maxine Case , 2006 – winner of 2007
Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book, Africa Region and joint winner of the 2007
Herman Charles Bosman Prize for English Fiction.
Behind Every Successful Man by
Zukiswa Wanner , 2008 -
The Dream in the Next Body by
Gabeba Baderoon , 2005 - winner of the 2005 Daimler-Chrysler Prize.
The Rowing Lesson by
Anne Landsman , 2008 - winner of
The Sunday Times Fiction Prize 2009.
Happiness is a Four-Letter Word by
Cynthia Jele , 2010 - winner of 2011
Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book, Africa Region and the M-Net Film Prize 2011 at the
M-Net Literary Awards .
Homemaking for the Down-at-Heart by
Finuala Dowling , 2011 - winner of the M-Net Prize for English Fiction 2012.
Young Blood by
Sifiso Mzobe , 2010 - winner of
The Sunday Times Fiction Prize 2011, the 2010
Herman Charles Bosman Prize for English Fiction, the SALA
Room 207 by
Kgebetli Moele , 2006 - joint winner of the 2007
Herman Charles Bosman Prize for English Fiction and the University of Johannesburg Prize for debut fiction.
Die staat teen Anna Bruwer by
Anchien Troskie , 2012
The Lazarus Effect by
H. J. Golakai , 2011 - shortlisted for
The Sunday Times Fiction Prize 2012.
Moss by
Mary Watson , 2004 -
Siegfreid by
Willem Anker , 2007 - winner of
Ancient Rites by
Diale Tlholwe - winner of the SALA
Beauty's Gift by
Sindiwe Magona , 2008 -
Small Moving Parts by
Sally-Ann Murray , 2009 - winner of the M-Net Prize for English Fiction 2010
It Doesn't Have to Be This Way by
Alistair Mackay , 2022 - longlisted for the 2022
British Science Fiction Association Award for best novel,
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[3] listed as one of
Brittle Paper 's 100 Notable African Books of 2022.
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