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Poetree Celebrates 8th Year in the industry!

Who knew we’d make it this far?! Poetree Publications has been around for 8 years and we’ve just added our 20th title to our book list.This journey has definitely not been a smooth ride and there have been many eye-opening realities along the way, but we couldn’t have made it without the incredible support of.

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Book launch gratitude!

Gau-Trained is officially public property! Yesterday (24 February), we launched the Gau-Trained collection at African Flavour Books in Braam, Johannesburg. What an incredibly warm and beautiful evening we had. No doubt, the nerves were there – for both me and my interviewer, Christa Dee – but when we sat down and started the session we were.

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Gau-Trained in full steam!

Gau-Trained, poems & stories is here! Six years in the making… the train is about to leave the station! When I stepped off the City2City bus on 1 July 2011, I had no idea how my life was about to change. I had with me every personal item that meant anything to me, and just R100.

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Gau-Trained on the move again…

After a successful launch tour in 2018, with nearly 10 events spanned over 6 cities, Poetree Publications and Flow Wellington is taking the GauTrained collection around the country for another journey. Celebrating its 1st year of existence, things steam off on the exact date that GauTrained launched last year – 24 February – with a.

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NEW! The magic, the madness & the loss.

The magic, the madness and the loss is a debut poetry collection by queer writer and filmmaker Jessica Denyschen. It is a cartography of the emotional landscape shared between two women over the course of 4 years. The non-linear nature of this tumultuous relationship whips the reader from the magic of desire and connection, to asphyxiating anxiety.

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