Arja Salafranca at launch of Off-ramp, Love Books, Melville November 13

Arja Salafranca at the launch of Off-ramp, by Gary Cummiskey, at Love Books, Melville, on November 13 2013. Artist and poet Lionel Murcott in foreground.

New Book, New Broom, New Coin - the launch of Off-ramp, by Rene Bohnen

Die virus tref haar tussen twee verkeersligte naby Wespark. Sy sweet en bestuur, sweet en bestuur, konsentreer deur die spitsverkeer en die yskoue prikkels in haar voete en hande. Genadiglik maak sy dit tot by die parkeer-area, sluit die motor en storm dramaties verby die wit tafels met die wynglase, verby die silwer ysemmer en camembert-broodjies, tot by die badkamer. Hoe lank bly sy daar, nee sy weet nie – deur die venster hoor sy vaagweg hoe lag en gesels die gaste wat nou reeds aangekom het vir die boekbekendstelling. ʼn Skoonmaker kom in met emmer en mop, verbaas om ʼn vrou op die vloer te sien lê naby die wasbak. Is daar fout, wil sy weet. Nee, antwoord die vrou, ek is doodreg, ek het kom foto’s neem. Ek voel soos ʼn karakter in ‘n film van David Lynch, dink sy. Of in een van Gary Cummiskey se kortverhale...Read more here

Launch of Gary Cummiskey's Off-ramp at Love Books, Melville, November 13, 2013

Arja Salafranca in conversation with Rachel Zadok at Love Books, April 2013

Arja Salafranca in conversation with Rachel Zadok for the launch of her second novel Sister-Sister at Love Books, Melville, Johannesburg April 2013

Arja Salafranca talks to Dawn Garisch at the launch of Eloquent Body, at Love Books, Melville, June 6 2012

Photo: Love Books

JHB launch of The Edge of Things at Love Books, Melville

From left: Sandy Goulding, Marion Sher, Kay Robinson

From left: Jayne Bauling, Love Books owner Kate Rogan, Gillian Schutte 

From left centre: Hans Pienaar, Hamilton Wende; at top centre: Fred de Vries, Arja Salafranca and

Jayne Bauling

 Peter Sullivan and Jo-Anne Richards

Kate Rogan

From left: Hans Pienaar, Hamilton Wende; top: Fred de Vries

 From left: Arja Salafranca, Jayne Bauling, Gail Dendy, Gillian Schutte, Bernard Levinson

 Jayne Bauling



Hans Pienaar

 Hamilton Wende

 Gillian Schutte

Gail Dendy

Fred de Vries

 Arja Salafranca

Arja Salafranca and Gail Dendy

Arja Salafranca

Invite to the Johannesburg launch of The Edge of Things

At the launch of Ingrid Andersen's Peace Work and Phillippa Yaa de Villiers' The Everyday Wife at Love Books, Melville

At the Johannesburg launch of the Bed Book of Short Stories at Love Books, Melville

At the Johannesburg launch of Modjaji Book's The Bed Book of Short Stories at Love Books in Melville, chatting to Hamilton Wende 

Rita Britz, Arja Salafranca, unknown, Jayne Bauling, Lauri Kubuitsile, Isabella Morris

Arja Salafranca, Isabella Morris and Lauri Kubuitsile

Isabella Morris, Jayne Bauling (with microphone), Arja Salafranca