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About
Soutie Press
Soutie Press is an independent publishing house based in Cape Town, South Africa.
We develop commercial books and magazines, and provide custom publishing services. We love paper, and believe there is still an important place for this medium in the brand and communications space.
Our interests include fly fishing, cult comics, food, and nonfiction.
OUT NOW: THE INTERPRETERS: SOUTH AFRICA’S NEW NONFICTION
The Interpreters: South Africa’s New Nonfiction
edited by Sean Christie and Hedley Twidle
Across three decades of democracy, South Africa has seen an outpouring of longform, narrative journalism and creative nonfiction – genres in which some of the country’s finest writers have tried to make sense of a complex and changing society. This brand new, one-of-a-kind anthology from Soutie Press collects some of the best nonfiction published since the end of apartheid, carefully selected and introduced by editors Sean Christie and Hedley Twidle.
From the underworld of zama-zama goldminers to the tragicomic closure of a Cape Town Zoo, from stick fighting to punk rock, game lodges to fruit farms, cricket pitches to mermaids, The Interpreters: South Africa’s New Nonfiction assembles a range of true stories that are often more far-fetched, and more compelling, than any fiction.
Featuring J. M. Coetzee • Kimon de Greef • William Dicey • Alexandra Dodd • Madeleine Fullard • Mark Gevisser • Anna Hartford • Anton Harber • Michiel Heyns • Daniël Hugo • Anton Kannemeyer • Bongani Kona • Rustum Kozain • Antjie Krog • Alastair Laird • Adrian Leftwich • Lidudumalingani • Bongani Madondo • Rian Malan • Zanele Mji • Mogorosi Motshumi • Nosisi Mpolweni • Julie Nxadi • Njabulo S Ndebele • Lindokuhle Nkosi • Sean O’Toole • Kopano Ratele • Warren Raysdorf • Srila Roy • Lin Sampson • Kwanele Sosibo • Jonny Steinberg • Niren Tolsi • Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon • Roger Young • Percy Zvomuya
Literary nonfiction in South Africa has often been found at the margins of our media – in zines, journals, now defunct magazines and personal blogs. It is a kind of writing that has, in general, not made much financial sense – more a medium for those obsessed with pursuing a single story over months or years. In The Interpreters, the editors have combed through 30 years of post-apartheid writing to produce a collection that combines preeminent names with lesser known but no less immersive and powerful works of creative journalism – disparate views and voices that, when read together, have created a new topography of South Africa’s recent past.
Publication date: May 2025
Genre: Nonfiction, History, Current Affairs
RRP: R370 incl. VAT
Format: 500pp, paperback, 235mmX153mm
Print ISBN: 978-1-0370-4783-1
Publisher: Soutie Press
Retail distribution: Southern Africa, Protea Distribution orders@proteadistribution.co.za
International distribution, direct purchases and media enquiries: ingrid@soutiepress.com; +27(0)82 045 8242
The Mission is a bi-monthly fly fishing magazine available for free in print and digital formats. Put together by Editor Tudor Caradoc-Davies, Art Director Brendan Body (formerly of Session skateboarding magazine and The Lake) and Editor-at-large Conrad Botes (Bitterkomix, Lag-Lag), it is packed with humour, art, incredible imagery and top-notch story-telling.
Since its inception in 2016, The Mission has gone from strength to strength. Our 4000 printed units per issue are strategically distributed aross South Africa (no returns, no pulping) and our digital version is loved around the world.
Our magazine offering is complemented by a growing merchandise and apparel arm, and a big content footprint.
The long-term (three decades and counting) creative partnership between artists Anton Kannemeyer (Joe Dog) and Conrad Botes (Konradski), Bitterkomix is both South Africa’s best and most controversial satirical comic. Presenting a dark, biting critique of the conservative, Afrikaner cultural mainstream and the state of the world in general, Bitterkomix offers a brilliant riposte to the would-be censors of our time.
As acerbic, humourous and dark as ever, in their signature style the duo’s comic strips, essays and stories continue to take readers to uncomfortable places, probing and questioning at all that is uneasy about our society.
Soutie Press is proud publisher of Bitterkomix 18 and Bitterkomix 19, as well as of solo projects by the artists. We complement this work with a growing apparel line.
OUR CLIENTS
Mary Oppenheimer Daughters
A high-end coffee table book commemorating a private milestone, published in 2023.
- Editor: Sarah Buitendach
- Art director: Martin Jacobs
- Copy editor: Robyn Alexander
- Publishing manager: Ingrid Sinclair
- Consulting editor: Tudor Caradoc-Davies
Printed by Tandym Print and bound by Graphicart.
The Daily Maverick
Since 2022 we provide publishing managment services for Maverick 451, the publishing division of the Daily Maverick.
- Man Alone by Caryn Dolley (also edited by Ingrid Sinclair)
- Clash of the Cartels by Caryn Dolley
- Days of Zondo by Ferial Haffajee
- It’s Mine by Steven Boykey Sidley
- The MavericKids Activity Book (2022, 2023, 2024)
- The Maverick Crossword
Printed by ABC Press.
Distributed by Protea Distribution.
Rainbow Nation Kids
We provided publishing management as well as sales and distribution consulting services for this children’s book in 2023.
Click here to visit the Rainbow Nation Kids website.
Writer: Julie Nokulunga Naidoo
Illustrator: Anja Stoeckigt
Typesetter: Monique Cleghorn
Publishing manager: Ingrid Sinclair
Printed by Tandym Print.
Distributed by Protea Distribution.
M&C Saatchi Abel
Together we published Intuition in 2022, a glossy magazine aimed at South Africa’s young entrepreneurs.
Click here to view the digital version.
Editor: Tudor Caradoc-Davies
Designer: Clint Jurgens
Publishing manager, copy editor: Ingrid Sinclair
Printed by Shumani RSA
Breathwork Africa
In 2024 we edited the manuscript for Dr Ela Manga’s latest book, Umoya: The Science and Wonder of Conscious Breathing.
We The People
Tudor Caradoc-Davies
Creative Director
Tudor has worked for mainstream magazines like GQ, Men’s Health and Best Life and has written and edited several best-selling books over the years from banting Bible The Real Meal Revolution, to the Daily Maverick’s We Have a Gamechanger and Six Years with Al Qaeda (2021 SA Book Awards non-fiction winner). Tudor is available for select writing and editing projects.
Ingrid Sinclair
Managing Director
Ingrid is a project management and communications specialist with experience in editing, publishing and marketing. She has worked for media brands and for agencies over the course of her 16-year career. She now manages the business side of Soutie Press and provides publishing and editing services to clients.
BOOKS by tudor
