DIE HUILENDE BRUID & ANDER VERSINSELS

214pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Painted Dog, Johannesburg, 2026

ISBN: 9781067185565

In this collection of poetic, autofictional essays Dominique Botha explores themes of trauma, identity and memory, and how our physical environment and local history shape our internal realities.

Also available in English.

Dominique Botha grew up on a farm in the Free State farm and now lives in Dwarsriver Valley outside Stellenbosch. She is the author of the novel Valsrivier, which won the University of Johannesburg Debut Prize, the Eugène Marais Prize and the Jan Rabie-Rapport Prize, and the poetry collection Donkerberg/Bloodwood, winner of the Ingrid Jonker Prize.