127pp., colour illus., paperback, Penguin, Cape Town, 2026

ISBN: 9780637012171

Ten-year-old Olinde Ukuthiywa has always felt different - but when a powerful vulture appears and carries her away to the Island of Intsomi, she must learn to find her voice and claim her identity as the last in a long line of Storykeepers charged with protecting the power of iintsomi, the traditional stories that once connected worlds.

South African poet, playwright and actor Siphokazi Jonas was awarded a Best Short Film SAFTA Award as co-producer of the poetry film #WeAreDyingHere. Her debut collection of poems, Weeping Becomes a River, received the UJ Debut Prize, the Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry, and the 2025 Humanities and Social Sciences Award for Best Poetry (joint winner).

OLI AND THE ISLAND OF INTSOMI

: Jonas (S.) text & Cwane (L.) illus.

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