THE WHICH WORD

253pp., paperback, Mirari Press, Cape Town, 2026

ISBN: 9781067245962

A feminist urban fantasy set in Cape Town, about three sisters whose supernatural abilities awaken through a mystical rite of passage involving the power of words.

"Blends sisterhood, magic, danger and awakening" Nadia Cassim, author of Not Another Samoosa Run

Catriona Ross is the author of the novels The Last Book on Earth, The Presence of Peacocks, Little Diamond Eye and The Love Book, as well as the non-fiction title An Uncommon Gift: the story of the South African Bone Marrow Registry and the lives changed by stem cell donation. She was features editor on O, The Oprah Magazine and Cosmopolitan, and has written articles for several publications including Psychologies, Men’s Health, Woman & Home, Good Housekeeping and Women’s Health. Catriona is a past overall winner of the South African Mental Health Information Centre Media Awards for de-stigmatising mental illness. She holds an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Cape Town, and is the former Senior Editor of Local Fiction at Penguin Random House South Africa.