Dryad Press News

We are honoured, and genuinely humbled, to share that Dryad’s Michèle Betty has been awarded a fully funded fellowship to attend the Turin Book Fair (13–15 May 2026). Our deepest thanks to the fellowship organisers and to the Italian Trade Agency for making this possible.

Three cities. Three evenings. One collection that held the room each time. The Zero Summer book launch tour is now complete, and we find ourselves in that particular kind of aftermath – grateful, a little tired, and still turning over lines from the poems in our heads. We want to...

We are excited to announce the launch dates for Simon van Schalkwyk’s Zero Summer. We will be travelling to Johannesburg, Stellenbosch and Cape Town , so be sure to find a venue that suits.

In a couple days, Dryad heads to Istanbul, Turkey for the 11th Istanbul Publishing Fellowship Programme! To celebrate being awarded the Bronze Package, we are having a sitewide sale.

We’re excited to reveal the gorgeous cover of Zero Summer, the forthcoming poetry collection by Wits academic and poet Simon van Schalkwyk, due for publication in April 2026.

We are deeply grateful to the National Arts Council, the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture, and the Presidency of South Africa for their generous support of Dryad Press...

During November, Dryad Press hosted 3 fabulous book launches for Deborah Seddon’s 'Magnitude', at Amazwi in Makhanda, The Book Lounge in Cape Town and Oude Leeskamer in Stellenbosch...

The poet Sindiswa Busuku-Mathese, author of the collection 'Loud and Yellow Laughter', sat down with Dryad's own @sarah_uheida to discuss 'Not This Tender'...

Dryad is excited to be publishing a new collection by poet and academic, Deborah Seddon titled Magnitude. The collection is forthcoming late October and early November 2025...

We are delighted that our latest publication, Not This Tender, by Sarah Uheida, has been receiving lots of attention. Find Prof Stan Galloway’s review in Bear Review in the United States, and Joan Hambidge’s review on Versindaba...

Dryad Press and Stellenbosch University are proud to announce that Elle Fieggen has been appointed as the Dryad Press intern for 2025. We take this opportunity to congratulate Elle...

Dryad is excited to be participating in three events at the upcoming Franschhoek Literary Festival in May. Check out our Forthcoming Events page...