We are absolutely thrilled to announce that ‘Not This Tender’ by Sarah Uheida has been awarded the 2026 Ingrid Jonker Prize. This is an extraordinary honour for Sarah and for Dryad Press.
We’re thrilled to be part of Cape Town’s biggest literary festival this September.
We are delighted to congratulate Dryad poet, Sarah Uheida, on being shortlisted for this year’s Ingrid Jonker Prize for her collection Not This Tender
Fiercely intimate, this poetry collection explores queer identity, gender-based violence, shame, religion, family and Black women’s embodiment, tracing “burial” as a language of concealment, survival, inheritance, grief, and longing.
Fiercely intimate, this poetry collection explores queer identity, gender-based violence, shame, religion, family and Black women’s embodiment, tracing “burial” as a language of concealment, survival, inheritance, grief, and longing.
We are delighted to share that Zero Summer by Simon van Schalkwyk has been named one of Currency News’s best books of 2026 so far, and in exceptional company.
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 take a moment to thank everyone who made these evenings what they were.
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.
