Junkets

Junkets is a South African publishing house.

Also referred to as Junkets Publisher or Junkets Publishers in some cases.

The company

A small-scale publishing house founded by Robin Malan and based in Cape Town, South Africa. Formed to publish Malan's own novel Rebel Angel in 2005, in association with Snailpress, it has since published numerous volumes of poetry, plays and novels.

Playtexts published

Among the plays they have published are The Boy Who Fell from the Roof by Juliet Jenkin (First performed 2005, published 2007), Out of Bounds by Rajesh Gopie (2008); Brothers in Blood by Mike van Graan (2012); Worst of Both Worlds by Bulelani Mabutyana (2012), Skierlik by Phillip M. Dikotla (2013), Chomi by Pfarelo Nemakonde (2013), Crepuscule by Khayelihle Dom Gumede (2014), Hinterland by Duncan Buwalda (2014),

Miscast by Charmaine Kendal, Everybody Else (is f*!ing perfect) by Karen Jeynes, Mary and the Conqueror by Juliet Jenkin, The Boy Who Fell from the Roof by Juliet Jenkin, The Return by Fatima Dike, Sister Breyani by Malika Ndlovu, The Year of the Bicycle by Joanna Evans, Fishers of Hope Taweret by Lara Foot, Mary and the Conqueror by Karen Jeynes, Reparation by Ameera Conrad, Sainthood by Tiisetso Mashifane, … miskien by Tara Notcutt et al., Grey Widow by Lady Aria Grey, TIP-ex by Lauren Hannie, The Fall by Ameera Conrad, Tankiso Mamabolo, Thando Mangcu et al., Onweer by Carlo Daniels and Abigail Mei, Covid Moons by Clare Stopford, The Beneficiary by Sinethemba Twani , Hol by Nicola Hanekom , Seashells by Rafiek Mammon and Other People’s Lives by Amy Jephta.

Collections of playtexts published

The publishing house also has a "Collected Series" of publications, consisting inter alia of collections of playtexts, monologues and stories. These include:

Short, Sharp & Snappy (Volumes 1 & 2), edited by Robin Malan and published by Junkets Press in 2011.

SA Gay Plays 1 The Artscape Dublin Festival Plays, compiled by Robin Malan (20**)

SA Gay Plays 2 1994-2013, compiled by Robin Malan (2013)

Now I am Alone 1: SA Monologues F&M 16+ and Now I am Alone 2: SA Monologues F&M 16+, both compiled by Robin Malan, Diana Wilson and David Fick (2014).

African Folktales Onstage! 1 & 2: plays for pre-teens