Colleen Higgs is a writer, writing teacher and publisher. She is the author of two collections of poetry and a collection of short stories (Looking for Trouble – Yeoville Stories). In 2020, deep south published her memoir my mother, my madness. She founded Modjaji Books in 2007 and after publishing more than 200 books is still Modjaji’s manager and publisher. She also compiled and published six editions of the African Small Publishers’ Catalogue and is a co-ordinator of the English network of the International Alliance of Independent Publishers. She is currently working with Allan Horwitz of Botsotso to create a network of independent trade/literary publishers.
