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Jungu Josh on the move!

A Venetian Bow for Josh & Co.
Jungu Josh was recently among a handful of carefully selected books featured at the Book Adaptation Rights Market of La Biennale di Venezia, better known as the Venice International Film Festival.

Jungu Josh to Reach Albanian Readers with PEN Afrikaans Translation Fund Support
South African author Constant van Graan’s youth novel, Jungu Josh: Die Goue Kalbas (“Jungu Josh and the Golden Calabash”), the first in the Jungu Josh trilogy, has been selected for translation into Albanian through funding from the PEN Afrikaans Translation Fund, in partnership with Albanian publisher Ombra GVG.

New: The Jungu Josh podcast!
15 April 2025
Ons is baie opgewonde om die nuwe Jungu Josh-podsending – Josh & Kie: ’n Magiese Potgooi – aan te kondig.
Jungu Josh’s Italian adventure!
08 April 2025
Jungu Josh was recently featured on the international stage at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2025 – the biggest fair of its kind in the world.


Explore the Jungu Josh world
06 January 2025
After the success of the Jungu Josh series last year, readers and fans can look forward to big developments in 2025.
'Geheim in die Riete': Die nuwe boek uit die pen van Constant van Graan wat jou gaan betower
22 Julie 2024
Van Graan se nuwe avontuurverhaal word reeds beskryf as ’n boek wat jonk en oud eenvoudig nie kan neersit nie! Kry jou kopie nou by enige boekwinkel of aanlynplatform.


NUUT uit Constant van Graan se pen - KRENG
02 Oktober 2023
“Sy woorde droog op. ’n Koue rilling gaan teen sy ruggraat af. Hy herken die oë wat deur die blare vir hom loer …”
Jungu Josh in the classroom!
27 January 2023
This year marks the first time that Jungu Josh is prescribed for primary and secondary schools in Gauteng. Not only are the learners supported by the interactive Jungu Josh website and the Magani dictionary, but there is also an extensive reading guide which the teachers can use to navigate Jungu Josh 1: Die Goue Kalbas.
