PRONK

Category: Editions

  • Take note!

    We love notebooks. If we leave the house without one, we feel naked and defenceless. Why? Because notebooks are sandboxes and launchpads and playgrounds and super-portable canvases. When paired with a pen or pencil, they help us to think, dream, problem-solve, escape and plan. We take them everywhere we go, filling them up with first drafts, brainstorms, lists, observations, reminders, doodles and more.

    We love notebooks so much, in fact, that we decided to commission the creation of PRONK’s very own.

    The first edition of the PRONK Notebook will soon be on sale in the United States. It is:

    • Portable and lightweight but, with 80 A5 pages, offers plenty of space for scribbling, sketching and plotting
    • Available both lined and unlined
    • Has a soft black cover, pink stitching and the PRONK logo on the back
    • Was handmade by PULP in Johannesburg

    A handful of unlined PRONK Notebooks are also currently available for purchase in-store from The Common Press in Shoreditch, London.

  • Hello hardback: A London inauguration

    Celebrating the arrival of a brand-new edition of The President in the UK.

    The worldwide inauguration of The President’s Pocket Hardback Edition was held in London (UK) on Sunday 7 September 2025 at The Common Press Bookshop.

    The evening was hosted by Dr Jaco Barnard-Naudé, legal professor, author, and winner of the Ingrid Jonker Prize for his debut poetry collection, om my kastele in Spanje te sloop.

    With the Artist Edition of The President nearly sold out, this was the first time readers anywhere in the world had the opportunity to get their hands on the brand-new A6 pocket hardback. The Pocket Hardback was gorgeously printed and hand-bound by Pulp Paperworks in Johannesburg and published by PRONK.

    Signed copies of the hardback are now available for purchase in person from The Common Press in Shoreditch for £20. It will soon be available for UK residents to purchase online.

    Inaugural proceedings

    Launch of The President’s Collectable Pocket Hardback edition.
    Xander reads from The President.
    Few places rival The Common Press went it comes to being a welcoming and comfortable place for literary conversation in London. Xander was interviewed by Jaco Barnard-Naude. Not only is Jaco a notable legal scholar; he is also a poet, and recently won the Ingrid Jonker prize for his debut poetry collection, om my kastele in Spanje te sloop.