Gaborone · Botswana

Stories built here.
Books that travel the world.

The Villescence Publishing Studios is a full-service publishing house — editing, design, print and launch under one roof — and home of Kgotla ya Bakwadi, Botswana's author mentorship circle.

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Gatwe E Rile — Book Night

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An evening where Botswana's storytellers take the floor — live readings, author conversations, music, a book market and food stalls. Saturday 29 August at Epic Villa Guest House, Tlokweng.

Early bird P200 until 14 August · Standard P250 · Food stalls P500.

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What we do

From manuscript to marketplace

Most publishers take your manuscript. We take your whole journey — and hand you back a finished, selling book and the knowledge to do it again.

Craft

Editing & Manuscript Development

Developmental, line and copy editing to international standard — with Setswana idiom respected, never sanded off.

Studio

Design & Production

Covers that sell at thumbnail size, interiors typeset properly, and local print runs on our in-house binding line.

Market

Publishing & Launch

Amazon KDP setup, ISBN registration, working royalty payment rails for African authors, and launches with real audiences.

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Why authors choose us

Publishing knowledge that stays with you

We publish here, for the world

Every title we build is rooted in Botswana and ready for the global shelf — Amazon, wide ebook distribution, and local retail, schools and libraries.

You get paid

We solve the part everyone else skips: cross-border royalty payments. Our authors leave with working payment channels, not stranded earnings.