Reading the Palms of the Time is an anthology of contemporary South African plays and is the first publication by Diartskonageng.

It features work by renowned South African playwrights Xoli Norman, Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom, Aubrey Sekhabi, Kgafela oa Mogogodi and Monageng “Vice” Motshabi.

The featured work, Hallelujah!, Inter-racial and Book of Rebellations, includes collaborative work between some of these writers and explores questions of race and political power in post 1994 South Africa.