LAPA Publishers was founded in the 1930s (under the name JP van der Walt) with the aim of establishing Afrikaans writers and developing the Afrikaans reading market. Through the subsequent decades and several reinventions, LAPA has become synonymous with accessibility. The imprint focuses on genre fiction broadly defined, and aims to provide readers with engaging, high quality reading material. LAPA is dedicated to the ongoing development of Afrikaans and the types of stories that South Africans choose to tell therein. The Lapa imprint is also recognized for its array of craft and cookery titles.