Artscape and the Suidoosterfees, in association with the City of Cape Town, proudly present their New Voices programme supported by […]

Die South African Literary Awards (SALA), georganiseer deur The wRite Associates, het baie skrywers vereer sedert hulle in 2005 gestig […]

’n Homesick poem geskryf deur Tasneem Daniels te’wyl sy innie buiteland gewoon’t   Ek verlang narrie Kaap.  Narrie soetgeid en souteragheid […]

Jane Mpholo, a young, dynamic South African woman from Botshabelo in the Free State, and one of our previous mentees […]

I’m writing this from my bed in Oslo, Norway. A little over three months have passed since I put my […]

Abuse always comes with more questions than answers. Why stay? is the violent question that most victims of abuse are […]

When the executive director of Jakes Gerwel Foundation, Theo Kemp, approached me with a proposal of collating the views of […]

It’s with great excitement that the Jakes Gerwel Foundation, LitNet and Huisgenoot announce their chosen candidates for the fifth annual […]

Book launch Charl-Pierre Naudé is a South African poet, novelist, published philosopher and participant in this year’s Brussels to Karoo […]

The Jakes Gerwel Foundation is grateful to Nal’ibali for recently offering their assistance in training our 40 reading assistants. Dr […]

The second edition of The Ingcayizivele Book Festival will be held on Saturday 21 September 2024 in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, South […]

Die Jakes Gerwel Stigting, LitNet en Huisgenoot maak met groot opgewondenheid hul verkose kandidate bekend vir die vyfde Kommadagga-slypskool wat […]

Mia Arderne is a Cape-Town based writer with by lines in, for example, the Mail & Guardian, New Frame, Africa […]

Dit is altyd ’n vreugde om die skryfwerk van skrywers wat tyd by Paulet Huis deurgebring het by boekbekendstellings of […]

The Jakes Gerwel Foundation and Oude Leeskamer in Stellenbosch are thrilled to announce that Lebo Mazibuko is the recipient of […]

Die ATKV-Woordveertjies bekroon jaarliks uitsonderlike prestasies rondom die Afrikaanse woord. Hulle vereer bydraes oor ’n breë spektrum – van woordeboeke […]

Teksmark vier sy negende jaar! Teksmark is in 2016 vir die eerste keer aangebied met die fokus om aan skrywers […]

Jane Mpholo from Botshabelo in the Free State, and one of our previous mentees for the NATi Rising Stars project […]

Dis ’n tipiese wintersoggend in die Karoo: sonnig, met ’n paar verdwaalde vlieswolke in die bloue hemel. Die radio sukkel […]

Twee-en-twintig verhale is gekies vir publikasie in die negende Stellenbosch Woordfeeskortverhaalbundel. Dit sluit kortverhale in van gedugte skrywers soos Frederik […]

The Department of English Literature and The Book Lounge invite you to join them for a conversation between Barbara Boswell […]

From the beach, your feet buried in the sand, you look toward a long strip of land inviting you to […]

Congratulations to the five writers that were chosen for the NATi Rising Stars Programme for upcoming playwrights, a collaborative project […]

Vyf belowende jong dramaturge is gekeur vir deelname aan die nuwe seisoen van die NATi Jong Sterre-projek, een van die […]

It is 10 June 2024, morning. Vice president of Malawi, Dr Saulos Klaus Chilima, kisses his wife and bid his […]

Miela’s Box is the first produced play of Tasneem Daniels, a playwright from Cape Town with a background in entertainment, […]

The longlist for the 2024 Sunday Times’ annual literary awards for non-fiction and fiction is here! This is the 21st […]

Roelf Meyer, who was part of the negotiations during the country’s first transition from apartheid to democracy, says the days […]

Sibuyiselo Sbuja Dywili (2000) is a published playwright, as well as an award-winning performer on screen and stage. Earlier this […]

The village is imperceptibly noisy at nightlike the cry of a drowning boy under waterbubbling up the surface. The nubile […]

Danie Marais is ’n digter, vryskutjoernalis, taalpraktisyn, musiekskrywer en omroeper. Hy is in Kimberley gebore, het nege jaar in Noord-Duitsland […]

The Oude Leeskamer is neither a standalone residential home nor an office park. It is neither a gallery nor a […]

Die Jakes Gerwel-gesprekke – wat by die 21ste Suidoosterfees van 26 April tot 1 Mei by Artscape in Kaapstad aangebied […]

The Jakes Gerwel Foundation and Passa Porta’s residency Brussels to Karoo took place from 18 to 30 March 2024. During […]

Nele Van den Broeck en Gerda Dendooven was vanjaar se Vlaamse skrywers by die Jakes Gerwel Stigting (JGS) en Passa […]

Biographies of the 2024 participants Hannah Mileman Hannah Mileman is a Norwegian writer and illustrator who studied at Kingston University […]

Biografieë van 2024 se deelnemers Hannah Mileman Hannah Mileman is ’n Noorweegse skrywer en illustreerder wat aan die Kingston Universiteit […]

A shot in the dark. I think this is what I initially thought about my application to the JGF residency […]

Die Jakes Gerwel Stigting en Oude Leeskamer in Stellenbosch kondig met groot opgewondenheid aan dat die Johannesburgse skrywer Zama Moyo […]

The Jakes Gerwel Foundation and Oude Leeskamer in Stellenbosch are thrilled to announce that Johannesburg writer Zama Moyo is the […]

Jane Mamotse Mpholo was awarded the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture CCI Award for Outstanding Actor in Theatre. On […]

Chase Rhys’ first day as professor at Columbia University, New York began on March 20, 2024. Professor Chase Rhys On […]

From a Q&A in Dublin, Ireland In 2007, you were appointed as the first Children’s Consul of Belgium. What did […]

TO THROW A BRICK Deur: Miliswa MbandazayoMet: Mbulelo Grootboom, Karli Heine en Tankiso MamaboloRegie: Faniswa YisaTaal: Eng, XhosaVenue: NATi ArenaDatum en tyd: 27 April 11:00Tydsduur: 60 minPrys: R100 […]

SUURDEEG Deur: Miché van WykMet: René Cloete en Jodine OckersRegie: Sandra TemminghTaal: AfrVenue: NATi ArenaDatum en tyd: 27 April 16:30Tydsduur: 60 minPrys: R100  Geen o/13 T SUURDEEG (webtickets.co.za) […]

POPPIE IN THE DUNES Deur: Mikayla Joy BrownMet: Crystal Donna Roberts, Oscar Petersen en Julia MaroneRegie: Iman IsaacsTaal: Afr/EngVenue: NATi ArenaDatum en tyd: 28 April 20:30Tydsduur: 60 […]

NA DIE DOOD ONS SKEI Deur: Cara RossouwMet: Ira Blanckenberg en Robert HindleyRegie: Tinarie van Wyk LootsTaal: AfrVenue: NATi ArenaDatum en tyd: 28 April 17:00Tydsduur: 60 minPrys: R100 […]

GAS Deur: Geralt CloeteMet: Elton Landrew en Jill LevenbergRegie: Dean BalieTaal: AfrVenue: NATi ArenaDatum en tyd: 27 April 20:30Tydsduur: 60 minPrys: R100 GAS (webtickets.co.za) Na 15 jaar keer […]

Die Jakes Gerwel Stigting (JGS) en Passa Porta, ’n internasionale letterkundehuis in Brussel, sien daarna uit om twee Belgiese en […]

The Jakes Gerwel Foundation and Passa Porta international house of literature in Brussels are thrilled to welcome two Belgian and […]