Vyf-en-twintig verhale is gekies vir publikasie in die elfde kortverhaalbundel van die Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees, Dis hoog tyd.  Dit sluit in […]

Theolla Langenhoven, deelnemer van die 2020 Kommadagga Kortverhaalprojek en die 2024 Bosberg Boekskryfresidensie, se debuutroman, Soetroos van Saron het verlede […]

Die Raad van die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns kondig het vroeër vanjaar die wenners van die gesogte Akademiepryse […]

Die Jakes Gerwel Stigting, Suidoosterfees, Artscape en NATi kondig met trots aan die suksesvolle kandidate wat vanjaar gekies is om vir drie weke in […]

Die wenners van die 2026 UJ-debuutprys en die UJ-prys vir Afrikaans is verlede maand bekend gemaak. Boeke van alle genres […]

Community members from various Cape Town suburbs regathered at Grassy Park High School (GPHS) on Saturday 20 June 2026 for […]

Alfred T.M. Rossouw, participant in the 2023 Kommadagga short fiction workshop and 2024 Bosberg Book Writing residency, was recently featured […]

This article was originally published on the website of The Norwegian Association of Children and Young People’s Book Authors (NBU) […]

The Jakes Gerwel Foundation would like to congratulate Nadia Cassim on being longlisted for the Sunday Times Literary Awards. Nadia […]

Vanjaar se Jakes Gerwel-gespreksreeks tydens die Suidoosterfees het ons weereens die geleentheid gegee om met vele skrywers wat by Paulet […]

“Wildflower” by Skylark is playing on Lunga Singama’s program on HEART FM: She’s faced the hardest times, you could imagineAnd […]

The Jakes Gerwel Foundation, in collaboration with the Jannie Mouton Foundation’s Oude Leeskamer, provides debut writers the opportunity for further […]

Athambile Masola’s celebrated debut poetry collection, Ilifa, has been translated into English by the poet from isiXhosa. The translation titled, […]

“Jou boesman! Kyk hoe lyk jou pittekop… hahaha.” Die meisie staan uitdagend na Janey en kyk. So asof sy wag […]

Paulet House alumn, Keenan Martin, has joined the South African television soap opera Suidooster as Junior Storyliner. Keenan was a […]

Dit is met trots dat ons die nuus deel dat Theo Kemp, gesoute skrywer en die Jakes Gerwel Stigting se […]

Multidisciplinary writer and a UCT Master’s in Creative Writing graduate, Zubayr Charles, recently published his debut poetry collection titled, the […]

Die Universiteit van die Vrystaat (UV) en Vrystaat Kunstefees stel ’n beursfonds ter nagedagtenis aan Crystal-Donna Roberts, wie ons verlede […]

Joernalis, bekroonde skrywer en voormalige mentor van die Jakes Gerwel Stigting en LitNet se Kommadagga slypskool, Rachelle Greeff, wen vanjaar […]

Die Jakes Gerwel Stigting is verheug om te deel dat Lynthia Julius, Ryan Pedro en Bibi Slippers die kortlyste van […]

Local poetry press, uHlanga, calls Disabled, But, the debut poetry collection by Kirsten Deane, evidence of a powerful and essential […]

Twice-published author and Paulet House alumn, Lebo Mazibuko, recently came out with a new picture book, Milani’s Gift, as part […]

We are excited to announce the chosen candidates for this year’s PEN it Down writing residency, presented by the Jakes […]

“Go laugh in the places you have cried” is always the thing that brings me to Boeka innie Bo-Kaap. Muslims […]

Toe ek by die Cape to KwaNojoli Kreatiewe Skryfwerkswinkel instap, het ek nie heeltemal geweet wat om te verwag nie. […]

I often joke that my residency with Oude Leeskamer is the one story I’ll tell my grandkids in my golden […]

The truth is, finding your voice can be a lonely process. A solo lesson in learning to trust the words […]

Die pad na Sareen is hobbelrig en laat die ou rammelkas op-en-af wip. Vir Justine Phillips is dit nie ’n […]

Ek is ’n opkomende skrywer van ’n klein plattelandse dorpie. Hier waar enige iets kuns en kultuur basies net as […]

The Kommadagga Workshop was a wonderful experience. The memories made there are ones I will truly cherish forever. One of […]

At the end of last year, the Jakes Gerwel Foundation (JGF), in collaboration with the Cape Peninsula University of Technology […]

New short fiction by Rushdiyah Narker, a Paulet House writer who attended the 2025 Kommadagga workshop, won the annual Science […]

It’s with great excitement that the Jakes Gerwel Foundation announces the chosen candidates for the 2026 Bosberg Book Writing residency! Candice Jantjies, Chantal Jansen […]

After our lunch at The Company’s Garden Restaurant on a windswept February afternoon earlier this year, a writer I looked […]

We are so excited to celebrate the release of Zubayr Charles’s first novel, Haram, which will be available at all […]

Paulet House writer Kgomotso Tsotetsi’s new short story, The clockmaker’s paradox, has been published by LitNet. This short story was […]

Lynthia Julius, wie deel was van die PEN dit Neer-skrywersprogram in 2019, het vanjaar by die ATKV-Woordveertjies die Prys vir […]

Fourie Botha, een van ons bekwame mentors van die Kommadagga-slypskool by Paulet Huis, het so pas sy nuutste digbundel, Kolam, […]

Frank Keizer en Frederik de Backer is laas maand by die Suid-Afrikaanse Sentrum vir Nederland en Vlaandere (SASNEV) Ontbytborrel verwelkom […]

It’s with great excitement that the Jakes Gerwel Foundation and M-Net Channels announce their chosen candidates for the Longhope TV […]

“It is well with my soul,” sang Marlene Le Roux at the Artscape Women’s Day program in tribute to the […]

Isn’t it mashallah that the dates for Heritage Month in South Africa and Moulood coincide with one another this year, […]

It’s with great excitement that the Jakes Gerwel Foundation and Passa Porta announce their chosen candidates for the Brussels to […]

Playwright, teacher, and now poet, Zubayr Charles continues to shock his audience into adoration with his stimulating, eye-opening, and intellectually […]

Ons is verheug dat drie van ons skrywers, Danie Marais (Brussel tot Karoo 2023), Ryan Pedro (PEN dit Neer 2019) […]

Paulet House writers, Nadia Cassim (Bosberg Book Writing Residency 2023) and Tiaan Booyens (Kommadagga Writers’ Workshop 2024), recently appeared in […]

And this year’s Spring party is at Paulet House, where the garden is awash with blossoms and sweetness, and we’re […]

Hol-la-dri-o-ha, hol-la-dri-o, dis lente! Paulet Huis se tuin is die ene bloeisels. En dis daardie tyd van die jaar: ons […]

The Jakes Gerwel Foundation, Huisgenoot and LitNet proudly announce this year’s successful candidates, chosen to spend three weeks at Paulet House in […]

Jane Mpholo, student entrepreneur and 2021 NATi Rising Stars residency participant, has been named the winner of the Fabulous Woman […]