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2022 in Review: People of the Books

They spent a year in the Jakes Gerwel Foundation / NB Publishers’ Mentorship Programme for Emerging Writers of Fiction and Non-Fiction 2022 and four books tweaked and trimmed at Paulet House over four quarters have now been delivered back to NB, for consideration.

Nixon Mateulah, mentor Angela Briggs, Juliette Mnqeta, mentor Suzette Myburgh, Allen Grootboom and Hans Kisting.

Hans and Allen
Juliette
Nixon
Mentors Suzette and Angela

Daily Maverick’s award winning journalist, playwright, author, chef, columnist Tony Jackman popped over from Cradock to visit them in May. This is his story.

While he was at Paulet House, Tony took the time to explore lovely Somerset East and fell head over heels for the wonder world at the Walter Battiss Art Museum, Paulet House’s next door neighbour.

And of course Chef Gilbert van Zyl knew just how to put the cherry on top of Tony’s visit.

Photo credit: Angela Briggs, Frazer Barry, Allen Grootboom, Nixon Mateulah, Juliette Mnqeta, Justin Woolls

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