Vanjaar se Jakes Gerwel-gespreksreeks tydens die Suidoosterfees het ons weereens die geleentheid gegee om met vele skrywers wat by Paulet […]
Yearly Archives: 2026
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“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 […]