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Vyf-en-twintig verhale is gekies vir publikasie in die elfde kortverhaalbundel van die Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees, Dis hoog tyd. Dit sluit in bekroonde digters, romansiers en kortverhaalskrywers soos Lynthia Julius (Kinderlê) en […]
Theolla Langenhoven, deelnemer van die 2020 Kommadagga Kortverhaalprojek en die 2024 Bosberg Boekskryfresidensie, se debuutroman, Soetroos van Saron het verlede maand by Kwela, Jonathan Ball Publishers verskyn. Ons het haar […]
Die Raad van die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns kondig het vroeër vanjaar die wenners van die gesogte Akademiepryse vir 2026 aangekondig. Die Jakes Gerwel Stigting is verheug om […]
Die Jakes Gerwel Stigting, Suidoosterfees, Artscape en NATi kondig met trots aan die suksesvolle kandidate wat vanjaar gekies is om vir drie weke in Paulet Huis in KwaNojoli onder leiding van Oscar Petersen aan hulle dramatekste […]
Die wenners van die 2026 UJ-debuutprys en die UJ-prys vir Afrikaans is verlede maand bekend gemaak. Boeke van alle genres wat in 2025 verskyn het, waarvan baie by kleiner, onafhanklike […]
Community members from various Cape Town suburbs regathered at Grassy Park High School (GPHS) on Saturday 20 June 2026 for the YOH Poetry Reading, where young poets from the school […]
Alfred T.M. Rossouw, participant in the 2023 Kommadagga short fiction workshop and 2024 Bosberg Book Writing residency, was recently featured in EFIKO, an online literary magazine with a focus on […]
This article was originally published on the website of The Norwegian Association of Children and Young People’s Book Authors (NBU) here. This spring, Xueting Yang travelled to South Africa as […]
The Jakes Gerwel Foundation would like to congratulate Nadia Cassim on being longlisted for the Sunday Times Literary Awards. Nadia worked on her debut novel, Not Another Samoosa Run!, which […]
Vanjaar se Jakes Gerwel-gespreksreeks tydens die Suidoosterfees het ons weereens die geleentheid gegee om met vele skrywers wat by Paulet Huis in KwaNojoli, Oos-Kaap, aan hul boeke gewerk het, te […]
“Wildflower” by Skylark is playing on Lunga Singama’s program on HEART FM: She’s faced the hardest times, you could imagineAnd many times her eyes fought back the tears It’s Mother’s […]
The Jakes Gerwel Foundation, in collaboration with the Jannie Mouton Foundation’s Oude Leeskamer, provides debut writers the opportunity for further mentorship and to write their second books while staying right […]
Athambile Masola’s celebrated debut poetry collection, Ilifa, has been translated into English by the poet from isiXhosa. The translation titled, Inheritance, is set to be published by Batis Books in […]
“Jou boesman! Kyk hoe lyk jou pittekop… hahaha.” Die meisie staan uitdagend na Janey en kyk. So asof sy wag Janey moet iets sê. Haar bloed druis in haar ore […]
Paulet House alumn, Keenan Martin, has joined the South African television soap opera Suidooster as Junior Storyliner. Keenan was a participant of our 2025 Longhope TV Writing Project residency in […]
Dit is met trots dat ons die nuus deel dat Theo Kemp, gesoute skrywer en die Jakes Gerwel Stigting se uitvoerende direkteur, gekies is vir die Château de Lavigny-skrywersresidensie in […]
Multidisciplinary writer and a UCT Master’s in Creative Writing graduate, Zubayr Charles, recently published his debut poetry collection titled, the sad boy’s starter pack and other poems, with Jacana Media. […]
Die Universiteit van die Vrystaat (UV) en Vrystaat Kunstefees stel ’n beursfonds ter nagedagtenis aan Crystal-Donna Roberts, wie ons verlede jaar in die stryd teen kanker verloor het. Sy was […]
Joernalis, bekroonde skrywer en voormalige mentor van die Jakes Gerwel Stigting en LitNet se Kommadagga slypskool, Rachelle Greeff, wen vanjaar die gesogte Reinet Nagtegaal-teksprys. Die Reinet Nagtegaal-teksprys, volgens die LitNet-redaksie, […]
Die Jakes Gerwel Stigting is verheug om te deel dat Lynthia Julius, Ryan Pedro en Bibi Slippers die kortlyste van die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns se literêre pryse […]
Local poetry press, uHlanga, calls Disabled, But, the debut poetry collection by Kirsten Deane, evidence of a powerful and essential new voice in South African poetry. “In Disabled, But, Deane […]
Twice-published author and Paulet House alumn, Lebo Mazibuko, recently came out with a new picture book, Milani’s Gift, as part of Jacana Media’s growing list of children’s books set in […]
We are excited to announce the chosen candidates for this year’s PEN it Down writing residency, presented by the Jakes Gerwel Foundation, PEN Afrikaans, and PEN South Africa. A’Eysha Kassiem, […]
“Go laugh in the places you have cried” is always the thing that brings me to Boeka innie Bo-Kaap. Muslims in Cape Town break their fast in Ramadaan at this […]