Paulet House

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 […]

Toe ek by die Cape to KwaNojoli Kreatiewe Skryfwerkswinkel instap, het ek nie heeltemal geweet wat om te verwag nie. Ek het gekom met ’n notaboek, ’n kop vol stories […]

I often joke that my residency with Oude Leeskamer is the one story I’ll tell my grandkids in my golden years… but it’s not really a joke. The residency was […]

The truth is, finding your voice can be a lonely process. A solo lesson in learning to trust the words that arise from your inner depths, with both the spoken […]

Die pad na Sareen is hobbelrig en laat die ou rammelkas op-en-af wip. Vir Justine Phillips is dit nie ’n probleem nie. Haar terugkeer na haar tuisdorp is al wat […]

Ek is ’n opkomende skrywer van ’n klein plattelandse dorpie. Hier waar enige iets kuns en kultuur basies net as entertainment gesien word. Met dit gesê is die motivering soms […]

The Kommadagga Workshop was a wonderful experience. The memories made there are ones I will truly cherish forever. One of the goals I had set for the writing residency was […]

At the end of last year, the Jakes Gerwel Foundation (JGF), in collaboration with the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), invited emerging poets and prose writers to apply for […]

New short fiction by Rushdiyah Narker, a Paulet House writer who attended the 2025 Kommadagga workshop, won the annual Science Fiction and Fantasy South Africa (SFFSA) Nova Short Story Competition. […]

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 van Vuuren, Herschelle Benjamin, Makgethwa Phala, Siphosethu Siwaphiwe Zazela, Wilmarie […]