Paulet House

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 […]

After our lunch at The Company’s Garden Restaurant on a windswept February afternoon earlier this year, a writer I looked up to greeted me with the words: “This is the […]

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

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

Lynthia Julius, wie deel was van die PEN dit Neer-skrywersprogram in 2019, het vanjaar by die ATKV-Woordveertjies die Prys vir Poësie vir haar reeds bekroonde digbundel, Kinderlê (uitgegee deur Quillerie). Die ATKV-Woordveertjies […]

Fourie Botha, een van ons bekwame mentors van die Kommadagga-slypskool by Paulet Huis, het so pas sy nuutste digbundel, Kolam, bekendgestel. Hy antwoord ’n paar vinnige vrae vir Paulet Huis […]

Frank Keizer en Frederik de Backer is laas maand by die Suid-Afrikaanse Sentrum vir Nederland en Vlaandere (SASNEV) Ontbytborrel verwelkom deur Nicolas Vandeviver van die Belgiese ambassade. Dié twee skrywers […]

It’s with great excitement that the Jakes Gerwel Foundation and M-Net Channels announce their chosen candidates for the Longhope TV Writing residency! Jesse Brown, Keenan Martin, Madelize de Lange, Marilise […]

“It is well with my soul,” sang Marlene Le Roux at the Artscape Women’s Day program in tribute to the late Elizabeth Schutter, a beloved friend and community arts and […]

Isn’t it mashallah that the dates for Heritage Month in South Africa and Moulood coincide with one another this year, the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) […]

It’s with great excitement that the Jakes Gerwel Foundation and Passa Porta announce their chosen candidates for the Brussels to Karoo programme. Bibi Slippers, Naidene Lottering, Keletso Mopai and Alfred […]

Playwright, teacher, and now poet, Zubayr Charles continues to shock his audience into adoration with his stimulating, eye-opening, and intellectually provocative work. This year, Zubayr produced two plays that especially […]

Ons is verheug dat drie van ons skrywers, Danie Marais (Brussel tot Karoo 2023), Ryan Pedro (PEN dit Neer 2019) en Tiaan La Grange, ook Tiaan Booyens (Kommadagga 2024), die […]

Paulet House writers, Nadia Cassim (Bosberg Book Writing Residency 2023) and Tiaan Booyens (Kommadagga Writers’ Workshop 2024), recently appeared in a new publication from local independent, speculative fiction publisher Mirari […]

And this year’s Spring party is at Paulet House, where the garden is awash with blossoms and sweetness, and we’re ready to visit the schools again! The bakkie resembles a […]

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 gaan skole toe! Die bakkie lyk soos ’n dieretuin gelaai […]