Paulet House

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 […]

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 […]