27th Time of the Writer Festival announces stimulating literary line-up

The Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal has announced its programme featuring a line-up of over 100 writers for the eight-day Time of the Writer festival. The theme for this year’s 27th edition of the festival, taking place from...

Jacques Coetzee wins 2022 Ingrid Jonker Prize for An Illuminated Darkness

The winner of the 2022 Ingrid Jonker Prize is Jacques Coetzee with his debut collection An Illuminated Darkness published by uHlanga. Congratulations to both poet and publisher. One of the judges praised the meditative tone of the collection and pointed out that...

POETRY SEEN: Poetry Events/Competitions/Call for Submissions

[tabby title="Poetry events"] HEAR MY VOICE POETRY RETREAT- Cape Town South Africa, July 2022: Hear My Voice opens the call for South African poets to apply to be part of their 4-day long poetry retreat in Cape Town, taking place...

The Spin Venek Experience by Sabelo Soko

Spin Venek is a recollection of images/memories with the purpose of finding inspiration for possible solutions to present-day problems. In this body of work, Sabelo Soko remembers "…umphakathi osezingeni… umphakath' okhuphuk' intaba kwehl' ok'sek'fihlakaleni… umphakathi onjengamanzi…" Over the years, Soko...

I Am a Poet: A South African Poetry Documentary by Ikaye Masisi

The inspiration behind the doccie was to begin a journey of documenting the soul, energy and spirit of poetry in these contemporary times. I was curious, and still am, about the beautiful madness inherent in audiences being moved by the...