juli Jana Roussouw

juli Jana Roussouw will be appearing at OTW on Sept 1.

As both  poet and visual artist juliJana Roussouw expresses herself with the brush and the word. 

She received an MA in Creative Research in Poetry from Roehampton University, London. Her chapbook, ra-t, was published by Shearsman Publishers, UK with a review in PN Review. Her poems have been published both in South Africa and UK magazines. SCENT OF PLACES is her first collection.

She was a featured poet-artist ( artist juli Jana) in The High Window. JuliJana Roussouw has held a number of exhibitions in South Africa and overseas. She holds  WORD & VISUAL workshops in Cape Town. 

Host: Stuart Payne

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Sihle Ntuli

Sihle Ntuli was born in KwaMashu in 1990. He holds an MA in Classics from Rhodes University, Makhanda, and has lectured at the Universities of Johannesburg and the Free State. He has also held fellowships at the Johannesburg Institute of Advanced Studies and the Centre for Stories, Western Australia.

He is the author of two previous collections of poetry and two chapbooks, including Rumblin’, previously published by uHlanga. He is the winner of the 2024/2025 Diann Blakely Poetry Competition, a 2024 Best of the Net winner, and a former editor of New Contrast. He lives in Durban.

Host: Stuart Payne

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Jenna Mervis

Jenna Mervis is a South African poet and museum storyteller. Her work has appeared in numerous South African literary journals, and in her published collection, Woman Unfolding (Modjaji Books, 2011). More recent writing can be found at https://wordsatplay.substack.com/

Host: Julia Smuts Louw

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