OFF THE WALL POETRY

Athol Williams is a poet and applied philosopher based at Oxford University. He has twice won the Sol Plaatjie European Union Poetry...

Monday 10th February: Sarah Uheida is a Libyan poet and essayist based in Cape Town. She holds bachelors and masters degrees in English...

Monday 3 Feb, 19:30: Zizipho Bam is an award-winning poet who is celebrated for exploring love, longing, loss, and healing. Her debut...

We're delighted to welcome Zizipho Bam to the team. Zizipho is an award-winning poet who is celebrated for exploring love, longing, loss,...

https://www.instagram.com/new_contrast/p/C5gMe28KxCJ/ First Prize   KEITH OLIVER LEWIS   the sum of absence Second Prize   PHELELANI...

https://www.newcontrast.net/about-us/national-poetry-prize/national-poetry-prize-winners-2022/ First Prize   STUART PAYNE   Words for...

Mon 2 Dec, 19.30 : Anne Graaff is a poet, artist and art historian living between France and South Africa.  As a writer she has written...

This week saw the sad loss of one of South Africa's great literary figures and perhaps the foremost poet of the Afrikaans language:...

19.30, Mon 25 Nov: Brian Walter (born 1956) taught at Chapman High School in Gelvandale, Gqeberha, and at the University of Fort Hare,...