OFF THE WALL POETRY

Geoff Haresnape’s first published poems appeared over sixty years ago in school, then university, magazines.  Since then there have been...

This year is the centenary of Dennis Brutus’ birth in 1924. He graduated from Fort Hare in 1946 and taught English at schools until the...

Jacques Coetzee is a poet, musician and freelance translator. Since 2007 he has been the singer and one of the main songwriters in the...

20 May, 19.30: Erica Livingston is a poet based in Gordon’s Bay, Cape Town. Her work has appeared online on LitNet, and in print by...

May 13th, 19:30: Helen Moffett is an experienced editor, author, academic and poet. She has lectured as far afield as Trinidad and...

06 May, 19:30: Next week our reading will be a celebration of the sonnet in all of its forms, modern and ancient. Please bring your own...

29 April, 19:30: I grew up in Welkom, in the Free State, from the 60s to the early 80s, went off to Grahamstown to study theology and...

22 April, 19.30: Sarah Frost is 50 years old and mother to an 19 year old boy, and a ten year old girl. She lives in Durban, South...

8 April, 19:30: Medzani Musandiwa is a poet originally from Venda, Limpopo, but has spent the majority of his life in Johannesburg. His...

1 April, 19.30: Join us on Zoom for the announcement of the winners of 2023's National Poetry Prize, sponsored by New Contrast and Bruce...