Events The Oude Leeskamer, in collaboration with cultural role players, offers art exhibitions, book launches, author discussions and workshops for artists, writers, and the general public. Feel free to enter. AllCurrent EventsPast EventsUpcoming Events Followed by Nine Zeros: Experiments in Deep Time – A Group Exhibition in Collaboration with Ernst van der Wal (10 May – 28 June 2025)Current Events Writer’s Room Guest: Sihle Qwabe (25 April – 9 May 2025)Current Events Writer’s Room Talk with Sihle Qwabe and Lebogang Mazibuko (Tuesday 6 May 2025)Upcoming Events Skrywersaand with Justin Fox and David Attwell (Thursday 8 May 2025)Upcoming Events Coptic Sewing Bookbinding Workshop with Heléne van Aswegen (Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 May 2025)Upcoming Events Klaarte by Louis Esterhuizen Book Launch (Wednesday 21 May 2025)Upcoming Events Fliekniek: Hidden Figures (Thursday 29 and Friday 30 May 2025)Upcoming Events Boek tot Skerm Screening: Die tragiese saak van Pamina Vermaak (Wednesday 4 June 2025)Upcoming Events Boek tot Skerm: Die tragiese saak van Pamina Vermaak (Wednesday 11 June 2025)Upcoming Events Narrative and Slow Stitching Workshop with Dr Marleen De Villiers (Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 June 2025)Upcoming Events Fliekniek: Wild (Thursday 3 or Friday 4 April 2025)Past Events Follow me to Africa by Penny Haw Book Launch (Wednesday 9 April 2025)Past Events Knal by Bettina Wyngaard Book Launch (Wednesday 9 April 2025)Past Events An Act of Murder by Tom Eaton Book Launch (Wednesday 16 April 2025)Past Events Intentional Listening with Laurinda Hofmeyr (Wednesday 5 March 2025)Past Events Fliekniek: Loving Vincent (Thursday 6 or Friday 7 March 2025)Past Events Curator and Artists’ Walkabout (Saturday 8 March 2025)Past Events Mevrou Smit se reëls vir goeie gedrag by Elizabeth Wasserman Book Launch (Wednesday 12 March 2025)Past Events What I Talk About When I Talk About Collecting: A Group Exhibition in Collaboration with Beryl Gallery (Saturday 8 February – Saturday 3 May 2025)Past Events Fliekniek: Heart of the Hunter (Thursday, 6 or Friday 7, February 2025)Past Events Boek tot Skerm: Heart of the Hunter and Proteus (Thursday 13 February 2025)Past Events Skrywersaand with Karina Szczurek and Karavan Press debut poets Beatrice Willoughby, Shari Daya and Lucienne Argent (Thursday 20 February 2025)Past Events Writer’s Room Guest: João Vilela Geraldo (18 February – 13 March 2025)Past Events Case-Binding Bookbinding Workshop (Saturday, 29 and Sunday, 30 March 2025)Past Events Writing Workshop (Saturday 31 May and Sunday 1 June 2025)Upcoming Events Book Talk: Thrown Among the Bones & Ways of Living – some gathered insights with Patricia Schonstein (Wednesday 29 January 2025)Past Events Fliekniek: Lady Bird (Thursday 5 or Friday 6 December 2024)Past Events in situ Exhibition in Collaboration with Goodman Gallery (Wednesday 20 November 2024 – Saturday 25 January 2025)Past Events Troep by Bun Booyens Book Launch (Wednesday 6 November 2024)Past Events Twa die Tydloper by Anoeschka von Meck Book Launch (Wednesday 13 November)Past Events Show Me the Place by Hedley Twidle Book Launch (Wednesday 13 November 2024)Past Events Boek tot Skerm with Corné and René van Rooyen, Anoeschka von Meck and Délani Spies (Thursday 14 November 2024)Past Events Writer’s Room Talk with Lebo Mazibuko, Deidré Jantjies, Sandra Swart and Angela Briggs (Wednesday 20 November 2024)Past Events Skrywersaand with Diane Awerbuck, Alex Latimer, Karen Jennings and Jonathan Amid (Thursday 21 November 2024)Upcoming Events WOORDFEES: Strauss & Co (28 September – 6 October 2024)Past Events Artist-in-Studio: Luyanda Zindela (15 October – 9 November 2024)Past Events The Wolf Hunt by Justin Fox Book Launch (Wednesday 16 October 2024)Past Events Kuborg by Martina Klopper Book Launch (Wednesday 23 October 2024)Past Events Skrywersaand with Christelle Wessels, Erla Diedericks and Jonathan Amid (Thursday 31 October 2024)Past Events Fliekniek: Frida (Friday 1 November 2024)Past Events Bookbinding Workshop: Solander Box with Heléne van Aswegen (Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 November 2024)Past Events Writing Workshop: Crafting Characters with Elizma Badenhorst (Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 November 2024)Past Events All Rise: Tales of Human Rights & Wrongs by Roger Chennells Book Launch (Wednesday 4 September 2024)Past Events Fliekniek: Parasite (Thursday 5 or Friday 6 September 2024)Past Events The Comrade’s Wife by Barbara Boswell Book Launch (Wednesday 11 September 2024)Past Events Skrywersaand with Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu and Jonathan Amid (Thursday 12 September 2024)Past Events Artists’ Walkabout (Saturday 14 September 2024)Past Events The Equality of Shadows by Charl-Pierre Naudé Book Launch (Wednesday 18 September 2024)Past Events Donker Water by Martin Steyn Book Launch (Wednesday 18 September 2024)Past Events Polaroid Emulsion Lift Workshop (Saturday 21 September 2024)Past Events Breekpunt by Marie Lotz Book Launch (Wednesday 28 August 2024)Past Events Van Boek tot Skerm with Leon van Nierop, Rudie van Rensburg and Corné and René van Rooyen (Tuesday 27 August 2024)Past Events Collage Workshop with Chloe Obermeyer from Cleo Creates (Saturday 17 August 2024)Past Events Skrywersaand with Theresa Papenfus and Elmaré Lombard (Thursday 15 August 2024)Past Events Daka by Jaco Strydom Book Launch (Tuesday 6 August 2024)Past Events Case Binding Bookbinding Workshop (Saturday 31 August & Sunday 1 September 2024)Past Events Vlindervreter by Christiaan Diedericks & Melanie Grobler Book Launch (Wednesday 31 July 2024)Past Events Taboek by Riku Lätti Book Launch (Wednesday 24 July 2024)Past Events Botanical Collage Workshop with Cleo Creates (Saturday 20 July 2024)Past Events Fliekniek: Die tragiese saak van Pamina Vermaak (Friday 19 July 2024)Upcoming Events Guesthouse Life by Philda Benkenstein Book Launch (Wednesday 17 July 2024)Past Events Left Behind by Anria Delport Book Launch (Tuesday 16 July 2024)Past Events Fliekniek: The Breakfast Club (Thursday 1 & Friday 2 August 2024)Past Events Fliekniek: UP (Thursday 4 or Friday 5 July 2024)Past Events Linocut Printmaking Workshop with Georgina Berens (Saturday 22 June 2024)Past Events Wat sê Bettina? by Bettina Wyngaard Book Launch (Tuesday 18 June 2024)Past Events Frottage Printmaking Workshop for Children (Saturday 15 June 2024)Past Events Fliekniek: The Parent Trap (Thursday 6 and Friday 7 June 2024)Past Events Gesprekke oor Geestelike Waardes by Dirk J. Smit Book Launch (Tuesday 4 June 2024)Past Events Accordion Bookbinding Workshop with Heléne van Aswegen (Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 May 2024)Past Events Fliekniek: The Royal Tenenbaums (Thursday 2 and Friday 3 May 2024)Past Events Skrywersaand with Ivan Vladislavic, Justin Fox and Jonathan Amid (Tuesday 21 May 2024)Past Events Skrywersaand with Fiona Snyckers, Nick Clelland and Jonathan Amid (Wednesday 15 May 2024)Past Events Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, as translated by Robert Schall Book Launch (Thursday 9 May 2024)Past Events Palimpses by Ilse van Staden Book Launch (Tuesday 7 May 2024)Past Events Polkadraai by Jerzy Koch Book Launch (Tuesday 30 April 2024)Past Events Artists Walkabout (Saturday 20 April 2024)Past Events Catastrophe by Ian Sutherland Book Launch (Thursday 18 April 2024)Past Events Phoebe by Rachelle Greeff Book Launch (Tuesday 23 April 2024)Past Events Fliekniek: Roma (Thursday 4 and Friday 5 April 2024)Past Events Skrywersaand (Thursday 11 April 2024)Past Events Akal Esh by Christine Lazarus Book Launch (Tuesday 19 March 2024)Past Events Merging Matter Exhibition (Wednesday 13 March – Saturday 11 May 2024)Past Events Bazoo: Bazoomba (Saturday 2 March 2024)Past Events Bazoo: Arts and Crafts (Saturday 24 February 2024)Past Events Bazoo: Fynbos Fun (Saturday 17 February 2024)Past Events Bazoo: Story Time (Saturday 10 February 2024)Past Events Fliekniek: The Little Prince (Thursday 22 and Friday 23 February 2024)Past Events Author Discussion Series (Thursday 29 February 2024)Past Events Stellenbosch Outdoor Sculpture Trust Evening (Thursday 8 February 2024)Past Events Fliekniek: Dirty Dancing (Thursday 25 and Friday 26 January 2024)Past Events Bazoo se Wonderwêreld soos geïllustreer deur Fred Mouton (13 January – 2 March 2024)Past Events Fliekniek: Moonrise Kingdom (Friday 24 November)Past Events Movie Night: Chocolat (Friday 27 October 2023)Past Events Woordfees: Strauss & Co Exhibition and Events (7 – 15 October 2023)Past Events Place by Justin Fox Book Launch (Thursday 26 October 2023)Past Events Artist’s Talk: Sivan Zeffertt (Friday 29 September 2023)Past Events Kanniedood Book Launch (Thursday 28 September 2023)Past Events Piaf & Brel. 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Book Launch (Wednesday 27 September 2023)Past Events Classical Soirée (Friday 25 August 2023)Past Events Threads in Motion: Unravelling the Artist’s Loom (September 2023)Past Events Bookbinding Workshop: Open-Spine (Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 September 2023)Past Events Movie Night: Amélie (Friday 1 September 2023)Past Events Culinary Canvas (Wednesday 26 & Thursday 27 July 2023)Past Events Poetry Evening (Thursday 3 August 2023)Past Events Laatnageilande Book Launch (Saturday 15 July 2023)Past Events Movie Night: her (Friday 28 July 2023)Past Events Bookbinding Workshop (5 & 6 July 2023)Past Events Film School Showcase (Wednesday 21 June 2023)Past Events Movie Night: La La Land (Wednesday 14 June 2023)Past Events Movie Night: The Grand Budapest Hotel (Thursday 11 May 2023)Past Events Chromatic Horizons Exhibition Opening (Tuesday 9 May 2023)Past Events Decima by Eben Venter Book Launch (Tuesday 27 June 2023)Past Events Odous Sound Installation Walkabout (Thursday 20 April 2023)Past Events Skatryk Book Launch (Wednesday 19 April 2023)Past Events Classical Music and Wine Evening (Friday 21 April 2023)Past Events Idiom Boardgame (5 April 2023)Past Events Autumn Wreath Workshop for Children (4 April 2023)Past Events O.I.P.A Projects (29 March 2023)Past Events The HA!Man’s Musical Performance (21 February 2023)Past Events To Whistle Back (2 February – 22 April 2023)Past Events Asemahle Ntlonti Artist Residency (9 – 15 January 2023)Past Events Making Recycled Decorations for Jannie se Boom (3 December 2022)Past Events You Will Find Your People Here (12 and 13 November 2022)Past Events Slow Intimacy (12 October 2022 – 14 January 2023)Past Events Ten-sion | Ten Art Jewellers Assemble (11 August – 24 September)Past Events Launch of Joan Hambidge’s poetry collection, ‘Sanctum’ (3 September 2022)Past Events fonds | vonds (14 April 2022 – 5 July 2022)Past Events
