Writer’s Room Guest: Miriam Telanie (30 June – 14 July 2025)

Writer’s Room Guest: Miriam Telanie (30 June – 14 July 2025)

We are proud to welcome Miriam Telanie as our resident writer in the Writer’s Room from the 30th of June to the 14th of July, in collaboration with the Jakes Gerwel Foundation. Miriam is an alumna of the Jakes Gerwel Foundation, where she refined her debut novel...
Fliekniek: Notting Hill (Thursday 26 or Friday 27 June 2025)

Fliekniek: Notting Hill (Thursday 26 or Friday 27 June 2025)

Join us for this unforgettable romantic comedy where Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant light up the screen as Anna Scott and William Thacker—two people from completely different worlds who discover that true love doesn’t follow a script. Set in the charming streets of...
Fliekniek: Kanarie (Wednesday 25 June 2025)

Fliekniek: Kanarie (Wednesday 25 June 2025)

To kick off our first local film evening, we invite you to experience the powerful South African coming-of-age musical drama, Kanarie (2018). Set in 1985 against the backdrop of apartheid-era South Africa, this film, directed by Christiaan Olwagen, follows Johan...
Writer’s Room Guest: Sihle Qwabe (25 April – 9 May 2025)

Writer’s Room Guest: Sihle Qwabe (25 April – 9 May 2025)

Oude Leeskamer is pleased to welcome our next guest from the Jakes Gerwel/Oude Leeskamer residency programme, Sihle Qwabe, to our Skrywerskamer from the 25th of April to the 9th of May. In 2024, Sihle received the K. Sello Duiker Memorial Literary Award for his debut...