Festival of Poetry 2024

The first Festival of Poetry at Bertha House last year was such a success that many had hoped it would become an annual event. No one can predict the distant future, but we are happy to share the news that the second Festival of Poetry will be taking place at two locations and over two separate days this year:

19 October 2024 – FISH HOEK LIBRARY

9 November 2024 – BERTHA HOUSE

On 19 October 2024, please join us for the following events at the Fish Hoek Library:

Participating poets:

See you there!

Festival of Poetry – 4 November 2023

Earlier this year, the McGregor Poetry Festival announced a hiatus for a year. The organisers are taking a well-deserved break. The Red Wheelbarrow Poetry Collective and the Rosebank Writers’ Circle decided to step into the breach and organised a once-off event to celebrate poetry at a day-long poetry festival here in Cape Town. Please join us for these exciting poetry panels, taking place at two venues, the Bertha House and Youngblood-Africa, on 4 November 2023.

Events are free! Books will be on sale throughout the day.

Hope to see all poetry lovers there!