What creative endeavours are you considering for 2026? As you contemplate new projects and recommit to old ones, do you wish you could tap into the spontaneous energy of children?   As we celebrate International Day of Education on 24 January, the AVBOB Poetry Project celebrates the courageous,...

We gather enormous quantities of information in the course of a lifetime. When we write poetry, however, we often fail to draw on this specialised information, limiting ourselves to the world of emotions and personal recollections.   Keith Gottschalk is a poet and retired academic with a boundl...

While the festive season is a time of celebration and family reunions for many of us; for others, it emphasises their sense of loneliness and isolation.   As South Africans prepare for these holiday festivities, the AVBOB Poetry Project celebrates the work of Saaleha Idrees Bamjee, award-winnin...