What story or image comes to mind when you imagine your own mental wellbeing or that of the ones you love?   As we celebrate World Health Day on 7 April, The AVBOB Poetry Project features the work of Petros Isaakidis, a Greek-born poet, doctor and epidemiologist living in Cape Town. His extraor...

We often pay tribute to the protest poets of the apartheid era, who reported on the injustices and inequality they witnessed. But what role can poets play in our society today, 30 years into democracy?   As South Africans prepare to celebrate Human Rights Day on 21 March, The AVBOB Poetry Proje...

Do you think your poems belong to a separate, inner world, removed from your working life?   Shari Daya is a Cape Town-based poet and geographer who uses her academic research and expertise as raw material for her deeply engaging poems. Her debut collection, Land / Lines, was published by Karav...