SCENT OF PLACES - A chatty meal with Juli Jana

Join us for an intimate, informal evening of conversation, poetry, and shared experience with poet and visual artist Juli Jana Roussouw in conversation with Keith Edwards.

Please note:

Start time 18h30

Your ticket includes a R200 restaurant voucher for the Kalk Bay Courtyard, redeemable on the night.

This voucher is non-refundable, non-transferable, and must be used during the event.

Books will be available for sale.

Set around the table, this is not a traditional reading - it’s a living, unfolding dialogue.

The evening will begin with a short interview led by Keith Edwards (of STANZAS), followed by an open conversation shaped by you, the audience.

Juli will speak about specific places she has travelled to, and how these landscapes, geographical, emotional, and spiritual, have found their way into her poetry and visual work. Guests are invited to guide the discussion, choosing which places and themes to explore.

Throughout the evening, Juli and Keith will read selected poems, opening up space for questions, interpretation, and insight into the creative process - how an experience becomes a poem, and how meaning is shaped through language and image.

Expect a relaxed, engaging atmosphere where food, conversation, and creativity intersect.

About the Artist

Juli Jana Rossouw is a poet and visual artist whose work is published locally and internationally. Her chapbook ra-t, tracing the imagined journey of a rat through London, is published by Shearsman Books. She has featured in The High Window and holds an MA in Creative Writing from Roehampton University, London.

She also facilitates Word & Wine and Word & Visuals workshops, focusing on unlocking creative thinking through language and image.

Event Details

Format: Seated dinner with live conversation and readings

Audience participation encouraged

Limited seating available