In April 2024, a group of aspiring poets of all ages and from all walks of life, came together for a series of poetry writing workshops held at the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre. The poems focused on a range of issues which inform the South African experience, including human rights, race, gender and mental health.

Poetry Non-scenes: New performance poems beyond the struggle (2024) offers an exciting taste of the poems produced during the workshops. Join anthology’s editors: Tom Penfold, Adam Levin and Deirdre Byrne as they reflect on the workshops, the publication of the anthology and the future of the Poetry Nonscenes project. They will be joined by some of the anthology’s contributors who will perform their poems.