In 2009, she was writer-in-residence at Passa Porta's Villa Vollezele in Belgium.Authors, RadioBooks. Also in 2009 she was part of the Beyond Words UK tour"Keorapetse Kgositsile, Lebo Mashile, Don Mattera and Phillippa Yaa de Villiers to Tour the UK", Books Live, 26 October 2009. that also featured South African poets Keorapetse Kgositsile, Don Mattera, Lesego Rampolokeng and Lebo Mashile (presented by Apples and Snakes in association with Sustained Theatre, funded by the British Council South Africa, Arts Council England and the South African government)."Beyond Words: New South African Poetry" , Sustained Theatre."Beyond Words - Overview", Apples & Snakes."SA’s top poets to perform in London", TheSouthAfrican.com, 2 November 2009."Vibrancy & Urgency - New South African Poetry" , Sustained Theatre.
