ABOUT
uHlanga is a poetry press run by Nick Mulgrew.
Founded in 2014 as a magazine of poetry from KwaZulu-Natal, uHlanga now focuses on publishing single-author collections. We also publish a small quantity of edited anthologies and chapbooks.
Our books have won most major South African and African poetry awards, including three Ingrid Jonker Prizes for Poetry in English (Thabo Jijana, Saaleha Idrees Bamjee, and Jacques Coetzee), two South African Literary Awards for Poetry (Helen Moffett and Musawenkosi Khanyile) and two Glenna Luschei Prizes for African Poetry (Koleka Putuma and Maneo Mohale). Our books are taught in universities and schools around the world, and have been translated into German, Swedish, Danish, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Dutch. We also supply books to BlindSA’s digital services for print-disabled readers in South Africa.
uHlanga’s books are published in Durban, South Africa, a UNESCO City of Literature, and distributed by Protea Distribution in Cape Town. Protea Distribution supplies bookstores in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana, and may be contacted at cserv@proteadistribution.co.za and at +27 21 699 8506.
Overseas our books are available in print from the African Books Collective.
uHlanga’s logo is by Jennifer Jacobs.