South African poetry since 2014

In a Free State by P.R. Anderson – Cape Town launch with Rustum Kozain!

November 7, 2018

About uHlanga

uHlanga is a small South African poetry press run by Nick Mulgrew.

Our books are available to order from all retail bookstores in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. Our distributors are Protea Distribution in Cape Town and can be reached at +2721 001 7618.

Outside of South Africa, many of our books are available print-on-demand through the African Books Collective.

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This month’s launches of Owele take place next week in Durban and Makhanda. Swipe for aaaaaaall the info! 🌊 #uHlanga #BookLaunch #OwelePoems #SihleNtuli #poet #poetry #poems

We’ve received wonderful examples of zines and self-published poetry from you: thank you! But now we’re giving you one more month to send them in🔥 📌 If you’re seeing this call for the first time, know that we are looking to feature selected self-published poetry and poetry zines on our social media in the upcoming months! Email yours to: nick@uhlangapress.co.za We know South Africa is alive with poetic works and we can’t wait to see yours. #uHlanga #zine #ZineMaker #PoetryZine #poet #poetry #poems