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Announcing our new chapbook series, with three titles from Francine Simon, Kobus Moolman (with Shubnum Khan), and H.I.E. Dhlomo

August 26, 2019

uHlanga is proud to announce a new series of chapbooks, beginning with three new titles: Shark by Francine Simon, All and Everything by Kobus Moolman (with Shubnum Khan), and Valley of a Thousand Hills by H.I.E. Dhlomo.

These slim, saddle-stitched volumes are have a slightly bigger page size than our other titles, with bold and beautiful covers, a cheaper price point, and intriguing, immersive poetry. Retailing at R100, these are perfect gifts or introductions to local poetry for the curious reader.

Some of our chapbooks are re-issues of classic volumes, and make important texts available, accessible and affordable in print for the first time in decades — perfect for academics and students.

Shark by Francine Simon consists of twenty queer and tender love poems by, for, and about sharks. Each poem is a different shark! It is the Durban-born, Italy-based poet’s follow-up to her successful 2017 debut, Thungachi.

All and Everything by Kobus Moolman, subtitled Scenes from a Winter Farmland, is a fragmentary, meditative, and minimalist long poem accompanied by ink drawings by author and artist Shubnum Khan.

Valley of a Thousand Hills by H.I.E. Dhlomo is the long-overdue new edition of the classic mini-epic poem, written by one of the most influential Black South African authors of the early 20th Century. It is an elegiac tale written for the eponymous area of modern KwaZulu-Natal, told through the lens of Zulu history and mythology.

All three of these titles are printed in limited first editions, and are available to order from bookstores now.

Any issues with bookstores not being able to order the books should be resolved by pointing them to our distributors, Protea Boekhuis, or supplying them with the ISBN of the title you’re trying to order, available on the publication page of each book on this website. Further issues can be reported to us on our about page.

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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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“It is our pleasure to introduce Owele, the shimmering new book of poems by the South African poet, Sihle Ntuli. Over the summer, we— Abhijit and O-Jeremiah, fourth and third year Phd students of the CWP sat down virtually with Ntuli to d
“It is our pleasure to introduce Owele, the shimmering new book of poems by the South African poet, Sihle Ntuli. Over the summer, we— Abhijit and O-Jeremiah, fourth and third year Phd students of the CWP sat down virtually with Ntuli to discuss Owele, his motivation, approaches, and poetics. For those that don’t know already, Ntuli was the winner of the most recent edition of the University of Georgia CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAM-sponsored Diann Blakely National Poetry Competition, judged by Vivek Narayanan. What struck us immediately about Ntuli’s new book is the poignant sense of place (and un-place) both spiritual and geographical.” What a wonderful interview with Owele poet, @sihlexntuli Read it now at our 🔗 in bio. #uHlanga #poetry #poemspoemspoems #SihleNtuli #poet #OwelePoems
“With new dawn’s energy I must strengthen my sinews For I have seen creatures stampede And build icebergs in Liberty’s path But volcanic tides will charge Making love to our own ploughs Which must furrow for life” -from &ldqu
“With new dawn’s energy I must strengthen my sinews For I have seen creatures stampede And build icebergs in Liberty’s path But volcanic tides will charge Making love to our own ploughs Which must furrow for life” -from “Soweto wishes” by Lindiwe Mabuza In the late 1970s, Lindiwe Mabuza, a.k.a. Sono Molefe, sent out a call for poems written by women in anc camps and offices throughout Africa and the world. The book that resulted, published and distributed in Europe in the early 1980s, was banned by the apartheid regime. Half-forgotten, it had never appeared in a South African edition. With a preface by Uhuru Phalafala and a new introduction by Makhosazana Xaba, and featuring a lost artwork by Dumile Feni, 📗 buy ‘MALIBONGWE: Poems from the Struggle by ANC Women’ now via our link in bio. #uHlanga #poetry #poemspoemspoems #SonoMolefe #poet #MalibongwePoems #LindiweMabuza
From crafting the cover for @megan_ross_’s ‘Milk Fever’ to, most recently, @mantipoetry’s ‘Rootbound’, @loveleorajoy is no stranger to uHlanga. We had the quickest of catch-ups with the talented cover artist, who
From crafting the cover for @megan_ross_’s ‘Milk Fever’ to, most recently, @mantipoetry’s ‘Rootbound’, @loveleorajoy is no stranger to uHlanga. We had the quickest of catch-ups with the talented cover artist, who gave us a little peek into her process, her studio, and wondrous life in Taipei ✄ 📚Swipe now! 📷: Leora Joy Jones at home (2025) | (photo by Sara Cusack) #uHlanga #BookCoverDesign #LeoraJoyJones #artist #RootboundPoems #MilkFeverPoems

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