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Launches at Poetry at McGregor 2022

Book launches at Poetry in McGregor 2022

October 14, 2022

We’re having two book launches this year at Poetry in McGregor, deep in the (not-so-warm) bosom of the Western Cape. Come see Douglas Reid Skinner and Nondwe Mpuma read on the morning of Saturday 19 November. More information here.

← Jacques Coetzee wins 2022 Olive Schreiner Prize for PoetryAnnouncing The Book of Unrest by Nick Mulgrew →

About uHlanga

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

Our books are available from all retail bookstores in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana.

You can also buy our books directly from us, delivered to your door. (South Africa only)

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

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Nothing unlucky about this Friday the 13th 🍀: we’re excited to share the very first self-published zine we’re featuring in uHlanga’s ‘with our hands series. A beautiful, collaborative endeavour, swipe to see “Gathering
Nothing unlucky about this Friday the 13th 🍀: we’re excited to share the very first self-published zine we’re featuring in uHlanga’s ‘with our hands series. A beautiful, collaborative endeavour, swipe to see “Gathering Zine” ✂️📖Artists + contributors: Frame 2: @louisenothling + @drewkendallhaller | Frame 3: @kayleigh_mur | Frame 4: @anjahnoinsta | Frame 5: @thehumansnarrative | Frame 7: @kirstdupreez + @drewkendallhaller | Frame 8: @mikhaila_makes | Frame 9: andre_swart | Frame 10: @kayleigh_mur | Frame 11: @anjahnoinsta + @thehumansnarrative | Frame 12: @annxiousbaby #uHlanga #WithOurHandsZine #GatheringZine #SelfPublish #PoetryCommunity
“All notable poets attend other poets’ readings and read other poets’ work.” Writing your poem may be a solitary journey, but sharing it with the world flips the lone-author stereotype on its head 🔄 Which is why, if you rea
“All notable poets attend other poets’ readings and read other poets’ work.” Writing your poem may be a solitary journey, but sharing it with the world flips the lone-author stereotype on its head 🔄 Which is why, if you really want to be read, you need to be reading other poets too; it really is a ‘birds of a feather’ kind of arrangement. ▶️ Swipe to read why! #uHlanga #SelfPublishing #poetry #TheseNotesAreYours #SelfPublish #PoetryCommunity #WritersOfInstagram
📣 Presenting ‘Stockholm Cosmologies’ Edited by Joanna Sandell Wright, Storm Janse van Rensburg, @thisalexandradodd, this new, beautiful publication brings together fifteen artists working across Scandinavia, Africa, and the diaspora, ex
📣 Presenting ‘Stockholm Cosmologies’ Edited by Joanna Sandell Wright, Storm Janse van Rensburg, @thisalexandradodd, this new, beautiful publication brings together fifteen artists working across Scandinavia, Africa, and the diaspora, exploring cosmology as a poetic and political way of relating to the 🌍 Featuring uHlanga faves including @maneomohale, @sihlexntuli, and @pietermodendaal, there is a limited run of 80 copies is available in South Africa, exclusively through uHlanga. 👉🏾 Get it at @mzansibooks via our link in bio. 🇿🇦🇸🇪 #uHlanga #StockholmCosmologies #poetry #poet #Bookstagram

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