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South African poetry since 2014
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Dayspring longlisted for Sunday Times Literary Awards

August 4, 2025

We are proud to announce that C. J. Driver’s memoir Dayspring, edited by J. M. Coetzee, has been longlisted for the 2025 Sunday Times Literary Awards in the non-fiction category.

Congratulations to our co-publishers on this title, Karavan Press, who have another four titles longlisted. And congratulations to all the longlisted writers.

See the full list of longlisted titles on the Sunday Times website.

← uHlanga at the 2025 Open Book Festival"Return to the beginning": Megan Ross interviews Sihle Ntuli about Owele →

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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In 2025 uHlanga turned 10 🕯️🎉 

We published several books by gifted poets, and launched brand new voices into the world.

It’s been a good year, and we can’t thank you enough for supporting our press, and our poets. 

To 2026! 

#uHlan
In 2025 uHlanga turned 10 🕯️🎉 We published several books by gifted poets, and launched brand new voices into the world. It’s been a good year, and we can’t thank you enough for supporting our press, and our poets. To 2026! #uHlanga #IndependentPublisher #Bookstagram
“Self-publishing is flexible to your budget, aesthetics and goals.”

🌊 Involve as many or as few people as possible
🌊 Get collaborative with friends & colleagues
🌊 Or you can do it yourself!

🔗 Discover more at our link in bio.

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“Self-publishing is flexible to your budget, aesthetics and goals.” 🌊 Involve as many or as few people as possible 🌊 Get collaborative with friends & colleagues 🌊 Or you can do it yourself! 🔗 Discover more at our link in bio. #uHlanga #SelfPublishing #poetry #TheseNotesAreYours #SelfPublish #PoetryCommunity #WritersOfInstagram
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Last minute shopping? No problem 🛒🛍️💝 From ‘a corpse is also a garden’ by @pietermodendaal to @@shanevdh’s ‘Kruiper Crawler’, you’ll find the whole family’s pressies at: www.mzansibooks.co.za/collections/uhlanga-press #uHlanga #MzansiBooks #IndependentPublisher #Bookstagram #BooksBooksBooks #GiftIdeas #kruipercrawlerpoems #corpsepoems

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