Six uHlanga poets will take part in nine events during this year's Open Book Festival in Cape Town, from 5–7 September 2025 – Kopano Maroga, Athambile Masola, Manthipe Moila, Nick Mulgrew, Maneo Mohale, and Pieter Madibuseng Odendaal.
Make sure to join us for a special ten-year uHlanga reading on Saturday afternoon from 16:00 at the Book Lounge.
Elsewhere our authors will be touching on topics as diverse as artificial intelligence, queer anxiety and imagination, recovering feminist histories, first-person poetics, and even a one-on-one interview between Maneo Mohale and Zimbabwean superstar Tsitsi Dangarembga.
The events featuring uHlanga poets are below, in order of date and time. Click on any image below to take you through to the event page, on which you can buy tickets!
South African poetry since 2014
