The author of 'Heavyweight,' which draws lines between the German genocide of the Herero and Nama peoples in South Africa and the Holocaust, hopes that memory and narrative can create a more inclusive culture—one with ample humor and creativity. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Publishers Association of South Africa calls on president Ramaphosa 'not to sign' the 'Copyright Amendment Act.' The post South Africa: Publishers Join Statement on Copyright Act appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-03-06 21:10:29 UTC ]
A joint statement from major international publishing bodies appeals to South Africa's National Assembly to vote down its copyright bill. The post IPA, IFRRO, STM, IAF Oppose South Africa’s Copyright Bill appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-02-28 22:29:20 UTC ]
A joint statement from major international publishing bodies appeals to South Africa's National Assembly to vote down its copyright bill. The post IPA, IFFRO, STM, IAF Oppose South Africa’s Copyright Bill appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-02-28 22:29:20 UTC ]
The former BBC war reporter, now special correspondent, on the terror of PTSD, his tips for living with it day to day, and the people and poets he admiresDuring a career spanning more than 30 years, BBC special correspondent Fergal Keane has covered brutal conflicts in South Africa, Rwanda and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-08-06 08:30:06 UTC ]
In South Africa's challenges, Eve Fairbanks sees parallels to the U.S. efforts to undo white supremacy. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-08-26 10:00:53 UTC ]
Magema Fuze’s book was a radical act of publishing. It contained histories of chiefdoms and kingdoms - from the Zulu to the Ngcobo. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2022-04-07 14:10:22 UTC ]
The author of The Fortune Men will now compete with five other novelists from South Africa, Sri Lanka and the US for the 2021 awardAlex Clark explores how the Booker shortlist tunes in to the worries of our ageJust one British author has made the shortlist for this year’s Booker prize: Nadifa... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-09-14 15:25:06 UTC ]
Jonathan Ball, who died aged 69 on 3rd April, created the finest and bravest publishing house in South Africa. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-04-17 13:34:55 UTC ]
HarperCollins has landed the life story of Siya Kolisi, Springboks captain and star of South Africa’s 2019 World Cup-winning rugby team. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-07 05:01:43 UTC ]
Young black men are often viewed through a criminal lens. A new book based on an 11-year-long study of adolescent men in a South African township upends the stereotypes. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2020-06-15 15:08:26 UTC ]
'We saw all bookstores closed' in South Africa's lockdown, says Brad Harris, children's book publisher at Imagnary House. The post Coronavirus Worklife: South Africa’s Imagnary House Weathers Lockdown appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-05-12 16:04:47 UTC ]
At the northern tip of South Africa, bounded by Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, Limpopo Province might seem a world away from the Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2020-04-21 17:30:37 UTC ]
From Turkey, South Africa, Sweden, China, Germany, Israel, Spain, Brazil, and Argentina, this year's free books from Amazon Crossing arrive amid frontier-defying contagion. The post Amazon Crossing Rolls Out Its 2020 Free World Book Day Translations appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-04-17 03:09:44 UTC ]
For many, staying indoors is an unsettling experience. It’s been heartening to see the imaginative leaps being taken by many organisations and artists to help us through – sitting-room gigs, free theatre streams, virtual tours of museums and archives and galleries – but given the limitless... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2020-04-06 11:36:00 UTC ]
Last week, Lyz Lenz, a journalist and writer who lives in Iowa, predicted that the state’s caucuses “are going to be a f*cking nightmare.” In a piece for Gen, Lenz (who also contributes regularly to CJR) wrote that the caucuses are inaccessible at the best of times, and that state Democrats’... Continue reading >> [ Source: Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-02-04 13:11:10 UTC ]
BizBash, the 19-year old B2B media company for events organizers, has been acquired by Connect Meetings for an undisclosed sum, both sides announced. A subsidiary of the UK-based, global tradeshow company Tarsus Group, Connect serves meeting planners—in particular, those who organize corporate,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2019-12-17 20:01:44 UTC ]
A new history book shows how entanglements of race, gender, class and sexuality in South Africa flow from the moral contradictions of the settler colonial state. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2019-12-08 07:14:51 UTC ]
Delegates to the IPA Nairobi seminar will hear about the work of Puku, a foundation rushing to generate children's books in endangered African languages. The post South Africa’s Puku Foundation: Children’s Books To Save Languages appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-05-28 05:30:54 UTC ]
Political books touches a certain chord in South African society that makes them bestsellers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2019-04-24 13:50:30 UTC ]