Publishing NewsComics / digital publishing / Frankfurt Book Fair / gender / Indonesia / Muslim publisher / photography / publishing / Race / sexual identity / South AfricaComments Off on Monday News: self-portraits, comic conglomerates, Indonesian publishing, and Frankfurt Book Fair
Zanele Muholi’s Transformations – A very interesting prose portrait of a photographer who has become known for her work depicting subjects from black and queer South African communities, and who has undertaken a series of self-portraits, aimed at “tell[ing] the truth” about herself. Her portraits are stunning, provocative, and they clearly communicate the ... more >
Publishing NewsAfrica / apartheid / CDA / digital libraries / diversity / Free Speech / gender / Ghana / literacy / Literary fiction / Modernism / privacy / racism / revenge porn / South Africa / Tor / Woolf2 Comments
Tor Project sued for $1 million in revenge porn case – Pinkmeth, a particularly horrible revenge porn site is being sued, and for a while, TOR was being sued right along with it. Although the action against TOR was quickly dropped,I wanted to start at the beginning of this drama, ... more >
Publishing NewsBook Reviews / crowdsourcing / digital publishing / literacy / music / piracy / Royalties / Samhain / social justice / South Africa12 Comments
Christina Brashear Returns as Samhain Publisher – This is pretty interesting. Brashear, who went from Publisher to President of Samhain in 2012, is back as Publisher, with a promise to “return” Samhain “to its roots.” Lindsey Faber is not only stepping down as Publisher, but leaving Samhain entirely (there’s something ... more >
C- Reviews19th century / bigotry / diamond mining / Doctor / Historical fiction / racism / South Africa4 Comments
Dear Ms. McVeigh, I was interested in The Fever Tree, your first work of historical fiction, partly because of this beautifully written excerpt at your site, partly because the Booklist review mentioned that it had a social justice angle (the novel is mainly set in late 19th century South Africa), ... more >
B- ReviewsCarina Press / football / soccer / South Africa / sports romance12 Comments
Landing the PR contract for North Carolina’s new soccer team could take Holly Taylor’s career to the next level. Her task? Make Kepler “Killer” de Klerk, an athlete with a party-hard reputation, a star. But revamping the sexy footballer’s image while battling her unwanted attraction to him is easier said ... more >