amaBooks: Publishing in Zimbabwe - article in Cambridge magazine

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Publishing in Zimbabwe - article in Cambridge magazine

An article about 'amaBooks, entitled Publishing in Zimbabwe: voices from a failing state, has just appeared in Optima, a magazine from Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University. The piece considers publishing in Zimbabwe, 'amaBooks and the career of Brian Jones, one of the 'amaBooks directors.

The article is on pages 10 and 11 of Optima 16, 2010

http://www.fitz.cam.ac.uk/mi-client/media/import/documents/Optima16.pdf .

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This September Sun, All Come to Dust and Whatever Happened to Rick Astley?are available in Harare through Bindu Books, 37 Victoria Drive, Newlands (0242 782720 or sales(at)bindu.co.zw) and at Pungwe Projects, 10 Stuart Avenue.

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