Bücher mit blauen Covern aus dem Aviva Verlag

Summer Break & Reading Initiative #indiebookchallenge

3. August 2018Sandra van LenteInitiative, Newsbibliodiversity, indie publishing, indiebookchallenge, indiebookday, reading, visibility

Before we go on a summer break, we would like to draw your attention to the #indiebookchallenge. Introduced in March 2018, it offers weekly challenges around books made by independent publishers. You can join in any time – why not over the summer break?! Read more

Jhalak Prize for Reni Eddo-Lodge’s Why I No Longer Talk to White People about Race

18. March 2018Gesa StedmanControversies, News, Prizesbibliodiversity, Jhalak Prize, racism, writers of colour

Gesa Stedman explains one of the most recent attempts to diversify the literary field in the UK, the Jhalak Prize, which was awarded for the second time on 15 March 2018. Read more

Bibliodiversity, Fair Speech and Cultural Resilience –
an Interview with the Feminist Author and Publisher Susan Hawthorne

16. June 2017Sandra van LenteInterviewbibliodiversity, fair speech, independent publishing, mindset, optimistic edge, Spinifex Press, Susan Hawthorne, transformation, WTO

This spring, I had the great pleasure to meet Susan Hawthorne, who was invited to Berlin by the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin and spoke on account of the publication of the German translation of her book “Bibliodiversity”, translated by Doris Hermanns and published by Verbrecher Verlag in March 2017 (link). In […] Read more