Day: March 2, 2015

when cairo calls

The books were present and readers and publishers from different countries. The Book Fair was held in Cairo, Egypt and many , many people turned up. Here you find comments form three publishers, from outside Egypt, who talk about the importance and the possibilities of fairs like this. And you a bit of info on … Continue reading when cairo calls

thank you, dear comrade paul

Paul Morris did fight in Angola in those old days, when the South African Defence Force tried to eliminate opponents of the apartheid regime. Paul did some rethinking and cycling, took his peddlemachine to his former warzone. And he wrote a book about it, “Back to Angola”. Now a South African, Shani Haricharan, who took a … Continue reading thank you, dear comrade paul

these immigrants

I see two opposing trends. On the one hand I see a stress on the local situation in which people live. A movement of more political power for a small entity. On the other hand globalisation is getting stronger and stronger. In so many houses objects from all over the world have found a place. … Continue reading these immigrants