Member: edi.mom

Hello,

I recently joined the All Books Africa Group. As a publisher who has just released a novel about the Angolan Civil War, I thought it might be worth bringing to your attention. Ondjaki's Good morning Comrades has just been released (indeed, i'm not sure amazon has changed it status yet). Ondjaki is a Lusophone writer of international reputation, and our edition of Good morning Comrades introduces him to an English speaking audience for the first time. It will not be the last: Aflame Books in the UK is set to release his fable The Whistler, and I know New Directions is also looking at publishing something by him soon. We expect he will become one of the most celebrated African novelists of his generation.

Anyway, if you would like further information on Comrades, you can chcekc out our website at www.biblioasis.com. It is also available online on amazon and elsewhere, and available through any good bookstore.

Thansk for your time, and I do hope that this was not too intrusive. (We're a small literary press based in Canada, and we're just trying to do whatever we can to let potential readers know about the book.

Best wishes,

Dan Wells

posted by biblioasis at 9:39 pm (EST) on Feb 29, 2008

edi.mom, I did a little research and found one author from Toledo, OH and one from Indiana. Check out this link to the author in Indianapolis - http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/news/?p=18. Paul Lawrence Dunbar is from Toledo by way of Dayton.

posted by altima313 at 8:02 am (EST) on Feb 4, 2008

Really pleased you find it useful!
lizx

posted by lizzier at 9:04 am (EST) on May 30, 2007

Really am not, though I own Beauty, I have tried, but I find her cold and I really have no Idea what or who she is writing about.

Must be just me?

posted by facety at 2:41 pm (EST) on May 24, 2007

Hi Edi!
Thanks for post. I have been out of the loop for two or three weeks. Bucket loads of work and a week's leave doing a Book Binding course. (Highly recommended!)
Hope to hear from you soon.
Liz

posted by lizzier at 1:34 pm (EST) on May 1, 2007

Are you a Zadie Smith fan?

posted by facety at 2:47 am (EST) on Apr 20, 2007

Only wish i had more! thank God for books.

posted by facety at 1:50 pm (EST) on Feb 12, 2007

Hello Edi!

Thank you for making contact.

Yes, it is interesting that we touch on an adult level but seemingly not with YA material. I have to say that I think our shared titles are titles to take with one into old age, so perhaps in that respect we are marching together.

However, when I looked at our respective collections again, I realise that only a fraction of the YA titles I have read over the years are actually on my shelves. Probably less than 1%. The reason for this is most likely because I have always bought for my school Library - when I worked in one - and therefore didn't need to have my own copies. Perhaps this is true of you as well? I always found it a positive plus after a particularly gruelling day on the chalk face to think I had a reason for reading ahead of the students.
Also - there may be a slight difference in where we work. I am based in the U.K., and for better or worse, always have been. Looking at some of the postings of U.S readers reinforces my awareness of the publishing time differential between us. There looks to be some fantastic material coming in this direction in the next few months and hopefully, you will find the same thing from your perspective. I keep chuntering on about the new Kevin Brooks novel "Being" (pub March 2007 in the U.K.) and warmly recommend it. I feel obliged to stress I am not his agent, typist, or indeed anything - honest, guv!
If you come again to the U.K, do contact me if you would like to visit any School Libraries in my area. ( I deduced you have been at least once, from the fact you bought "How I live now", over here. Sherlock lives.)
Hope to hear from you again
best wishes
Liz..r

posted by lizzier at 1:54 pm (EST) on Jan 1, 2007

Everyone is free to come and play, it's not just for my course... it's for anyone who wants to come and interact. My students are just required to interact. ;-)

posted by eduscapes at 11:59 pm (EST) on Sep 14, 2006

Hey Edi -
Nice to e-see you on Library Thing. I LOVE this place. Looks like we share a few books!

I started the SLIS-Indy Group for my L595 course, but everyone is welcome to use it as a place to get together and share. Annette :-)

posted by eduscapes at 6:08 pm (EST) on Sep 13, 2006

Hi, Edi. I think we had Josh's class together last fall. I'm glad to see you graduated and are still fired up about teaching in the public schools.

Also, you might be interested that someone started a SLIS-Indy group. It has like 5 members. Not much action on it. Take care.

posted by soam at 10:50 am (EST) on Sep 10, 2006

Because you work in a school media center, I thought you might be interested in reading these publications for people who work in information and education. Subscription is free if you are a technology or education provider. The digital divide -- including access, usability and technoliteracy -- is one of my topics of interest that I hope to focus on. These publications provide a lot of good information on the latest technologies and best practices in schools around the world.
www.techlearning.com
www.thejournal.com
www.edutopia.com

posted by harambeegirl at 6:30 pm (EST) on Jun 22, 2006

Hi, I hope to work in a research library or in a college/university library. Chicago libraries are my first choice -- Newberry, University of Chicago, Northwestern, UIC, Chicago Historical Society will be my first applications. Thanks for your support. Hopefully, we can talk more about Info Science.

posted by harambeegirl at 7:00 pm (EST) on May 15, 2006

Brand new at this, just making a few additions, then off to read Stewart O'Nan's _Everyday People_.

posted by edi.mom at 4:33 pm (EST) on Apr 15, 2006