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Beth le Roux

@bethlrx

Associate Professor in Publishing Studies, co-editor of the journal Book History, book lover, cat lover

Joined July 2015
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🔔 Register for the "South Africa Reflects: 30 Years of Democracy" colloquium on November 4th 2024, hosted online & on-site at @go2uj. Join scholars, researchers & artists discussing 30 years of #SouthAfrican democracy & future prospects. Sign-up here👇 buff.ly/4895NLf
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Great to be part of #SHARP2024 panel on ‘Women, publishing and power in & beyond South Africa’ (my focus on Schreiner) along with @bethlrx and @vanillacaramel, chaired by @emmashercliff. A key theme was the interplay between different types of publication incl the more ephemeral.
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Wonderful @TC_Africa read by @bethlrx commemorating Peter Randall in launching apartheid-resistant publisher Ravan Press and its Spro-Cas origins. Been trying to collect key Ravan texts over the years & remember buying 2 Spro-Cas books as an student in the UCT bookshop way back
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SHARP is looking for a co-editor to join the Book History editorial team! Applications are due on Friday, May 31st. You can find more information as well as a full job description at the link. sharpweb.org/sharpnews/2024/…
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We are delighted to announce that the ASAUK Outstanding African Studies Award goes to Walter Bgoya and Mary Jay @Afbkcollective and @MkukiNaNyota, for their contributions to African publishing and to the careers of many African authors.
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The #transformation agenda in SA Publishing has seen some milestones and contributions by #womeninpublishing like Thabiso previously of @_BlackBirdBooks @JacanaMedia speaking at the #booklaunch of @ANFASAmain titles in all official languages! – at Centurion, South Africa
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#JTComms@jtcomms29 Feb 2024
The four publishing houses include - #DeeWee Productions, @EveraPublishing , @JacanaMedia , and #MaluksBooks. Each of these publishing giants contributes a unique flavour to the diverse literary tapestry of SA. @SportArtsCultur @ANFASAmain @vanessaperumal
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Weaver Press is closing – how one small, brave Zimbabwean publisher made a difference theconversation.com/weaver-p… by @tinsmush via @TC_Africa
Weaver Press is closing – how one small, brave Zimbabwean publisher made a difference

Weaver Press is closing – how one small, brave Zimbabwean publisher made a difference

Dozens of young writers were published first at Weaver Press, which believed in fiction as a way of telling the truth.

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📚The SHARP 2024 CFP is here! 🤓The theme is Global Book Cultures: Materialities, Collaborations, Access. The conference will be held at the University of Reading July 1–5, 2024. Abstracts are due by January 5th, 2024. Check out the CFP for more info! research.reading.ac.uk/centr…
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Congratulations to the two winners of the University of Johannesburg Prize for South African Writing in English: @ca_davids for HOW TO BE A REVOLUTIONARY (Main Prize winner) and the Pulane Mlilo Mpondo for THINGS MY MOTHERS LEFT ME (Debut Prize winner)! buff.ly/45UPgbV
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Internet Archive's digital library has been found in breach of copyright. The decision has some important implications theconversation.com/internet… via @ConversationEDU

Internet Archive’s digital library has been found in breach of copyright. The decision has some...

The legal ruling against the Internet Archive has come down in favour of the rights of authors.

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ANFASA@ANFASAmain1 Aug 2023
DSAC in collaboration with ANFASA, is excited to announce the "DSAC Publishing Hub" initiative. This project aims to support authors, stimulate the publishing industry, promote the creation of new literature and preserves our heritage. anfasa.org.za/dasc-publishin…
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Which reading persona are you? Take the @BarometerSA quiz: readingbarometersa.org/surve…
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[Bibliodiversité Journal] 📚Co-published by @DPonctuation and the Alliance, the new issue of Bibliodiversité journal focuses on transmission in the book industry. A member of the Alliance and founder of the feminist independent publishing house @modjaji_bks (South Africa),
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Book Dash@bookdash1 Mar 2023
Book Dash is looking for a Publishing and Production Co-ordinator! Watch the video below and then find all the details in the full post: bookdash.org/book-dash-is-lo… youtu.be/zcyto_sJJww
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A great start to the day's #CapacityBuilding workshop with Prof @bethlrx sharing some research findings on the business of #publishing from studies @UPTuks by #PublishersAssociationofSA hosted by @SACulturalObs via @SportArtsCultur @NLSA1
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ANFASA@ANFASAmain17 Jan 2023
Pertaining to the previous post about " 2022 Copyright Amendment Bill (CAB) - Implications for Creative industries Masterplan/ Universities" The article in Communicare and the three rejoinders on the CAB (see below) will be of interest.bit.ly/3XyFxn9
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Hopkins Press@JHUPress29 Dec 2022
In the latest issue of @SHARPorg journal Book History, Martin Paul Eve (@martin_eve) examines the history of the PDF and digital pagination. #ReadUP in print or online on @ProjectMUSE: bit.ly/3WzaNC1
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Understanding why copyright is important is the first step in keeping local publishing and South African books viable - for more details - see the handy infographic on Copyright created by The Publisher's Association of South Africa:
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