african narratives independent publishing application form

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02 Anike Hof, 105 Martha Road North, Fontainebleau 2194 T : 011 791 9951 F: 086 557 5672 E: [email protected] Website: www .africannarratives.org .za APPLICATION FORM Please complete all sections of form clearly and email or fax: [email protected] or 086 557 5672 Personal and Contact Details  T itle First Name Last Name Date of Birth dd mm yy  Writing Name(s) Occupation (other than writing)  Address (for correspondence)  Postcode  T elephone Fax  Email Website How did you hear about AFNA?  Internet/T witter/Facebook/  LinkedIn/Bookslive  Recommended by Member/Publisher/Friend BOOKMARK/PEG/ANFASA/INDIE BOOK F AIR If other please specify Register as:  Author Publisher  Service Provider If other please specify If you have a ny queries about becoming a member, please call 011 791 4561 or email [email protected]. Membership to African Narratives i s free of charge for the rst 12 months.

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It began life as an imprint of the independent

publisher PORCUPINE PRESS. Early on, the

Porcupine people recognised a need to assist

writers who couldn’t afford to self-publish.

The assistance came in the form of subsidieson in-house production processes to assist

promising writers to contribute to the growing

volume of worthwhile writing flowing into the

Porcupine office. So far, nearly ten titles have

been published under the AfNa imprint.

But there’s a great deal more to AFRICAN

NARRATIVES than that. Recently formed into

an independent not-for-profit Section 21company, AfNa is now rapidly developing

into ‘the voice for independent publishing’ in

South Africa. AfNa will be officially launched

at the INDIE BOOK FAIR as a membership-

based organisation which will offer a great

deal to independent writers and publishers

and everyone connected to the independent

publishing industry.

In particular, AfNa will provide:

• Increased lobbying power

• Subsidised training in all spheres of writing,

publishing and distribution

• A dedicated interactive website

• Expert advice

• Selected specialist services

• Competitions• Subsidised publishing services in exchange

for author distribution

• Centralised marketing and distribution

opportunities

The vision underlying all AfNa’s activities is

the development of a thriving local literature

and increased local economic development

opportunities in South Africa. The basic

ingredients are already there, but theyexist very largely beneath the radar of the

commercial publishing world. This doesn’t

mean to say these ingredients – the writers

and publishers and distributors – are inferior.

They’re just less organised and visible. And

that’s where AfNa comes in.

The dream is for eventual financial self-

sufficiency for independent writers andpublishers. Exciting new models are being

developed. Meanwhile, AfNa is looking for

funders interested in seeing the unique small-

scale properties of independent publishing

used for the development of writing and

reading and the accompanying benefits of

communal and individual self-realisation and

its impact on the democratic processes.

Come to the INDIE BOOK FAIR. Attend the

official launch of AFRICAN NARRATIVES on

Friday, 20 March 2015 at the Sunnyside Park

Hotel at 14:00pm. You’ll be amazed at what’s

happening and what is possible for the future.

For more information on the book fair, please

visit our website at www.indiebookfair.co.za.

AFRICAN NARRATIVES is in the news as theorganising agency for the upcoming INDIE BOOK FAIR.

But what is AFRICAN NARRATIVES, or AfNa for short?