“Genres published under the two imprints have included theology, religious instruction, memoirs, inspirational books, poetry, recipes, travel, books of photographs , finance, history, prayers, and even fiction!” From Page 1 lows & Obies” and “Tales from an Unmapped Country”, as well as the reissue of two older books. New Books from Old In 2018 we took a slightly different turn - the re-construction and reissue of old, out-of-print books. We were approached by the Jeffreys Bays Seashell Museum (managed by the Humansdorp Museum Association) to see if we could re-do a little book which had gone out of print: “The Sea Shells of Jeffreys Bay”. This was a tricky assignment, as the book consisted of high quality colour plates of the shells, the originals of which were not available, as well as many columns of Latin and technical names and descriptions. The book turned out so well - some said it was an improvement on the old one - that the Association later approached us to reissue “Humansdorp se Groei en Bloei”, an Afrikaans history of the town of Humansdorp. Another four “new books from old” were produced, inlcuding “Okavango Memoirs”, a re-named re-issue of the 1956 book “Always Lightly Tread” by E Cronje Wilmot, “A Taste of St Francis” - the re-issue of two little St Francis Bay recipe books from the 1990s, amalgamated into one book, and “Recipes of BeAugust 2020 - Write-On News Private Publishing Our ability to offer very short run printing and our competitive fee structure has enabled us to produce a number of books for people who wish to write books for a select, very small target audience - just family and close friends, for example. Our successes here have included private recipe books, and very personal memoirs. Foreign & Multi-Lingual Books Write-On Publishing has produced two books in French, as well as a prayer book in three languages (English, Zulu and Sotho) and a small poetry book in English, Afrikaans and Xhosa. Chapbooks In 2019, WriteOn Publishing launched an initative aimed at first-time authors for the prodction of “Chapbooks”, defined as publications of up to about 48 pages, usually poetry, short stories or children’s stories. The name “Chapbook” is derived from the 16th and 17th Century when it referred to small popular leaflets and pamphlets sold by street peddlers known as “Chapmen”. Four such little books have been prodcued to date, with a number in the pipeline. Our Own Books The Bechuanaland and St Francis Bay recipe books were also our first forays into producing our own books “at risk” - that is, without a customer/author to pay fees. chuanaland”, the re-print of a 1958 community book. The final one was “Black Review 1974/75”, the re-issue of a previously banned Black Consciousness annual. December 2018 saw the launch of “Impressions of St Francis”, followed in short order by “Impressions of Jeffreys Bay” - both photographic journeys through these two seaside towns. The pictures for the books were sourced from locals and vistiors via web-based competitions. Most recently, Frank Nunan has compiled the Catholic lexicon “Do You Speak Catholic?” which gives meanings and explanations for words used in the Catholic religion. Genres Genres published under the two imprints have included theology, religious instruction, memoirs, inspirational books, poetry, recipes, travel, books of photographs, finance, history, prayers, and even fiction (“Jim is Tired of Jo’burg”). The 60th Book The 60th Book was “Cock Tales on the Kowie”, a 200 plus page book by Sue Laburn Gordon and Ed Cock, an historical documentary of 1820 Settler leader and entrepreneur William Cock - the man who moved the Kowie River to create a harbour! 3
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