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Matthew Blackman

What is next at Strandwolf Press? Turbott Wolfe.

Matthew Blackman

Note by Matthew Blackman

03rd February 2021

2020 proved a disappointing year for our publication of South African classics. We attempted to get the copyright for Peter Abrahams’s Path of Thunder, a book on interracial love just before the beginning of apartheid proper. Sadly we were not able to acquire it but are delighted to hear that Faber and Faber will be republishing Abrahams’s novels.

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Book to Website: Imbali Art Books

Matthew Blackman

Note by Matthew Blackman

22nd October 2020

A book and a website are two very different animals. Matthew reflects on the importance of resources, and the challenges of converting a book into a website.

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Sol Plaatje Mhudi

Sol Plaatje, Mhudi and the Missionaries’ Tale – A Lovedale Story

Matthew Blackman

Note by Matthew Blackman

18th August 2020

In 1976, someone threw a petrol bomb into an office at Lovedale. Terrified that irreplaceable historical artefacts might be destroyed, the publishing house transferred its records to Rhodes University. In the course of the move the original typescript of Mhudi surfaced…

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Strandwolf Editions. African Literature

On starting an imprint

Matthew Blackman

Note by Matthew Blackman

18th August 2020

Starting a literary publishing project in South Africa is a silly idea – but Matthew writes about the good reasons to do it anyway…

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