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Some sad news. Editor of anthology #BlackstarsBritain Jacqueline Courtenay has decided not to publish her book with Media Diversified & has asked us to terminate her contract, which we have done today
We wish her every success in her journey to publication
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We wish her every success in her journey to publication
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In better news we don’t intend to stop publishing books in both print and e-book format and have been receiving unsolicited proposals since we announced our first print book!!
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We will release our submission guidelines this summer once we have a new editorial director who has a background in non-fiction
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mediadiversified.org/submissions/
Editor of a groundbreaking anthology #BlackstarBritain: The Anthology of British Ghanaians,🇬🇭 @JacquelineCourtenay describes the arduous journey to bring her book to publication when so many white publishers and agents turned her down... mediadiversified.org/2022/02/27/bla…
"In publishing #BlackstarBritain, Media Diversified gives a timely heartwarming and confident Akwaaba to the full spectrum of all that it means to be British and Ghanaian. A marvel of a book that brings joy to my heart."
Charles Thompson MBE, @ScreenNation
Charles Thompson MBE, @ScreenNation
“The importance of this book is that we have created a place to tell that story, to recognise the richness of its content, the diversity of its form – from these well essay to verse, personal biography to interviews that span generations. 1/2
#BlackstarBritain: The Journey to Publication - by @jacqcourtenay mediadiversified.org/2022/02/27/bla…
'There are those who came to stay, and then there is the generation that has followed, that is, the generation to which my contemporaries and I belong; British-born and/or British-raised people of Ghanaian origin. Before any plans of an anthology came to mind,
..I had set out to find individuals who were willing to share their experiences with me. Why? Well, because the Year of Return had been announced by the then Ghanaian president, Nana Akufo-Addo and I was curious about what it meant for us.'
