Amaurea has several new books that will be coming out later this year. First up will be Jean Stubbs’ Tobacco Counterpoint: Cuba and the Global Habano (17 October 2024). In this, for the first time Jean’s extensive writings on national and global story of Cuban tobacco will be brought out in a single collection – an appropriate accompaniment to the new revised edition of her Tobacco on the Periphery that Amaurea published last year.
Then on 7 November, just in time for the start of the London Jazz Festival, we will be bringing out a collection of jazz photography (Jazz Habana: Siete Miradas/Seven Views), by seven photographers who have documented Jazz Plaza (Cuba’s premier international jazz festival) over the years.
November looks set to be a busy month for us, with 21 November set as publication date for the new novel by Lisa St Aubin de Terán, The Hobby – a psychological crime thriller, based upon a true story of a bizarre and tragic case of child abuse. Alongside this, we will be bringing out new editions of more of Lisa’s previously published work.
And we have some exciting plans for 2025 as well. We will be bringing out Two Plays of War and Peace – Rodney Quinn’s ‘Over The Top’ and ‘Birds Still Fly’, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of their first performance in Cork, Ireland.
We’re looking forward to bringing out the first English edition of Anna Lidia Vega Serova’s novel, Anima Fatua – exquisitely translated by Robin Munby. Loosely based on Anna Lidia’s own experience growing up, half-Cuban half-Russian, in the maelstrom of perestroika.
Next year will also be bringing the publication of: another new novel by Lisa St Aubin de Terán (Kafka Lodge), along with new editions of the rest of her backlist; a memoir by Richard Walker, Highlife, alongside a new edition of his first novel, A Curious Child; and a historical exploration of the Scots diaspora, family history and trans-imperial sojourners in Southeast Asia, by Roger Knight – Kin, Kilts and Kolonie. And that’s just for starters!
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