A photographic celebration of Cuban jazz
Thursday 7th November is publication day for this collection of jazz photography, in which seven Havana-based photographers shared the images
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Tobacco Counterpoints
It’s publication week for the new book from Jean Stubbs: Tobacco Counterpoints: Cuba and the Global Habano. An impressive retrospective
Amaurea news
This next month is a busy one for Amaurea. We have three new books coming out in quick succession, each
A mountain to climb
The challenges of independent publishing (2) When I set up Amaurea Press, I was coming into it from the perspective
Jazz and Photography in Cuba
Since 1980, once a year Havana comes alive with the sound of Jazz, with Jazz Plaza – Cuba’s premier international jazz festival. … Continue readingJazz and Photography in Cuba
A Venezuelan Tiger
Before anyone jumps on the zoological inaccuracy of having what is clearly a jaguar on the cover of a book
Amaurea Press news
Amaurea has several new books that will be coming out later this year. First up will be Jean Stubbs’ Tobacco
Venturing into the coral reef
The challenges of independent publishing (1) In this month’s Trade Publishing Update, the Independent Publishers Guild’s Will Atkinson expressed his
Zigzags over time
By Jean Stubbs It was in was in the late 1960s when I first went to Cuba, drawn by the
Kintsugi and the Art of Fragmented Memory
There is an ancient Japanese art called kintsugi. In this, shards of broken pottery are carefully pieced back together, and their cracks filled with gold. In the process, what might otherwise have been drab, mundane, simply discarded and ignored, becomes a thing of beauty. Its very flaws the source of its value. … Continue readingKintsugi and the Art of Fragmented Memory