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Cathie Dunsford
Cathie Koa Dunsford (born 1953) is a New Zealand novelist, poet, anthologist, lecturer and publishing consultant. She has edited several anthologies of feminist, lesbian and Māori/Pasifika writing, including in 1986 the first anthology of new women's writing in New Zealand. She is also known for her novel ''Cowrie'' (1994) and later novels in the same series. Her work is influenced by her identity as a lesbian woman with Māori and Hawaiian heritage. Early life and career Dunsford was born in Devonport, Auckland, in 1953. She is of Māori descent through the iwi (tribe) of Te Rarawa, as well as Hawaiian and Pākehā (New Zealand European) descent. She attended Westlake Girls High School. She has an MA and a PhD in English literature (obtained in 1983) from the University of Auckland. Her doctoral studies, supervised by Roger Horrocks, were in the area of Gothic fiction. She is also a musician and arranges music festivals. Dunsford was an English lecturer at the University o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankfurt Book Fair
The Frankfurt Book Fair (German: , FBM) is the world's largest trade fair for books, based on the number of publishing companies represented. The five-day annual event in mid-October is held at the Frankfurt Trade Fair grounds in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The first three days are restricted exclusively to professional visitors; the general public attend the fair on the weekend. Several thousand exhibitors representing book publishing, multimedia and technology companies, as well as content providers from all over the world gather in order to negotiate international publishing rights and Copyright license, license fees. The fair is organised by GmbH, a subsidiary of the ''German Publishers and Booksellers Association''. More than 7,300 exhibitors from over 100 countries and more than 286,000 visitors took part in the year 2017. History The Frankfurt Book Fair has a tradition spanning more than 500 years. Before the advent of printed books, the general trade fair in Frankfur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
