Parrésia Publishers

Parrésia, also Parrésia Publishers Ltd, is a publishing company in Nigeria founded by Azafi Omoluabi Ogosi and Richard Ali in 2012 with the aim of selling books to the Nigerian reading audience[1][2][3] and promote the freedom of the imagination and the free press. It was described in 2017 by The New York Times as one of "a handful of influential new publishing houses" in Africa in the last decade.[4]

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Parrésia publishes its fiction and creative non-fiction works under four imprints: Parrésia Books, Origami Books, Cordite, and Omode Meta.

Parrésia Books is a traditional publishing imprint that publishes five books each year — literary fiction, popular fiction and short-story collections. The Parrésia imprint, being a traditional publisher, offers advances on royalties for first-time authors. All responsibilities are borne by the publisher.

Origami Books is a specialised publishing imprint which publishes work in all genres. The author takes full control of the book production process.

Cordite Books is a new, traditional-style publishing company for genre fiction based in Lagos, Nigeria, and is jointly owned by Parrésia Publishers Ltd and Nigerian writer Helon Habila who is also a professor of Creative Writing at George Mason University in the United States. Habila is the editor for the series.

Ọmọde Mẹta is a traditional publishing imprint that publishes children’s books for all children ages and in all genres.

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References
  1. Ajeluorou, Anote (2017-04-02). "Book industry reels in debt as publishers, booksellers bicker". The Guardian. Nigeria. Retrieved 2017-11-27.
  2. Ibrahiim, Abubakar Adam (2012-08-04). "Why we set up Parresia—Azafi Omoluabi-Ogosi". Daily Trust – via AllAfrica.
  3. "Azafi Omoluabi-Ogosi on Handshake deals, Her love for books and Parresia". 9jafeminista. 2015-10-16. Retrieved 2017-11-27.
  4. Alter, Alexandra (2017-11-23). "A Wave of New Fiction From Nigeria, as Young Writers Experiment With New Genres". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-11-27.
  5. "Finalists for 2017 NLNG-sponsored $100,000 Literature prize emerge -". theeagleonline.com.ng. 2017-08-27. Retrieved 2017-11-27.
  6. Editor, Online (2017-10-08). "THREE BARDS IN SEARCH OF A PRIZE". THISDAYLIVE. Retrieved 2017-11-27. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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