Am I a pornographer?

I'm confused.

I note with interest the fact that the Constitutional Court will be examining a High Court decision on the Film and Publications Act today (13th March 2012) which may or may not affect me. They will essentially be deciding on whether or not it is constitutional for the Publications Board to require pre-classification of printed material (books, newspapers & magazines) that contain "sexual conduct". If the Publications board gets the high court's decision over turned, it would mean that (except for newspapers) everything that is published that has "sexual conduct" described/depicted in it cannot be published without first getting pre-approval from them.

Even if the judgement is upheld, there is still some confusion in my mind. It is VERY easy to hide behind the emotive issues of child porn, rape and bestiality and "concern for children", without considering the effects that these things have on the decisions I have to take as a publisher.

Included in the Act in question, if one of the submitted works contains "child porn", that work must be submitted to the Police for investigation and prosecution. I need someone to help me out here. If I publish someone's biography, and in the process of the book they describe that they were raped as a child, does this mean that the book must be classified as for Adults Only (XX or X18)? Is this "child porn"? Does this description mean that I have to submit the book for classification before publication? One of the books I have already published includes a fairly graphical description of a young boy receiving oral sex from an adult woman. Does that mean I am a pornographer? Maybe even guilty of distributing child porn? If so, then it proves that the effect of the law is ridiculous and (in my opinion) unconstitutional.

Unfortunately, I don't have the deep pockets that are required to challenge this, but hopefully the Constitutional Court will start out today by sending the Publications Board home with their tails between their legs!

[JDPUB: 152] new book: WHILE THEY KEPT THE FLAG FLYING by Ken Gillings

 

While they kept the Flag Flying – The Relief of Ladysmith

The Battle of Thukela Heights 13^th – 28^th February 1900 by Ken Gillings has just been published by Just Done Productions. R100

 

Whatever the casualties, the Battle of the Thukela Heights was, until the Second World War, arguably the biggest fought by the British in Africa, and until the Falklands war of 1982, the biggest battle fought by the British in the Southern Hemisphere.

 

This battle paved the way for the development of new battle tactics, which were subsequently used in the great battles in Europe during the First World War. These new tactics involved attacking across a broad front with most of their force and with the infantry and artillery working in close co-operation.

 

“Ken Gillings is a founder member of the KwaZulu-Natal branch of the S.A. Military History Society, and has been a past Chairman for 6 years. In respect of his contribution to the Society, he was awarded an Honorary Life Membership. Ken is a Registered Tourist Guide and Specialist Battlefield Guide. His knowledge of the Anglo-Boer War and Zulu Wars is amazing, and he has a great skill in interpreting significant battles at each historical site.”

Bob Smith

 

·        Binding                                 Perfect Bound

·        Colour pages                      8 Colour Pages (with Maps)

·        Cover Type                         Paperback

·        ISBN 13                                 978-1-920315-80-1

·        Lulu                                        ID18951091

·        Number of Pages             86

·        Publication Date               11 March 2012

·        Size                                        A5

 

To order: http://www.justdone.co.za

You may pay via credit card using Paypal. EFT is referred to as BANK WIRE on the site.

 

International clients may order via Lulu or on the Just Done site

 

 

 

Shirene Dovey

Just Done Productions

http://www.justdone.co.za

publish@justdone.co.za

 

 

[JDPUB: 151] new book: FOREST CIRCLE QUEST by Leslie Noble

FOREST CIRCLE QUEST by Leslie Hyla Winton Noble has just been published by Just Done R120

 

Plump and pathetic percival and patsy parker-pyle are rescued from bullies by - of all things - a talking lamb. He invites them to come to fabulous forest on a quest, cheerfully confessing that it has been foretold that if they do they will be killed any number of times. Surprisingly they agree, and find themselves in peril before even reaching their starting-point.

 

An enormous lisping ‘knight-adder’ snake and a large serval cat who speaks in rhyme become their companions. Then adventures, surprises and hilarious happenings abound while they struggle to find out what they are supposed to be seeking and somebody strives to stop them. They steadily increase in fitness and confidence – until there is a setback.

 

As if the marvels of fabulous forest itself are not mind-boggling enough, the quest finally takes them to other dimensions, and to experiences which are wonderful beyond their wildest imaginings.

 

Reactions to previous books by Leslie Hyla Winton Noble:

 

Reviewers:

‘…delightfully clever, witty and utterly readable…’

‘…you’ll enjoy every minute…’

‘…impossible not to love a story with such wonderful and quirky characters…’

‘…enchanting novel…’

 

Readers:

‘   at least two adult chuckles a page...’

‘…devoured both with a giggle around every corner...’

‘…I giggled, guffawed and I cried…’

‘…your books are utterly fantastic…’

‘…my best book ever…’  ‘…rich in adventure and humour…’

‘funny and captivating and adventure everywhere…’

 

To order

http://www.justdone.co.za

You may pay via credit card using Paypal or EFT (referred to as BANK WIRE)

International clients can order on Lulu

 

Shirene Dovey

Just Done Productions

http://www.justdone.co.za

publish@justdone.co.za

 

 

[JDPUB: 150] NEW BOOK: SOMALI KISS by Michael C. Wood

 

Somali Kiss by Michael C. Wood has been published by Just Done Productions R150

 

Mike Wood, who lives in Knysna, published his debut novel Warm Heart in 2008. He has now turned a critical eye to Somalia – a failed state which remains in the news for all the wrong reasons - connections to al Qaeda’s terror network, overcrowded refugee camps, widespread drought, crop failure, and piracy. In such a malevolent environment, what chance could there be for love to flourish?

 

Just Done Productions - Publishing is delighted to announce the publication of Somali Kiss, a gripping page-turner where the action switches intriguingly between Somalia, London and Kenya.

 

Predicated on a series of extraordinary coincidences, the story contrasts the fortunes of Amina Abdullahi, beautiful daughter of a wealthy Somali merchant, and Stewart Munro, a Scottish tobacco trader. Their paths briefly intertwine in Mogadishu. An unlikely relationship seems on the cards, but circumstances conspire against them. Amina is forced to flee the capital when her brother is embroiled in retaliatory action against soldiers persecuting the Isaq clan. In her bid to reach Kenya’s porous border, Amina falls prey to Somali bandits and seems destined to be trafficked to Djibouti as a sex slave. She is rescued by a Maasai gun-runner (Nimrod) who has his own dark reasons for wanting to bring an end to Somalia’s decaying regime.

 

The eventual fall of President Siad Barre and the rise of war lords in Mogadishu foreshadow a long period of lawlessness and chaos in Somalia. Amina and Nimrod retreat to the tiny coastal village of Kaambooni. Their relative peace and security is shattered by unexpected external elements, moving the pair in desperation, to embark on their own very different brand of piracy.

Munro’s anguished early efforts to trace Amina are thwarted. As time passes he takes up with a Kenyan beauty (Jamila Ngugi). The couple endure a double tragedy which propels them to leave Africa. But Amina’s involvement in hijacking the Kofi Koranteng has attracted publicity in the international press, and motivates Munro to renew his search for a lost love. When he finally tracks her down in Kaambooni, he finds they have a dangerous acquaintance in common, causing a long suppurating hatred to rise to the surface.

 

Mike’s first novel was praised as ‘enthralling yet disturbing, packed with excitement and African atmosphere.’ The publishers are confident that readers will find as much and more in Somali Kiss.

 

To order

http://www.justdone.co.za

Credit card payments may be made via Paypal (the amount will be in dollars)

EFT payments may be made (referred to as BANK WIRE on the site)

 

Also available internationally on Lulu

 

 

Shirene Dovey

Just Done Productions

http://www.justdone.co.za

publish@justdone.co.za

 

 

[JDPUB: 149] Greetings

[JDPUB: 148] Labourer or Settler? a new book by Duncan Du Bois

 

 

LABOURER OR SETTLER? Colonial Natal’s Indian Dilemma 1860 – 1897 by Duncan Du Bois has just been published by Just Done Productions R190

 

Labourer or Settler addresses the question of how, neither by accident nor design, Natal became a home to over 50,000 Indian immigrants during the latter half of the nineteenth century. Duncan Du Bois recounts how, from 1860, at the request of fewer than 50 sugar planters, colonial Natal embarked on a labour dispensation which significantly transformed its character.

 

By the 1880s, with economic progress hinging on a steady supply of indentured Indian labour, the Colony found itself caught on the horns of a dilemma: as demands for indentured labour reached new levels of necessity, so white settler resentment at the increasing presence of Indians reached new levels of intensity.

 

Labourer or Settler is an analysis of what started off as a limited experiment and mutated into a controversy of imperial dimensions.

 

 

"Labourer or Settler adds important observations regarding the origins and politics of the arrival in the Province of KwaZulu Natal of the largest concentration of Indians outside the sub-continent of India. A very important addition to South African historiography and to the literature of the Indian community, as it celebrates over 150 years of settlement in South Africa."

TONY LEON, former Leader of the Democratic Alliance, currently South African Ambassador to Argentina.

 

"Labourer or Settler furthers our understanding of the reaction of the white settler community to the presence and role of Indian immigrants."

GOOLAM VAHED, Associate Professor of History, University of KwaZulu Natal.

                                       

Duncan Du Bois taught History at high school level for 30 over years before retiring from education. Labourer or Settler is based on research conducted for his MA dissertation entitled ‘Sir John Robinson, the Mercury and the Indian Question in Natal 1860 -1897.’

 

·         Size A5

·         Number of Pages 216

·         ISBN 13  978-1-920315-65-8

·         Binding Perfect Bound

 

To order:

http://www.justdone.co.za

 

If you are ordering for the first time, please register and follow the instructions…Contact us if you have any problems

publish@justdone.co.za

or fax 086 505 2478

Credit card payments may be made using Paypal alternatively, payments can be made via EFT (referred to as BANK WIRE on our website) or bank deposit. Various postal options are also available.

 

 

Shirene Dovey

Just Done Productions

http://www.justdone.co.za

publish@justdone.co.za

 

 

[JDPUB: 147] Family Feud by Jasmina Salie - new book

 

Family Feud by Jasmina Salie has just been published by Just Done R190

 

In a village, near Jaisalmer with its splendour and desert romance, route of the caravans in the Medieval era, lay many secrets of Ashvin and Mahmud  - Masters to the Banarje and Azmeri plantations after their fathers’ demise. The two once humble, honourable and compassionate young men become tyrants after one is a witness of adultery on the Day of Holi. The Day of Holi is the most important festival after the day of Diwali, a day good triumphs over evil and the commencement of Spring. This is a cheerful colourful event and a Day of sustenance.  A high wall was built to separate two communities - Hindu and Muslim - who had once lived in peace and harmony. This wall physically divided the two communities for decades. The two Masters of the Banarje and Azmeri plantations succumbed to crime; punishing, killing and subjugating the two communities for many years to their detriment at the end.

 

This story will entertain the reader with romance, murder and sadness and all the drama of family and village life.

 

·        Binding Perfect Bound

·        Cover Type Paperback

·        ISBN 13 978-1-920315-68-9

·        Size A4

·        No of pages 330

·        Genre Adult Fiction

 

To order:

http://www.justdone.co.za

 

Please note – these books will be printed on demand – allow two weeks for printing.

If you are ordering for the first time, please register and follow the instructions…Contact us if you have any problems

publish@justdone.co.za

or fax 086 505 2478

 

Credit card payments may be made using Paypal alternatively, payments can be made via EFT (referred to as BANK WIRE on our website) or bank deposit.

Various postal options are also available.

 

 

Shirene Dovey

Just Done Productions

http://www.justdone.co.za

publish@justdone.co.za