Fabulous! A House in Fez - update.

Cruising the internet we came across Topblogging's "Fabulous" page

Fabulous Fez photo!
2007-06-21 03:30:00
Browsing the blogoma today, we came across the always interesting blog of Purple Circle honcho - Louis da Fez. What caught out eye was the photograph of the ceiling of his main room. The photograph, taken by The View from Fez writer and photographer, Suzanna Clarke is stunning.

Later this year Penguin will publish Suzanna's much awaited book A House in Fez complete - so we are told- with more than sixty pages of photographs. We will bring you more information about the publication in a couple of months. But for now, enjoy this unique view of Louis' extraordinary ceiling.Tags: Moroccan Morocco Fes, Maghreb news

Thanks Fabulous!

Suzanna Clarke

The story reminded us that we have not updated the latest information on A House in Fez.

The book will be launched in Australia and New Zealand on November 9th.

Then there is the great news that the rights have also been sold in the UK and also the USA. Sadly the UK publication will not contain all 64 pages of photographs, but only 30 or so. We understand that the USA publication will be the full deal. The Antipodean version is on fine art paper and looks absolutely delicious!

Suzanna is gearing herself up for publicity tours as well as setting up her new enterprise, an apartment in Bordeaux she has renovated and plans to rent out for people wanting to explore the wine scene in Bordeaux. (Check it out here - The Terrace in Bordeaux).

At the Frankfurt Book Fair Penguin will be selling the translation rights to A House in Fez. Hopefully it will soon be available in French and other major languages.

In between all her writing and travelling, Suzanna manages (somehow!) to be the Arts Editor of the Brisbane Courier Mail.

For those of you who have not met here - here is the official version:

Since 1996, Suzanna Clarke has worked as a photographer, reviewer, travel and feature writer for The Courier-Mail, before being appointed arts editor in 2007.

She began her professional life as a photographer when her first project, on children with disabilities, was exhibited in Sydney when she was just sixteen.

After studying contemporary dance in Amsterdam in her early twenties and travelling extensively, she returned to her university studies, which included an MA in Creative Writing at Queensland University of Technology. She is now undertaking a Masters of International Relations part-time at Griffith University.

During the late 1980s and early ‘90s, Suzanna worked as a freelance photographer for editorial, commercial and government clients, such as The Australian and The Age newspapers and The Bulletin magazine.

When the Keating Labor government was in office the prospects for multiculturalism looked rosy, and she became the project administrator for the coffee-table book Beyond Black and White: The Many Faces of Australia. It was an enormous task, using the work of 150 photographers and 14 writers.

Turning her hand to writing, in 2002 Suzanna’s manuscript Being Isadora was short-listed for the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards in the emerging writer’s section.

The following year her photographic work was the subject of a major solo exhibition, A Gift of Presence: The Spirit of Reconciliation, at the Queensland State Library, which also toured state-wide.

Recently Suzanna spent several months overseas in Morocco. Her new book, A House in Fez, is being published by Penguin.

Details:

Format:	Hardback , 304 pages
RRP:	$49.95
ISBN-13:	9780670070350
Imprint:	Viking

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