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alignments of Carnac were built.
www.findhornpress.com
Pit Props: Music, International Solidarity and the 1984-85 Miners’ Strike
Edited by Granville Williams Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom, pbk, £11.99
Pit Props marks the end of an era in coal mining in the UK and highlights how the incredible year-long struggle by miners in defence of jobs and communities still resonates today.
One section is dedicated to the creative links that developed between music, politics and protest during the strike. The book also explores the international support offered to miners and their families during the struggle, as well as unfinished business from the strike, including the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign.
www.cpbf.org.uk
Taking Liberties Amnesty International
Walker Books, hbk, £8.94 (due for publication in August)
Inspired by the 800-year anniversary of Magna Carta being granted, a variety of writers and artists explore the rights and freedoms still lacking in today’s society. The contributors include Tony Birch,
John Boyne, Sita Brahmachari, Russell Brand, Kate Charlesworth, Sarah Crossan, Neil Gaiman, Jack Gantos, Matt Haig, Frances Hardinge, Jackie Kay, AL Kennedy, Liz Kessler, Elizabeth Laird, Sabrina Mahfouz, Paul
Muldoon, Chibundu Onuzo, Bali Rai, Chris Riddell, Mary and Brian Talbot, Christie Watson and Tim Wynne-Jones.
www.amnestyshop.org.uk
The Good Immigrant By Nikesh Shukla
Unbound Books, publication due soon
Nikesh Shukla’s book sheds light on immigration, a subject that is often oversimplified by the media. The book gathers together a collection of essays by “good immigrants” including journalists, such as Kieran Yates and Coco Kahn, poets and artists. It has been fully funded through crowdsourcing publishing website Unbound Books and is due for publication imminently.
You can still donate to support the book through the website to secure your copy; other rewards can be obtained in exchange for additional support.
www.unbound.co.uk Films
Jim: the James Foley Story Dogwoof
National release
On Thanksgiving Day 2012, journalist James Foley was kidnapped and went missing for two years. In 2014, a video of his public execution shocked the world. The Foley family had been threatened with prosecution by the US government if they paid a ransom. Brian Oakes, a film-maker and childhood friend of Foley, tells his story through interviews with friends and family, which takes him to the frontlines of Libya and Syria, where Foley reported on the plights of civilians affected by war.
www.dogwoof.com
TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Ten reasons why you should be in the National Union of Journalists
• Protection at work
• Commitment to improving the pay and conditions of journalists
• Free legal advice service
• The leading trade union in the fight for employment rights
• Expert advice on copyright issues • Skilled representation at all levels • Your own national press card • Strong health and safety policies
Who should join the NUJ? Journalists including photographers, creative artists working editorially in newspapers, magazines, books, broadcasting, public relations and information, and electronic media; or as advertising and fashion photographers, advertising copywriters and editorial computer systems workers. We also welcome student journalists.
If you have any questions please contact the membership department on Tel: 0845 4500373 or email
info@nuj.org.uk putting ‘Membership Enquiry’ into the subject field.
• A champion in the fight for press and broadcasting freedom
• Major provider of training for journalists Application forms available at
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