"Where are they?" Book with texts by women and lesbians

Greta Edições makes its debut with the book “Where are they walking?”, a selection of texts produced by lesbian people and women, organized by Alexa Santos.

About the campaign:
The campaign is entirely focused on the production of the book “Where are they walking?”, involving copyright, text editing, proofreading, design and graphic production/printing. The selection of texts was carried out by Alexa Santos, an important activist for causes related to lesbian visibility in Portugal, with the collection of texts from fanzine, theater play, scientific article, poetry and literary text that address a diversity of political, cultural and artistic. The book was born, therefore, from the need to know history and diversity, in addition to giving visibility to lesbian production in Portugal, from the first fanzine to the present day.

Alexa Santos - Organizadora do livro

People who write:
Lilac Magazine (Rebeca)
Alice Azevedo
Rafa Jacinto
Leslie Feinberg
Raquel Afonso
+ Lesbian Zines from Portugal

Capa da Lilás

Datasheet:
Organization: Alexa Santos
Graphic design and layout: Joana and Mariana (joanaemariana.pt)
Illustration: Jaqueline Arashida
Editing: Nelma Viana & Lorena Travassos
Production: Lorena Travassos

Technical specifications of the book:
Size: 132x204mm
Number of pages: 112 pages
Circulation: 200 copies.
Portuguese language
RRP: €15 euros

About the author

Greta Edições is the new arm of Greta Livraria Feminista, specializing in books written by women and non-binary people. In this sense, Greta Edições was born with the need to learn more, and in an intersectional way, about feminisms and their publications in Portugal and around the world.

Our mission is to give visibility to feminist movements by producing books that will raise voices that have been marginalized around the world to build a more equal and fair world.

Greta Edições initially intends to publish one to two books per year, as it is a small and independent publisher. We aim to have a variety of genres, such as activist non-fiction, translated literature, hybrid memoirs, children's books, as well as texts that question gender. Other interests: feminist dystopia, environmental justice, and immigration stories. We will not publish poetry, dramatic works, doctoral theses or literary criticism at this time.

To begin our mission, we started the Fresta Collection , a collection of feminisms always seen in an intersectional way. The first book in this collection will be "Where they walk?", which will feature a selection of texts by lesbian people and women with the organization of texts by Alexa Santos, to ensure depth and diversity about the struggle present in the book.

Budget and due dates

The budget for this campaign is dedicated exclusively to the production of the book and will be used to get it into your hands:

VALUES INVOLVED
Design: 14%
Texts: 12%
Printing: 60%
PPL commission (5%+ VAT) and payment methods (2.5% + VAT): 9.2%
Shipping costs: 4.8%
Total: €4,000 euros

SCHEDULE:
STAGE 0
March and April 2024: Text selection and editing.

STEP 1
April 2024: Start of the campaign at PPL for the pre-sale of the book "Por Onde Elas Andam?"

STEP 3
May 2024: End of the book pre-sale campaign.

STEP 4
May 2024: Finalization of the last graphic and pagination details of the book. The book goes to the printer!

LAST STEP
May/June 2024: Book launch, appreciation party and rewards delivery.

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