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25 May 2004

New books and website for Politecon Publications

English language publisher of books on the ethnic Macedonians of Aegean Macedonia (northern Greece), Pollitecon Publications, has announced the launch of three new books and a new url and web site at http://www.pollitecon.com.

Pollitecon has launched three new books on the new site, two of which – Life in Aegean Macedonia and Macedonian Communities Around the World, are free.

Life in Aegean Macedonia is about the people, politics, culture, history, and Diaspora of Aegean Macedonia, with the focus on quality work that illustrates the life of the region’s native Macedonian population. The book currently has two articles with more to come.

Macedonian Communities is the first comprehensive listing of virtually all of the more than 1,000 Macedonian settlements around the world including the Balkans, Europe, North America, Australia, South America and Africa.

“I am particularly proud of this first ever listing of Macedonian communities, the length of which alone will surprise many people,” said Victor Bivell, publisher with Pollitecon Publications. “Pollitecon looks forward to developing the list and adding further content over time,” he said.

Macedonian Communities and Life in Aegean Macedonia are both free, online, ongoing books that will grow over time, and unsolicited submissions of previously unpublished work are welcome.

Pollitecon Publications has also announced the upcoming launch of its seventh book in the traditional paper format. The Big Water is the first English language translation of the Macedonian novel, Golemata Voda by Zhivko Chingo. The translator, Elizabeth Kolupacev Stewart, previously translated the novel Black Seed (Crno Seme) by Tashko Georgievski, which was published by Pollitecon in 1996. The Big Water is expected to be available in July this year.

Mr Bivell said the new web site is significantly better than Pollitiecon’s previous site and has been designed by Toronto based Macedonian web consultant, Lubi Uzunovski.

“Mr Uzunovski has designed some of the best Macedonian sites on the web including MAKNEWS http://www.maknews.com, Rainbow Party/Vinozhito http://www.florina.org and the Macedonian Canadian Historical Society http://www.macedonianhistory.ca. Pollitecon is pleasing to now be among a growing group of leading edge Macedonian web sites,” he said.

Further information http://www.pollitecon.com or e-mail to: vbivell@pollitecon.com.

Source: Australian Macedonian Weekly, 24 May 2004, p. 22.

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