Books waiting to appear

An announcement in the present tense

IBNA reports that Maryam’s Smile and Boys of Love are moving through the publication process at Afraz. The statement comes from the publisher’s director, Azam Kian-Afraz, who describes the intended Iranian publication of the two novels. It captures a publishing plan at a particular moment in August 2010. Source 1

Kian-Afraz also names the novel Gisu and the story collection From This Place. She describes them as reaching a second printing while passing through their first printing at Afraz. The statement distinguishes the publisher’s proposed first appearance from an earlier printing of the works; it does not supply a completed Afraz colophon, ISBN or confirmed publication date. All four named works belong to the publishing plan reported in August 2010. Source 1

Plans and publication histories

The later histories of the two novels follow different imprints and places of publication. The catalogue presents those supported editions separately. This announcement remains useful evidence of an attempt to publish, without turning the agency’s future tense into a claim that an Afraz edition reached bookshops. Source 1

Sources & credits

1. IBNA · Afraz publication plans

   Unsigned agency report, 21 August 2010. The publisher describes books passing through publication stages, rather than supplying completed edition imprints.