Books AND rice!

According to the World Bank in 2009, the GDP (PPP), or  gross domestic product at purchasing power parity per capita, of Timor-Leste stood at 805, compared to Australia at 39,231. Although statistics over the past decade have improved a great deal, Timor-Leste is one of the poorest countries in Asia. Although education was, for the vast majority, voted a national priority, the fact stands that for the average Timorese family, buying rice comes far ahead of buying books.

I want my books to be freely available to the people I write them for, but this is only possible through the generosity of those who can afford to help. I plan to print 5000 copies of Miguel Nia Jardin, ship 4000 copies to Timor and sell 1000 copies in Australia (and overseas). I plan to sell the books here at $10 each (includes postage for orders within Australia) - all the proceeds will go directly to printing and shipping costs and the distribution costs within Timor.

If you are interested in purchasing a copy, or feel you may be able to sell multiple copies for us, please email us at grasa DOT mesak AT gmail DOT com (replacing 'AT' with '@' and 'DOT' with '.').