It is finally here. Our men’s magazine the official 2nd magazine brand to be released by SunBird Journal Publishing. Combining our usual magic of multicultural line up, exciting, unique topics and perspectives we bring to you a new platform, a new men’s movement that celebrates the bohemian guy, the guy next door, the creative guy, the intellectual guy…

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About Open Door
Open Door Magazine is an indie men’s magazine created by SunBird Journal Publishing. It is created for and by men of all ethnicities, races, sexualities and from all walks of life. We are a platform celebrating uplifting, inspiring and creative male perspectives. Whether it is mental health, belonging, sexuality, spirituality, race and most importantly life lessons, we have you covered. This magazine is for the man or the reader who is on a journey to discover himself or seeking to be guided and inspired by other men who live their truth. We are more than a magazine, we are a diary for men. Opening a metaphoric door to a stronger awareness and consciousness.

Yann W. Tanoé
Open Door Head Editor

Evoking Belonging, the long awaited release by our resident Poetress Dianne Regisford is out now on Amazon! Click here to get your copy!

Check out our new call out for our brand new, up and coming publication. Click the link below to submit!

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The 6th of July sees us exhibiting at Africa Writes, at the British Library in London. Africa Writes is a fantastic literary festival created by the Royal African Society! It is a great platform for networking and we are thrilled to be exhibiting.

For this festival we announce 4 books that will make their ‘unofficial debut’.

1. Freedom of the Soul by Natasha Price

2. Evoking Belonging by Dianne Regisford

3. Quand les proverbes parlent by Marc Kouadio

4. Grey Areas Journal paperback!

Come join us as we celebrate our literature and our evergrowing catalogue!

2019 sees us widening our appeal and our capacity, we are opening our publishing service to authors who write in their native language…these can be modern foreign languages or traditional African, Asian, South American, Arboriginal Languages.

Our aim as a publishing house is to promote the concept of language and also join the effort to preserve certain languages at risk of dying out by keeping a written record through publishing a book.

It is also a beautiful initiative to encourage exposure to different voices, narratives, intellectual patterns and thinking systems. If you are an author that writes in your native language/ a language other than English and wish to publish…contact us at: sunbirdjournalpublishing for a chat!

We are proud to announce our first Francophone book “Quand les Proverbes Parlent” (When the proverbs speak). A linguistic beauty that explores the linguistic wealth of the Baoulé people of Ivory Coast, West Africa. Our author Marc Kouadio N’Guessan leads us into the magnificence of this philosophic language through proverbs that inspire themselves from nature, the past and the surrounding world.

The speciality of this book lies in the featuring of both written French and the Baoulé language, a West African language that is still quite unknown to the world. This beautiful book is a linguistic contribution to keeping indigenous languages alive! We are very excited! It may just have inspired a linguistic project. Stay tuned!

Handover Festival – Panelist for events Where do you stand and writing for social change

Head of Sunbird Journal Publishing Yann W. Tanoé took part in the EU sponsored event ‘The Handover Festival’ that took place on the 11th of May 2019. This was an event in which topics surrounding social activism were deeply explored from different perspectives. This event that was hosted by the National Centre for Writing was a platform in which Yann W. Tanoé shared a stage with Holly Bourne (author of best-selling novel “Am I Normal Yet?” and Mariam Khan author of the book “It’s Not about the Burqa: Muslim Women on Faith, Feminism, Sexuality and Race” in which they discussed issues to do with “social-political climate and the power words have to instigate real change”.

In this event, Yann’s intervention was summarised in a chart (created by artist Rebecca Osborne) about activism where different connections to activism were formed such as, politics, terrorism, intellectual property and more.

Continue reading “Handover Festival Writing for social change.”

Click here to buy your copy:FREEDOM OF THE SOUL

Natasha Price’s new release Freedom of the Soul is finally available on Amazon! A practical guide to energy management, it will add clarity, guidance and inspiration to those who are searching for balance and healing in their lives.

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“The potential for Energy Management to affect our health and well-being on a physical, emotional, mental and spiritual level is enormous Energy Management is an essential life process that can bring great healing and profound shifts in our lives. This proactive workbook helps you to start this process in a relaxed easy way and to experiment with useful exercises and ideas, while journalling your progress week by week. Aimed at the complete novice, as well as those wanting to establish a structured foundation to their day to day energy management, it is a great way to experience how simple changes can make huge differences in how we feel and what we start to attract in our lives…”

Truly an insightful book that will definitely add value to your journey!

This article of reflections features Author and Activist Yann W. Tanoé’s research on the corrolation between mental health and social entrepreneurship based on his 2018 ‘Proactive Management’ serie of projects and workshops held in Ivory Coast, West Africa. Click on the link below to download.

Social Entrepreneurship and Mental Health