Our new publishing
division

Upcoming titles for 2009
Where to Stay in Kenya - the ultimate safari planner for visitors, families and travel agents > > > download details
Where to Stay in Tanzania - ditto! > > > download details
How to Run your Own Business in Tanzania
'How to' series - reduce your energy costs, run your own business . . . and many more.

TACKAfricaBooks is also able to take on outsourced and contract publishing assignments and Steve Shelley is available for freelance writing assignments. Steve is resident in East Africa and travels extensively throughout the region. His personal publishing history includes magazine and newspaper articles, full length non-fiction books, TV and radio appearances and conference speaking engagements. He writes with a distinctive voice and is equally at home addressing a specialist or mass readership. Research is a speciality, and photographic support is available for all commissioned articles.

Subject areas
- travel and tourism
- business and investment, especially in Africa
- wildlife conservation and natural resources
- climate change
- history, especially African exploration, Swahili coast and the Indian Ocean region
- religion, philosophy and social issues
- science and technology human interest (development, personal achievement, lifestyle, celebrities)
- current affairs from an international perspective.

Publishing record
Doing Business in Africa (Struik, Cape Town, 2004, 300pp)
A Safari Guide to the Mammals of East Africa (Macmillan, London, 1989, 200pp)
Published (amongst many others) in The Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, The Economist, Good Housekeeping, and various travel, lifestyle and special interest magazines
Editorial contributor to Travel News (Kenya)
Radio and TV appearances in the UK, South Africa and Kenya.

Steve also claims distinction as the creator of the 'Bottle Bank' glass recycling scheme, which has become a household word in the UK, and as the founder of the Ecotourism Society of Kenya.