Jacana returns to its independent roots

Veteran publishers Bridget Impey and Maggie Davey announced the acquisition of an 82% stake in Jacana Media through a consortium they formed. Their aim is to make Jacana “the only truly independent owner-run major publisher in South Africa”. Imprints MFBooks and BlackBird Books will remain in the fold.

Bridget grew up in a bookselling family, as daughter of the founders of Fogarty’s in Port Elizabeth. She worked at David Philip Publishers for nearly 20 years, before establishing a General Trade Division at Juta called Double Storey. Bridget has been at Jacana as both Publishing Director and Managing Director for more than 12 years.

Maggie was a publisher at David Philip and at the Mail & Guardian, and also taught publishing at Wits before founding Jacana Media in 2002.