SELLING LIPSERVICE IN SOUTH AFRICA

Selling Lipservice Since coming of haemorrh-age, Frith must wear a LipService patch to write or speak. The words the patch produces are not her own. Scripted by copywriters, they promote one sponsoring brand or another. With them, 'You' -- a voice in her head that is the patch's brand persona and her conformist alter ego -- appears. Through the noise of You talking a variety of different LipService brands, Frith struggles to find her way back to speaking for herself. She believes her tastures -- her ability to taste things she touches -- are the key. But other elements of this consumerist society are equally interested in tastures for commercial gain. About the author Tammy Baikie is a translator who is qualified with French and German as source languages and dabbles in Russian. After four years living and working in Germany, she returned home to South Africa where her translation career has continued with advertising and communications as her field of specialisation. Tammy attended the SUISS summer writing programme in Edinburgh and completed an MA in Creative Writing at Wits. She was longlisted in the 2010/2011 Fish International Short Story Contest. Author Tammy Baikie ISBN 9781431424795 Format Paperback Pages 175p.