In a period marked by commemorations of the sixty years of Algerian independence and in a hampered society, independent publishers, on both shores of the Mediterranean, have gone their own way, bringing out ground-breaking books and journals. With a resolutely modern take on the world, a younger generation is dusting off the archives, working more collaboratively and asserting its political views. “If I’d managed to join some cultural association I’d never have gone into publishing”, Maya (.)