Welcome to Zera Press

Zera Press is an independent publishing company based in Seattle, Washington. It is owned and operated by Laura Enridge Zera.

Our mission is clear: to feature travel and human-interest stories on topics that aren't often available, in the hopes of breaking down the invisible barriers that keep people distant.

Our world has evolved to become an intimate global village, yet it is filled with conflicts of epic proportions. Zera Press believes that the more we know about each other, the more we will do to ensure each other's long-term peace, health and prosperity, whether it be for your neighbor next door, or someone thousands of miles away that you've never even met.

Back from Africa (Again!)

At the end of 2007, Laura returned from a six-month stint in Cameroon, where she worked for the Grameen Foundation and experienced some wonderful new adventures.

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Travel Literature

All the Adventure, Minus the Pain!

The book Tro-tros and Potholes, West Africa: Solo is the fun and insightful real-life journey of one woman as she travels through lands rich with colour, music, scenery, and most of all, people. Written by Laura Enridge, this collection of stories will make the reader feel like they've just been on a round-the-world journey without ever having left an armchair. Spanning Ghana, the Ivory Coast, Mali, Burkina Faso and Togo, it's an adventure like no other.

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"Her words capture the personal insight into the soul of a culture that comes only through being there. Her travel messages are imagination candy."
-Bill Clendenning, International Tour Guide

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