My publisher and friend, Consuelo Rivera-Fuentes, who has died aged 72, was a poet, singer, feminist, academic, animal lover and political activist, who had a fierce passion for life and a strong sense of justice.
In 2016, at the age of 65, Consuelo retired from the Open University, where she had lectured in social sciences and Spanish since 1994, to delve into the world of publishing. She went back to university to study for a fourth degree – having already completed a PGCE – in English – at Concepción University, Chile, a master’s in sociology and women’s studies at Lancaster University in the UK and a PhD in women’s studies, also at Lancaster, she finally took a master’s in publishing at the University of Derby.
