Gazebo Books

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Gazebo Books is an Australia-based independent publisher of literary fiction, non-fiction and poetry.

Background[edit]

Gazebo Books was co-founded by writer Xavier Hennekinne and has been publishing literary works of international and Australian fiction and non-fiction since 2018. Authors published include Catherine Rey,[1] Sanaz Fotouhi,[2] Sreedhevi Iyer,[3] Katia Ariel,[4] artist Patrick Hartigan, Lydie Salvayre, Wanjikũ Wa Ngũgĩ, comic artist Mandy Ord[5] and Nobel Prize winner Elfriede Jelinek.[6]

In 2020, Gazebo Books launched its poetry imprint Life Before Man,[7] edited by artist Phil Day,[8] and releasing collections by S. K. Kelen,[9] Cassandra Atherton,Paul Hetherington, Subhash Jaireth, Anthony Lawrence, Alex Selenitsch, Naveen Kishore, Kimberly Williams and Natalie Cooke, and the international anthology Alcatraz.

Gazebo Books commissions translations into English. Notably, in December 2022, it released Around the world with writers, scientists and philosophers, by French philosopher Michel Serres, translated by Gila Walker, and in August 2023, The Mud of a Century by Yuka Ishii.[10][11]

In March 2024, Katia Ariel's memoir The Swift Dark Tide was longlisted for the Stella Prize.[12]

Gazebo Books publications are distributed by New South Books through Alliance Distribution Services.[13]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ford, Catherine (April 19, 2018). "The Lovers review: Catherine Rey's timely and sophisticated thriller". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  2. ^ "Non-fiction: Love Marriage in Kabul and three other books". 12 February 2021.
  3. ^ Goldsworthy, Kerryn (November 14, 2018). "Jungle Without Water review: Sreedhevi Iyer's stories of cultural cross-currents". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  4. ^ "Stella Prize longlist announcement". www.artshub.com.au. 2024-03-04. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  5. ^ Caleo, Bernard (2023-10-26). "Bernard Caleo reviews 'Bulk Nuts' by Mandy Ord and 'New York City Glow' by Rachel Coad". Australian Book Review. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  6. ^ Austlit. "Gazebo Books | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  7. ^ "Life Before Man – Gazebo Books". Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  8. ^ "About – Life Before Man".
  9. ^ "Poems from the enduring sonnet to the lyrical and the contemporary". 21 January 2021.
  10. ^ Carroll, Cameron Woodhead and Steven (2023-12-15). "Eight books: A winning novella and William McInnes' Australian sayings". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  11. ^ Henry, Rick (2024-01-15). ""The Mud of a Century" by Yūka Ishii". Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  12. ^ "Prose is in, poetry is out: These are the authors up for the $60,000 Stella Prize". ABC News. 2024-03-04. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  13. ^ "About | NewSouth Books". www.newsouthbooks.com.au. Retrieved 2020-12-07.

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