Frank Moorhouse once famously said:

Tasmania is a place where people bake their own curtains and
weave their own bread.

The purpose of this showcase is to show some of the literary talent on this island, and to promote the small presses behind the publications which so often find their way to bookshelves far beyond Tasmania's borders. More writers are alleged to live in Tasmania than anywhere else in Australia, per capita, and many of them choose to make their own books and form their own small presses it would seem, judging by the number of writer-owned presses below.

Some of these writer-publishers are also editors in their own right, and many work closely with The Society of Editors (Tasmania) Inc., the Tasmanian Writers Centre and/or Fellowship of Tasmanian Writers (Tas) Inc. These bodies can also give writers useful advice on their manuscripts prior to approaching a publisher. Tasmania is also said to have more self-publishers than other states. However, the listing below is not of self-publishers (though indeed some of the small presses below have published the work of their proprietors).

Note to prospective authors with manuscripts: Publishing is an expensive activity, and writers should approach publishers with this fact at the forefront of their minds. Not many of the presses or publications below accept unsolicited submissions, and writers would do well to first research the publisher's web site before approaching any of them with a manuscript. While most these presses pursue their publishing activities unaided by public funds, some receive the assistance of grants from the Australia Council and/or Arts Tasmania, and some with their own private funding. Those funding arrangements are not listed below.

Mail: Steve & Marion Isham
PO Box 50
Margate, Tasmania 7054

Phone: +61 3 6267 2530
Fax: +61 3 6267 1223
Email: steve [at] bandicootbooks.com

Mail: Michael Sprod
PO Box 475
Sandy Bay, Tasmania 7006

Phone / Fax: 61 (0) 3 6223 8644
Email: books [at] astrolabebooks.com.au

Ph: (03) 6234 4418

Mail: 6 Salisbury Crescent
Launceston, Tasmania 7250

Phone / Fax: +61 3 6331 9658,
Mobile: 0418 308 446
Email: info [at] cornfordpress.com

http://www.cornfordpress.com
Not currently accepting submissions.

Cornford Press' main emphasis lay in the publishing of poetry by Tasmanians or by writers with a Tasmanian connection.

Cornill,
Pawlena Road, Sorrel
Tasmania

Mail: Esperance Press
P.O Box 52,
Dover, Tasmania 7117

Fax: +61 3 6298 1940
Email: espeers [at] esperancepress.com.au

Mail: Montpelier Press
PO Box 590
Kingston
Tasmania 7051

Phone / Fax: +61 3 6229 5438

http://www.montpelierpress.com
Not currently accepting submissions.

Montpelier Press is a small community press, located in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. The press was initiated by a group of dedicated writers and editors, all of whom are committed to literary excellence and the promotion of regional writing.

Mail: Pardalote Press,
44 Bayside Drive,
Lauderdale, Tasmania 7021

Phone: +61 3 6248 8496
Email: info [at] pardalote.com.au

Poetry, haiku

Pardalote Press is an independent imprint specialising in small print runs of quality writing and design. Pardalote is committed to publishing poetry, especially poetry with a Tasmanian connection, and to making a range of contemporary poetic voices available in print to a national and local marketplace.

Mail: Red Hill Books Pty Ltd
PO Box 375,
Margate, Tasmania 7054

Phone: +61 3 6267 2331
Email: redhillbooks [at] tassie.net.au

Mail: Roaring Forties Press,
6 Rattle St. New Town
Hobart, Tasmania 7008

Phone: (03) 6228 0189
Email: anne.hugo [at] gmail.com

Mail: Ralph Wessman, Editor,
Famous Reporter,
PO Box 368
North Hobart, Tasmania 7002

Email: admin [at] walleahpress.com.au

Mail: Island,
PO Box 210,
Sandy Bay, Tasmania 7006

Phone: (03) 6226 2325
Fax: (03) 6226 2172
Email: island [at] tassie.net.au

Mail: 40° South
PO Box 136
Lindisfarne Tasmania 7015

Phone: +61 3 6243 1003
Fax: +61 3 6243 1005
Email: editor [at] fortysouth.com.au