To
mark ten years of publishing the Lawrence & Gibson publishing collective
have cobbled together a different kind of anthology. Instead of only taking
selections from their novels, they have also included other material such as
early correspondence between authors and the publisher, and snippets of
interviews between the collective’s authors.
According
to an introductory by editor of Lawrence and Gibson, Murdoch Stephens, the idea
for such an anthology comes from a desire to show behind the scenes of
publishing that the public generally don’t see.
“We’ve
included discussion of books considered but unpublished, a close call between a
guillotine and a friend’s fingers as well as a selection of pictures of the
binding process itself”, said Stephens.
The
collection documents ten years of publishing from eight authors writing twenty
titles. The books are a mix of European influenced novels through to the
socio-cultural satire of Richard Meros, a founding member of the collective.
“The
anthology is called Still got all our fingers and toes which refers to
the sometimes dangerous process of binding books that we employ. Unlike most
publishers we have a hand in the entire binding process, from selecting the
paper stock through to binding the books ourselves,” said Stephens.
The
anthology will be available at two Wellington institutions in the first
fortnight of February.
Unity
Books on Willis St will feature all of the publisher’s available books for the
first week of February. Any purchase of a book will receive a free copy of the
anthology.
Then,
on Saturday February 13th, theatre-goers at the Arthur Meek and
Geoff Pinfield adaption of a Richard Meros book - Hillary Clinton/Young
Lover – will get a copy of the book either with purchase of any Meros text
or for a gold coin donation.
At
Circa, Stephens will also give a brief talk about the collective and how the
original publication On the conditions and possibilities of Helen Clark
taking me as her Young Lover became the play and forthcoming film Hillary
Clinton/ Young Lover.
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