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The Giramondo Publishing Company is an independent, Australian, university-based literary publisher of award-winning poetry, fiction and non-fiction, renowned for the quality of its writing, editing and book design.

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Napoleon’s Beekeeper
José Luis de Juan Fiction Published : February 2020
Towards the End
Ali Alizadeh Poetry Published : February 2020
Womerah Lane: Lives and Landscapes
Tom Carment Essays, Illustrated, Memoir, Non-Fiction Published : November 2019
Heide
π.O. Poetry Published : October 2019
The House of Youssef
Yumna Kassab Fiction Published : September 2019
On Drugs
Chris Fleming Memoir, Non-Fiction Published : August 2019
Dry Milk
Huo Yan Fiction Published : July 2019
Empirical
Lisa Gorton Poetry Published : July 2019
Intimate Antipathies
Luke Carman Essays Published : June 2019
A Novel Idea
Fiona McGregor Biography, Essays, Illustrated, Non-Fiction Published : June 2019
Sergius Seeks Bacchus
Norman Erikson Pasaribu Poetry, Southern Latitudes Published : May 2019
apparently
Joanne Burns Poetry Published : April 2019
Imminence
Mariana Dimópulos Fiction, Southern Latitudes Published : April 2019
Crow College: New and Selected Poems
Emma Lew Poetry Published : March 2019
Green Shadows and Other Poems
Gerald Murnane Poetry Published : February 2019
Indigenous Transnationalism: Alexis Wright’s Carpentaria
Lynda Ng Essays, Non-Fiction Published : October 2018
The World Was Whole
Fiona Wright Essays, Non-Fiction Published : October 2018
Aqua Spinach
Luke Beesley Poetry Published : September 2018
Melodrome
Marcelo Cohen Fiction, Southern Latitudes Published : September 2018
Coach Fitz
Tom Lee Fiction Published : August 2018
Newcastle Sonnets
Keri Glastonbury Poetry Published : July 2018
Sun Music: New and Selected Poems
Judith Beveridge Poetry Published : June 2018
The Hijab Files
Maryam Azam Poetry Published : May 2018
Flood Damages
Eunice Andrada Poetry Published : May 2018
Collected Short Fiction
Gerald Murnane Fiction Published : April 2018
Saudade
Suneeta Peres da Costa Fiction, Shorts Published : March 2018
João
John Mateer Poetry, Shorts Published : March 2018
The Alarming Conservatory
Corey Wakeling Poetry Published : February 2018
Tracker
Alexis Wright Non-Fiction Published : November 2017
Border Districts
Gerald Murnane Fiction Published : November 2017
The Australian Face: Essays from the Sydney Review of Books
Catriona Menzies-Pike and James Ley Essays, Non-Fiction Published : December 2017
Domestic Interior
Fiona Wright Poetry Published : November 2017
I Love Poetry
Michael Farrell Poetry Published : November 2017
Chatelaine
Bonny Cassidy Poetry Published : October 2017
Mirror Sydney
Vanessa Berry Essays, Non-Fiction Published : October 2017
Can You Tolerate This?
Ashleigh Young Essays, Memoir, Non-Fiction, Southern Latitudes Published : September 2017
The Last Days of Jeanne d’Arc
Ali Alizadeh Fiction Published : September 2017
Passage
Kate Middleton Poetry Published : September 2017
All My Goodbyes
Mariana Dimópulos Fiction, Southern Latitudes Published : August 2017
Lunar Inheritance
Lachlan Brown Poetry Published : July 2017
The Honeymoon Stage
Oscar Schwartz Poetry Published : July 2017
These Things Are Real
Alan Wearne Poetry Published : July 2017
No More Boats
Felicity Castagna Fiction Published : June 2017
This Water: Five Tales
Beverley Farmer Fiction Published : June 2017
Homing
Shevaun Cooley Poetry Published : May 2017
Blindness and Rage: A Phantasmagoria
Brian Castro Fiction Published : April 2017
The Metronome
Jennifer Maiden Poetry Published : March 2017
ACO 40: The Fortieth Year
Margaret Throsby & Anthony Browell Non-Fiction Published : December 2016
Collected Poems
Arvind Krishna Mehrotra Poetry Published : October 2016
Fragments
Antigone Kefala Poetry Published : September 2016
Letter to Pessoa
Michelle Cahill Fiction Published : September 2016
Landscape With Landscape
Gerald Murnane Fiction Published : July 2016
Wood Green
Sean Rabin Fiction Published : June 2016
Educated Youth
Ye Xin Fiction Published : June 2016
False Nostalgia
Aden Rolfe Poetry Published : May 2016
Word Migrants
Hazel Smith Poetry Published : March 2016
See You at Breakfast?
Guillermo Fadanelli Fiction, Shorts Published : March 2016
The Fox Petition
Jennifer Maiden Poetry Published : November 2015
Journey to Horseshoe Bend
T.G.H Strehlow Biography, Non-Fiction Published : October 2015
The Burning Elephant
Christopher Raja Fiction Published : September 2015
Small Acts of Disappearance
Fiona Wright Essays, Non-Fiction Published : September 2015
Inside My Mother
Ali Cobby Eckermann Poetry Published : July 2015
Unclaimed Terrain
Ajay Navaria Fiction, Shorts Published : July 2015
Jam Sticky Vision
Luke Beesley Poetry Published : June 2015
Almost Sincerely
Zoë Norton Lodge Fiction Published : June 2015
The Life of Houses
Lisa Gorton Fiction Published : April 2015
The Guardians
Lucy Dougan Poetry Published : March 2015
Cocky’s Joy
Michael Farrell Poetry Published : March 2015
Drones and Phantoms
Jennifer Maiden Poetry Published : October 2014
brush
Joanne Burns Poetry Published : October 2014
Battarbee and Namatjira
Martin Edmond Biography, Non-Fiction Published : October 2014
Death Fugue
Sheng Keyi Fiction Published : September 2014
Bapo
Nicholas Jose Fiction Published : September 2014
Final Theory
Bonny Cassidy Poetry Published : July 2014
A Million Windows
Gerald Murnane Fiction Published : June 2014
The Tribe
Michael Mohammed Ahmad Fiction, Shorts Published : May 2014
Devadatta’s Poems
Judith Beveridge Poetry Published : April 2014
The End of the World
Maria Takolander Poetry Published : April 2014
An Elegant Young Man
Luke Carman Fiction, Shorts Published : November 2013
Unbelievers, or ‘The Moor’
John Mateer Poetry Published : November 2013
Ephemeral Waters
Kate Middleton Poetry Published : September 2013
The Incredible Here and Now
Felicity Castagna Fiction Published : September 2013
Ninety9
Vanessa Berry Memoir, Non-Fiction, Shorts Published : August 2013
New Works on Paper
Luke Beesley Poetry Published : August 2013
The Swan Book
Alexis Wright Fiction Published : August 2013
Inland
Gerald Murnane Fiction Published : May 2013
Goad Omen
Corey Wakeling Poetry Published : March 2013
Liquid Nitrogen
Jennifer Maiden Poetry Published : November 2012
Prepare the Cabin for Landing
Alan Wearne Poetry Published : October 2012
Limited Cities
Lachlan Brown Poetry Published : October 2012
Street to Street
Brian Castro Fiction, Shorts Published : October 2012
Autoethnographic
Michael Brennan Poetry Published : September 2012
The Memory of Salt
Alice Melike Ülgezer Fiction Published : August 2012
Open Sesame
Michael Farrell Poetry Published : July 2012
Varamo
César Aira Fiction, Shorts Published : May 2012
The Recluse
Evelyn Juers Non-Fiction, Shorts Published : May 2012
Wildlife
Eliot Weinberger Essays, Non-Fiction, Shorts Published : April 2012
Anguli Ma: A Gothic Tale
Chi Vu Fiction, Shorts Published : April 2012
Hotel Hyperion
Lisa Gorton Poetry Published : March 2012
A History of Books
Gerald Murnane Fiction Published : May 2012
Blue
Pat Grant Fiction, Graphic Novel Published : March 2012
First Light
Kate Fagan Poetry Published : March 2012
Here, There and Elsewhere
Vivian Smith Poetry Published : March 2012
New and Selected Poems
Gig Ryan Poetry Published : August 2011
The Dark Wet
Jess Huon Fiction Published : May 2011
Wild and Woolley: A Publishing Memoir
Michael Wilding Memoir, Non-Fiction, Shorts Published : August 2011
Southern Barbarians
John Mateer Poetry Published : June 2011
Amphora
Joanne Burns Poetry Published : May 2011
Not Dark Yet
David Walker Biography, Non-Fiction Published : March 2011
Knuckled
Fiona Wright Poetry Published : August 2011
Pirate Rain
Jennifer Maiden Poetry Published : March 2010
Storm and Honey
Judith Beveridge Poetry Published : October 2009
Between Stations
Kim Cheng Boey Essays, Non-Fiction Published : September 2009
Look Who’s Morphing
Tom Cho Fiction Published : May 2009
The Bath Fugues
Brian Castro Fiction Published : May 2009
Eighth Habitation
Adam Aitken Poetry Published : April 2009
Barley Patch
Gerald Murnane Fiction Published : October 2009
Fire Season
Kate Middleton Poetry Published : April 2009
Young Rain
Kevin Hart Poetry Published : November 2008
The Other Way Out
Bronwyn Lea Poetry Published : November 2008
White Clay
Lucy Dougan Poetry Published : October 2008
Stepping Out
Catherine Rey Fiction Published : October 2008
House of Exile: The Life and Times of Heinrich Mann & Nelly Kroeger-Mann
Evelyn Juers Biography, Non-Fiction Published : October 2008
The Land I Came Through Last
Robert Gray Biography, Non-Fiction Published : September 2008
Mother Land
Dmetri Kakmi Memoir, Non-Fiction Published : July 2008
Sydney Journals
Antigone Kefala Memoir, Non-Fiction Published : May 2008
The Australian Popular Songbook
Alan Wearne Poetry Published : April 2008
A Raiders Guide
Michael Farrell Poetry Published : April 2008
Tamarisk Row
Gerald Murnane Fiction Published : March 2008
Press Release
Lisa Gorton Poetry Published : November 2007
The Orphan Gunner
Sara Knox Fiction Published : October 2007
An illustrated history of dairies
Joanne Burns Poetry Published : October 2007
Burning In
Mireille Juchau Fiction Published : September 2007
Ardent
Jane Gibian Poetry Published : August 2007
Someone Else
John Hughes Essays, Non-Fiction Published : July 2007
Not Finding Wittgenstein
J.S. Harry Poetry Published : June 2007
Napoleon’s Double
Antoni Jach Fiction Published : May 2007
Original Face
Nicholas Jose Fiction Published : September 2006
Carpentaria
Alexis Wright Fiction Published : August 2006
Picnic
Fay Zwicky Poetry Published : March 2006
The Bone House
Beverley Farmer Essays, Non-Fiction Published : October 2005
Chihuahuas, Women and Me
Louis Nowra Essays, Non-Fiction Published : October 2005
Friendly Fire
Jennifer Maiden Poetry Published : September 2005
The Garden Book
Brian Castro Fiction Published : August 2005
Invisible Yet Enduring Lilacs
Gerald Murnane Essays, Non-Fiction Published : August 2005
The Spruiker’s Tale
Catherine Rey Fiction Published : April 2005
The Idea of Home
John Hughes Essays, Non-Fiction Published : November 2004
Mouth to Mouth
Thomas Wohlfarht and Tobias Lehmkubl Poetry Published : June 2004
The Sleep of a Learning Man
Anthony Lawrence Poetry Published : December 2003
Wolf Notes
Judith Beveridge Poetry Published : December 2003
Shanghai Dancing
Brian Castro Fiction Published : June 2003
Summer Visit
Antigone Kefala Fiction Published : March 2003
Anything the Landlord Touches
Emma Lew Poetry Published : October 2002

Yumna Kassab longlisted for the 2020 Stella Prize

Yumna Kassab shortlisted for the 2020 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Fiction

Judith Beveridge wins 2019 Prime Minister’s Literary Award

Judith Beveridge, Keri Glastonbury and Suneeta Peres da Costa have been shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards

Six authors to feature at the Melbourne Writers Festival

Judith Beveridge has been shortlisted for the 2019 Colin Roderick Award

Norman Erikson Pasaribu on tour in Australia

Flood Damages and The Hijab Files are shortlisted for the 2019 Mary Gilmore Award

Tom Lee named a 2019 SMH Best Young Australian Novelist

Gerald Murnane, Alexis Wright and Michael Farrell are shortlisted for the 2019 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards

Gerald Murnane and Brian Castro win 2018 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards

Gerald Murnane, Brian Castro, Fiona Wright and Bonny Cassidy are shortlisted for the 2018 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards

Alexis Wright and Michael Farrell have won 2018 Queensland Literary Awards

Giramondo to publish A Novel Idea by Fiona McGregor

Mariana Dimópulos, author of All My Goodbyes, on tour in Australia

Four Giramondo authors to feature at this year’s Melbourne Writers’ Festival

Alexis Wright wins the 2018 Magarey Medal

Border Districts and No More Boats shortlisted for the 2018 Miles Franklin

Michelle Cahill launches Flood Damages

In Memoriam Beverley Farmer

Alexis Wright wins the 2018 Stella Prize for Tracker

Felicity Castagna’s No More Boats Shortlisted for the 2018 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards

Gerald Murnane and Ali Alizadeh on the 2018 ALS Gold Medal Longlist

Vanessa Berry and Brian Castro win at the 2018 Mascara Avant-garde Awards

Nine Giramondo authors to feature at this year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival

Alexis Wright and Beverley Farmer have been longlisted for the 2018 Stella Prize

Ashleigh Young and Felicity Castagna to Appear at the Adelaide Writers’ Week

Corey Wakeling and Shevaun Cooley to appear at the 2018 Perth Writers Week

Alexis Wright and Jennifer Maiden have been shortlisted for the 2018 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards

Antigone Kefala has been shortlisted for the 2017 Prime Minister’s Awards

Antigone Kefala wins the 2017 Queensland Literary Award for Poetry

Giramondo publishes the first title in its new Southern Latitudes series, devoted to writers from the southern hemisphere

Brian Castro to appear at the 2017 International Literature Festival in Berlin

Aden Rolfe wins the 2017 Mary Gilmore Award

A note from Alan Wearne on These Things Are Real

Michelle Cahill has won the 2017 NSW Premier’s Literary Award for New Writing

Antigone Kefala and Michelle Cahill have been shortlisted for the 2017 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards

Ali Cobby Eckermann awarded 2017 Windham-Campbell prize

Sean Rabin’s Wood Green shortlisted for the 2017 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award

Lisa Gorton wins and Michael Farrell shortlisted for the 2016 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards

Fiona Wright wins 2016 Queensland Literary Non-fiction Award

Lucy Dougan wins the 2016 WA Premier’s Poetry Award

Alexis Wright wins the 2016 Kate Challis Award for The Swan Book

Ali Cobby Eckermann shortlisted for the 2016 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Indigenous Writing

Sean Rabin’s Wood Green has been shortlisted for The Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction

Lucy Dougan and Jennifer Maiden shortlisted for 2016 WA Premier’s Poetry Award

Fiona Wright winner of $30 000 Kibble Literary Award

Martin Edmond’s Battarbee and Namatjira Shortlisted for National Biography Award

Fiona Wright Shortlisted for the Kibble Award

Joanne Burns and Lisa Gorton Winners of NSW Premier’s Literary Awards

Giramondo Authors Shortlisted for NSW Premier’s Literary Awards

Fiona Wright Shortlisted for the Stella Prize

Judith Beveridge shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2015

Queensland Literary Awards Shortlistings

Felicity Castagna chosen for IBBY Australia Honour List

Alexis Wright Awarded a Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship

Jennifer Maiden awarded ALS Gold Medal

Judith Beveridge Awarded Peter Porter Poetry Prize

Luke Carman wins NSW Premier’s New Writing Award 2015

Michael Mohammed Ahmad, SMH Best Young Novelist 2015, Voss Prize Shortlisting

Alan Wearne Honoured with Christopher Brennan Award

Giramondo Titles Shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Literary Award 2015

Felicity Castagna wins the Prime Minister’s Literary Award

Brian Castro Wins Patrick White Award

Felicity Castagna shortlisted for Prime Minister’s Award

Michael Mohammed Ahmad and Luke Carman Shortlisted for Readings New Writing Award

Lisa Gorton Awarded Philip Hodgins Medal

Alexis Wright wins the ALS Gold Medal

The Recluse Shortlisted for the Magarey Medal

Luke Carman – 2014 Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist

Congratulations Alexis Wright – The Swan Book shortlisted for the Miles Franklin

Judith Beveridge Honoured with the Christopher Brennan Award

NSW Premier’s Shortlist 2014 – Castagna, Middleton and Wright

CBCA Shortlist – The Incredible Here and Now

The Swan Book – Longlisted for the Miles Franklin, Shortlisted for the Stella

Alexis Wright and Luke Carman shortlisted for the ALS Gold Medal

Liquid Nitrogen Wins Victorian Prize for Literature