What’s on for 2021

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Tale Publishing was founded with the goal of publishing two or three books a year. Over the last five years Tale Publishing has been running, we have published twenty-five books, far exceeding our aim. We are very proud of this and of the fourteen authors whose works these represent. Additionally, we have published many authors in anthologies for the Monash Writers Group, about half of whom this represented their first published story.

In 2021, we have several new releases. In the first quarter we have:

Amber Khan’s When the World Came Together.

When people stop visiting, three little ducks set out to find why. Across the world, they encounter wonderous people in everyday places who share their stories. Inspired by true events from the human response to the pandemic including the Great Teddy Bear Hunt, this beautifully illustrated book defines our time.

Monash Writers Group Unprecedented Times (Anthology)

The theme of this anthology is Unprecedented Times. Not all the stories relate to the events of 2020, some are historical and others futuristic. The contributors write in a variety of genres, so there is sure to be something in this collection for every reader.

Gordon JR Smith Come on Board

This memoir is a tale of two boat cruises in the 1950’s. Told in Gordon’s unique style, it recounts how one voyage was fabulous and the other was troubling.

In the later part of the year we have one or two books planned for release, which are by existing Tale Publishing authors. More details on those as they become available.

After these publications, Tale Publishing will be aiming to adhere to its original two books a year plan as our publisher has recently started a PhD.

 

Rapture Optioned for TV!

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Tale Publishing are delighted to announce that one of our books, Rapture by Jeremy Stanford, has been optioned for a TV series by a major Australian production house. The novel tells the story of an atheist couple who have a child born with a halo. Many groups compete to control the child and his influence for themselves, leading to a dramatic, world-altering conclusion.

Intelligent Consent

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Tale Publishing are very excited to announce the release of our latest book, Intelligent Consent by R. Andrew Russell.

Over the majority of his working life Andy Russell was involved with research into intelligent robotics and he was an Associate Professor at Monash University. Some of his robots communicated using puffs of air, licked the floor to follow chemical trails or burrowed through the ground searching for chemical leaks. It was not uncommon for reviewers of his research to complain it was too speculative, perhaps too much like science fiction? Now, in retirement, he has the freedom to explore robotics and science fiction more broadly without any requirement to demonstrate practical implementations, which has led to this debut novel.
About the book:

“What terrible disaster had occurred? Perhaps there’d been an accident while he was in the experimental brain scanner. Perhaps he’d suffered catastrophic nerve damage and that was why his muscles were failing to respond.”

Regaining consciousness after an accident, Robert Harper is devastated to find his mind has been copied into a robot named Rob.

As an intelligent machine, Rob feels that nobody believes he has the right to determine his own future. Worse, an arms manufacturer wants his technology for use in their weapons systems. Through many twists and turns he struggles to avoid capture, make sense of his very existence and overcome his own prejudices.

The paperback will be officially on sale in January, launched in February, and can be ordered now. Just ask at your bookshop for ISBN: 978-0-6486816-0-1

Pre-order at Dymocks, QBD, Booktopia.

The e-book is available (now) from Amazon US, UK, Australia or your country’s Amazon store.

Cloud 9

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Ingrid Fry signing with Tale Publishing Publisher, Robert New

Tale Publishing is delighted to announce we’ve signed our ninth author. We welcome Ingrid Fry to our list for a four-book deal. Ingrid has written an urban fantasy series, Crystal Sphere. It’s our most ambitious signing to date, in that we’re going to launch all four books of the series at the same time!
Book 1: Descent into Darkness,
Book 2: Journey to Hell,
Book 3: Quest for Light,
Book 4: Search for Truth,

Ingrid has spent years writing the novels and we’re thrilled she submitted to us. It was an easy decision because we loved the quality of the writing, over-arching story, mystical elements, love-triangle, and humour throughout the books. We can’t wait to launch them in March next year.

The First Line Launch

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Last week it was Tale Publishing’s privilege to launch the Monash Writers Group Anthology, The First line. This was their second anthology after last year’s View from the Hill. This time, fifteen authors contributed to the anthology and, for about a third of them, it was their first time having something published. Giving new authors the chance to be heard is something we love doing, and the enthusiasm for the publication was infectious on the night.

Helping launch the event was Monash Councillor Lynnette Saloumi. Pictured here with the Chair of the Monash Writers Group, Robert New and again with the contributors to the anthology.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This anthology involved each writer taking the first line of a story they like and using it as the starting point for a new tale. Some lines are famous, others obscure, but the works they have inspired are original and entertaining. From historical fiction, drama, science fiction, mystery, adventure and literary there is a story in this collection for every reader.

Copies can be purchased from https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/0648327337/
https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-first-line-monash-writers-group/prod9780648327332.html

For stockist inquiries please contact Tale Publishing’s distributor, Woodslane, on +61 2 8445 2300 or email info@woodslane.com.au.

Launch for The First Line

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On the 20th Feb, we have our publication, The First Line, being launched by the Mayor of Monash. This anthology was written by members of the Monash Writers Group and has contributions from fifteen authors. Some lucky people have been able to get their hands on a copy already, but by far our favourite has been Maggie, the pet of one of the contributors. As you can see she’s delighted by the book. We’re sure you will be too. You can order a copy at https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/0648327337

New Author

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We are delighted to announce that Peter Lingard has joined Tale Publishing.

Peter is the author of over a 150 published short stories, the novel Boswell’s Fairies and a placegetter in a dozen writing competitions. His debut with Tale Publishing has the working title The Book of Dave. The novel is a series of reminiscences of a bartender named Dave. Each chapter/story is triggered by scraps of paper and business cards as Dave transfers information from one diary to another. It’s an entertaining book and the novel is written with humour and an understanding of the spectrum of social interaction.

We look forward to bringing it to you mid 2019.

something new… (?)

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Recently Tale Publishing was invited to meet with a local community writing group about a potential partnership. They’d heard about our work with the Monash Writers Group* (who have a new anthology being launched in February) and wondered if we could work together on a new project. The project is subject to a grant application so while we’d all like it to come to fruition, it’s not a certainty.

Similarly, at the book launch for Colours of Hope and Despair by Bala Mudaly, we were approached by an author who’d written over three hundred short stories and a novel. He had a new manuscript he thought we might be interested in. We exchanged details and have since received a manuscript which does indeed interest us. Again, it’s not locked in yet but we’re hopeful.

So why are we writing about uncertainties? To answer that we need to go back to Tale Publishing’s beginning.

Recently we had our third anniversary as a Small Press. When we started we set four simple goals:

  1. Publish 2 or 3 books per year.
  2. Publish stories that have something interesting about them regardless of genre or author experience.
  3. Form partnerships that enable our publications to reach the widest possible audience.
  4. Be a publisher of choice for authors, retailers and readers.

These anecdotes illustrate how we are meeting the latter two goals which is why we’re mentioning them. We’ve also formed the basic necessity partnerships too: Woodslane (Australia) & Gazelle (Europe and Asia) for distribution, the Small Press Network and Australian Publishers Association as industry groups and Ingram Spark for printing. Additionally, we’ve previously worked with the Krishnamurti Foundation to publish a translation of Beyond Violence, but things like potential community partnerships signify a degree of growth and recognition which is encouraging. As for the former two goals, they’re being met too. We’ve published four books a year, from a mix of previously published authors and first timers, who’ve written in genres including memoir, urban fantasy, satire, speculative fiction, literary and non-fiction.

We’re still young and still finding our place in the publishing world, but it’s nice to think we’re building some momentum and meeting the targets we set ourselves when we were founded. Here’s to the next three years!

* Tale Publishing was founded by members of this group and also published their previous anthology, The View from the Hill.

Our Best Ever Launch

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Tale Publishing was thrilled to launch Bala Mudaly’s new book, Colours of Hope and Despair last month. By a narrow margin, the launch was the most successful we’ve had in terms of sales in our short history. Part of the proceeds from the sales of the book went to Amnesty International, a cause close to the author’s heart.

The launch coincided with Bala’s 80th birthday so there was cake! And what a cake it was – made in the design of his book.

To publish a book is an achievement for anyone, but to publish your first at the age of eighty shows the only limits are those we place on ourselves. Congratulations Bala. We look forward to working with you on book number two.

Busy Times

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Busy Times

When we started a couple of years ago we set a target of publishing two to three books a year. This has proven to be both easier and harder to achieve than we thought. Easier in the sense that we’ve been overwhelmed with the interest in us as a publisher and harder in the sense of the time demand to publish that amount of books. We’d love to say yes to more of the authors who’ve pitched us, but unfortunately, we couldn’t then deliver on the promise to publish.

So far this year we’ve launched Year of the Queen: The Making of the Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical and Rapture, both by Jeremy Stanford, and Robert New’s Movemind: Speculative Short Stories. Later this month we’ll be launching Bala Mudaly’s debut Colours of Hope and Despair. That’s four books already. Technically five if we also count Robert Sayegh’s translation of Beyond Violence, which while available last year, only had wider distribution from May.

We already have two titles for 2019. The first is our next Anthology – The First Line (due February, 2019), featuring stories by fifteen authors. They’ve taken the first line of a story they like and used it as the opening for a new story of their own. The second book is Robert New’s Colours of Death: Sergeant Thomas’ Casebook (due by Easter).

Several of our authors have been out and about recently too. Margaret Hepworth spoke at Monash Libraries “Stories from a Hat” evening. Jeremy Stanford has done a number of radio interviews (3AW, ABC Radio) and public speaking events. Christine Hoy gave a presentation on behalf of the University of the Third Age (U3A). Robert New was interviewed on 3SER and was on a panel at the Continuum Spec Fic Convention. Finally, Bala Mudaly will be speaking about his book at the Oakleigh Library later this month. Congratulations to everyone on proactively promoting their work.

Margaret Hepworth in action.