Jeremy Fisher (author) explained

Jeremy Fisher, born 9 November 1954 in Te Ahora, New Zealand, was an Executive Director of the Australian Society of Authors (ASA). He is a writer and worked in publishing for 30 years. His best-known novel is Perfect Timing.

Career

Fisher is openly gay and has been an advocate for gay rights in Australia since 1973.^[1] In 1973 he became the centre point of The Pink Ban.^[2]

By 1978 he was a member of the New South Wales Labor Party in the Glebe branch.^[3]

He was awarded the inaugural medal of the Australian Society of Indexers for his index to the fourth edition of the Australian Encyclopaedia in 1984.^[4]

He was appointed President of the NSW Society of Editors in 1986.

In 2007, Fisher was awarded a grant by the Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts to develop a work of literary non-fiction. In 2008 he was shortlisted for the Calibre Prize for Best Essay offered by Australian Book Review. The ASA is the peak body representing Australia's literary creators.^[5] As an advocate for authors, Fisher was instrumental in the establishment of the Prime Minister's Literature Prizes by the new Labor government of Kevin Rudd in December 2007.^[6]

Fisher has been a judge for the Walkley Awards non-fiction book in 2006, 2007 and 2008.

Bibliography

• "On Joni Mitchell" (article), GLP: A journal of sexual politics, Sydney, Spring, 1975, pp. 62–69
• "Interface: Medicine and homosexuality in Australia", Gay Information (Sydney), Summer 1982–1983, pp. 44–48
• "Shock an indexer: Notice him", The Sydney Morning Herald, 1983, 15 January
• Mathematics: A Philosophical Treatise, self-published, Sydney, 1984
• Diversions from Routine, Fat Frog books, Sydney, 1985
• The Erko cookbook: principles and practice of cookery in Erskineville: the present, Fat Frog Books, Sydney, 1991
• Perfect Timing, Harcourt Brace & Co, Sydney, 1993
• "By permission of G.M. Glaskin," Overland, no. 169, Summer, 2002, pp 55–58
• "Heritage restoration", Australian Author, vol. 36, no. 1, April 2004, pp. 8–13
• "Poll dancing", Australian Author, vol. 36, no. 2, August 2004, pp. 32–33.
• "Cuddling the wrong characters: reading, writing and gay self-identity", Overland, 176 Spring 2004, pp. 61–66.
• "Who is right about their rights?" Art + Law, September, 2004: 6-7
• "Have we lost the plot?" Australian Author, 2004, vol. 36, no. 3, December: 32-32
• "The circle game", Australian Author, 2005, vol. 37, no. 1, April, pp. 32–33
• "Ban on the run", Australian Author, 2005, vol. 37, no. 2, August: 32-33
• "A Google googly", Australian Author, 2005, vol. 37, no.3, December, pp. 32–33
• "The Professional Author: Researching creativity and reality", Text, 10, 1, April 2006 (This paper was delivered on 25 November 2005 as a Plenary Address at Alchemy: Blending Research and Creativity, the Tenth Annual Conference of the Australian Association of Writing Programs, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, 25–27 November 2005)
• "Distributing woes", Australian Author, 2006, vol. 38, no.1, April, pp. 32–33
• "It's Not Over until the Fat Author Sings!", Australian Author, vol.38, no.3, December 2006, pp. 32–33
• "Books Alive: an affront to Australian authors", Southern Write, September 2005, p. 4
• Current Publishing Practice, The Australian Society of Authors (ASA), Sydney, 2005
• "In Praise of (Gay) Pulp", Journal of Publishing, vol.1, no.1, October 2005, pp. 78–96
• "The Publishing Pie: Who Gets What?", Southern Write, August 2005, p. 4
• "Writing in a Time of Terror", ACTWrite: The ACT Writers' Centre Magazine, no.167 March 2007, pp. 4–5
• "Australian Author: Moron or Oxymoron?", Australian Author, vol.39, no.1 April 2007. pp. 32–33
• "Status of Books Not Worth a Can of Beans", The Sydney Morning Herald, 11–12 August 2007, p. 7
• "Compelling Reviewers Exposed!", Australian Author, vol.39, no.2, August 2007, pp. 32–33
• "Professional Authorship: The Key to Living from Writing", Australian Author, vol.39, no.3 December 2007, pp. 32–33
• "Into the Light" (autobiography), Overland, no.191, Winter 2008, pp. 52–56
• "How to tell your father to drop dead", Southerly, vol. 68, no. 2, 2008, pp. 114–124
• "So you want the truth" [fiction vs non-fiction], Australian Author, vol. 40, no. 1, April 2008, pp. 32–33
• "A sharp pencil and a questioning mind" [editorial rigour], Australian Author, vol. 40, no. 2, August 2008, pp. 32–33
• "Secret book business" [book publishing statistics], Australian Author, vol. 40, no. 3, December 2008, pp. 32–33
• "Sticky fingers: The Google generation", Australian Author, vol. 41, no. 1, April 2009, pp. 32–33
• Music from another Country, Fat Frog Books, Sydney, 2009,
• Co may dung lac, Nha Xuat Ban Van Hoc (Literature Publishing House), Hanoi, 2009, no ISBN
• Fisher, Jeremy . Mar 2012 . Wrestling with a dilemma . Australian Author . 44 . 1 . 5–7 .

Fiction

• Fisher, Jeremy . Jan–Feb 1975 . Fragments . GLP: A Journal of Sexual Politics . 6 . 62–67 .
• "The man who watched the coast" (short story), Arena (Sydney, Macquarie University), 21 June 1976, p. 21
• "The poofter's dog" (short story), Overland, no. 177, Summer, 2004, pp. 48–51
• "Winter Afternoon" (short story), Overland, no.189 Summer 2007, pp. 49–55

Poetry

• Three poems "Words 32", "You are not my master, baby", and "Whoresong" in Edge City on two different plans, book ed. D. Sargent, G. Dunne, L Wakeling and M. Bradstock, InVersions, 1983, Sydney, pp. 88–89
• "Road Closed" (poetry), Overland, no.187 Winter 2007, p. 77

External links

• Jeremy Fisher website

Notes and References

1. http://www.cfmeu.asn.au/construction/history/Jeremy_Fisher.pdf Extract from Visible Man
2. Web site: Dalton . Angus . Blood on the pavement: an interview with novelist and 78er Jeremy Fisher . Overland . Overland . 18 December 2023.
3. Jeremy . Fisher . John Witte . Jeremy Fisher Oral History . 14 February 2010 . Pride History. 19 December 2023.
4. http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A0Vu Australian Literature Resource entry for Jeremy Fisher
5. http://www.asauthors.org Australian Society of Authors
6. News: PM puts culture in the spotlight. The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 December 2007. Richard Jinman, Angela Bennie.