Norstrilia Press Explained

Norstrilia Press is a small press publishing house based in St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia. It was established in 1975 prior to Aussiecon, Australia's first world science fiction convention, by Rob Gerrand, Bruce Gillespie and Carey Handfield.^[1] Its primary aim was to publish science fiction, fantasy, critical essay collections and other genre works that were unlikely to see publication by other publishers.^[2]

The press took its name from an imaginary planet from the works of Cordwainer Smith, an American author who was, for a time, resident in Australia. In Smith's fictional universe, "Nortstrilia" is the name given to the planet "Old North Australia".

Works published by Norstrilia Press

This is a chronological list of books published by Norstrilia Press.^[3]

1975

• Philip K Dick: Electric Shepherd edited by Bruce Gillespie

1976

• The Altered I : An Encounter with Science Fiction edited by Lee Harding

1977

• The View From the Edge : A Workshop of Science Fiction Stories edited by George Turner

1979

• The Moon in the Ground by Keith Antill

1980

• The Dreaming Dragons : A Time Opera by Damien Broderick
• The Stellar Guage : Essays on Science Fiction Writers edited by Michael J. Tolley and Kirpal Singh
• Where Pussywillows Last in the Catyard Bloomed and Other Poems by Roger Zelazny

1982

• Lavington Pugh by Jay Bland
• The Plains by Gerald Murnane

1983

• Dreamworks : Strange New Stories edited by David King
• An Unusual Angle by Greg Egan

1984

• In the Heart or in the Head : An Essay in Time Travel by George Turner

1985

• Landscape with Landscape by Gerald Murnane

2022

• Charm, Strangeness, Mass and Spin by Stephen Dedman
• The Millenium Job by Rob Gerrand

2023

• Aliens & Savages: The Voice in Australia by Janeen Webb and Andrew Enstice

2024

• The Book Blinders: Annals of Vandalism at the British Library by John Clute
• Proud and Lonely: A History of Science Fiction Fandom in Australia. Part One: 1930 - 1961 by Leigh Edmonds

Notes and References

1. Web site: Austlit - Norstrilia . Austlit. 4 August 2023.
2. Web site: "Norstrilia Press" . Science Fiction Encyclopedia. 4 August 2023.
3. Web site: Publications not in a Publication Series for Publisher: Norstrilia Press . ISFDB. 4 August 2023.