Eidolon Publications
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Eidolon Publications was a small press
publisher based in North Perth, Western Australia
. The company previously published the speculative fiction
magazine Eidolon which ran to 1990 to 2000 and published books under the name of Eidolon Books.
's "The Mars You Have in Me" as a chapbook
. In 1996 Eidolon begun a book-line with Robin Pen's The Secret Life of Rubber-Suit Monsters. They then signed with HarperCollins to edit The Year's best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy anthology series which began in 1997. In 2000 Eidolon put their magazine on hiatus but continued to accept submissions. In 2002 an editorial committee attempted to restart the magazine but it proved unsuccessful. The company published Terry Dowling
's Blackwater Days which won the 2001 Ditmar Award
for best collected work and the story within the book "The Saltimbanques" won the best short fiction award.
for best fanzine and in 1993 it won the Ditmar Award for best periodical. It again won the Ditmar Award for best publication/fanzine/periodical in 1996 and in 1998 it won best fanzine again. The magazine has featured short stories which have been short-listed and won literary awards. Three authors won the Aurealis Award for their story, Karen Attard
's "Harvest Bay
" won 1995 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story
, Sean Williams' "Passing the Bone" won 1996 Aurealis Award for best horror short story, Damien Broderick
's "Infinite Monkey" won the 2000 Aurealis Award for best science fiction short story and Stephen Dedman
's "The Devotee" won the 2001 Ditmar Ward for best short fiction and other various authors have been finalists for both the Ditmar Award
and the Aurealis Award
. Artwork featured on the magazine by Shaun Tan has also won awards; in 1995 he won the Ditmar Award for best professional Artwork and the 1996 Ditmar Award for best Artwork on the cover of the issue #19.
. It was nominated for best collected work at the 2007 Ditmar Awards. It also featured six stories that were nominated for various Aurealis Awards, with Margo Lanagan
's "A Fine Magic
" winning the award for best fantasy short story
and other stories also were nominees for other awards.
Small press
Small press is a term often used to describe publishers with annual sales below a certain level. Commonly, in the United States, this is set at $50 million, after returns and discounts...
publisher based in North Perth, Western Australia
North Perth, Western Australia
North Perth is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Vincent.This old, established suburb just three kilometres north of Perth’s CBD is a place of mainly solid brick homes built from the early 1900s, many of which are now undergoing extensive renovations in line with the...
. The company previously published the speculative fiction
Speculative fiction
Speculative fiction is an umbrella term encompassing the more fantastical fiction genres, specifically science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural fiction, superhero fiction, utopian and dystopian fiction, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, and alternate history in literature as well as...
magazine Eidolon which ran to 1990 to 2000 and published books under the name of Eidolon Books.
History
Eidolon Publications begun in 1990 and started publishing the Eidolon magazine. In 1992 the company expanded into non-magazine publishing, releasing Terry DowlingTerry Dowling
Terence William Dowling, born at Lystra Private Hospital , is an Australian writer, freelance journalist, award-winning critic, editor, game designer and reviewer...
's "The Mars You Have in Me" as a chapbook
Chapbook
A chapbook is a pocket-sized booklet. The term chap-book was formalized by bibliophiles of the 19th century, as a variety of ephemera , popular or folk literature. It includes many kinds of printed material such as pamphlets, political and religious tracts, nursery rhymes, poetry, folk tales,...
. In 1996 Eidolon begun a book-line with Robin Pen's The Secret Life of Rubber-Suit Monsters. They then signed with HarperCollins to edit The Year's best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy anthology series which began in 1997. In 2000 Eidolon put their magazine on hiatus but continued to accept submissions. In 2002 an editorial committee attempted to restart the magazine but it proved unsuccessful. The company published Terry Dowling
Terry Dowling
Terence William Dowling, born at Lystra Private Hospital , is an Australian writer, freelance journalist, award-winning critic, editor, game designer and reviewer...
's Blackwater Days which won the 2001 Ditmar Award
Ditmar Award
The Ditmar Award has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention to recognise achievement in Australian science fiction and science fiction fandom...
for best collected work and the story within the book "The Saltimbanques" won the best short fiction award.
Eidolon magazine
Eidolon: The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy was first released in Autumn 1990 and was released quarterly until 1996. It was then reduced to two issues a year until 1998 where it was reduced to one issue a year up until it was put on hiatus in 2000. In total it ran for 26 issues finishing on issue #29/30 In 1992 it won the Ditmar AwardDitmar Award
The Ditmar Award has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention to recognise achievement in Australian science fiction and science fiction fandom...
for best fanzine and in 1993 it won the Ditmar Award for best periodical. It again won the Ditmar Award for best publication/fanzine/periodical in 1996 and in 1998 it won best fanzine again. The magazine has featured short stories which have been short-listed and won literary awards. Three authors won the Aurealis Award for their story, Karen Attard
Karen Attard
Karen Attard is an Australian writer of fantasy and short fiction.-Biography:Attard's first work to be published was in 1975 with a poem published by Meuse Press, entitled Like an Omen. In 1995 she published a poetry collection published by Five Islands Press entitled Whisper Dark and a short...
's "Harvest Bay
Harvest Bay
-Background:"Harvest Bay" was first published in Australia in October 1995 in the nineteenth edition of the Eidolon magazine by Eidolon Publications. It was published alongside five other stories by the authors Garth Madsen, Brett Coulstock, Stephen Dedman, Robert Hood and Sean Williams. "Harvest...
" won 1995 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story
Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story
The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and SpecFaction NSW to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers"...
, Sean Williams' "Passing the Bone" won 1996 Aurealis Award for best horror short story, Damien Broderick
Damien Broderick
Damien Francis Broderick is an Australian science fiction and popular science writer. His science fiction novel The Judas Mandala is sometimes credited with the first appearance of the term "virtual reality," and his 1997 popular science book The Spike was the first to investigate the...
's "Infinite Monkey" won the 2000 Aurealis Award for best science fiction short story and Stephen Dedman
Stephen Dedman
Stephen Dedman is an Australian author of dark fantasy and science fiction stories and novels.-Biography:...
's "The Devotee" won the 2001 Ditmar Ward for best short fiction and other various authors have been finalists for both the Ditmar Award
Ditmar Award
The Ditmar Award has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention to recognise achievement in Australian science fiction and science fiction fandom...
and the Aurealis Award
Aurealis Award
Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction is an annual literary award for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction. Only Australians are eligible for the award.-History:...
. Artwork featured on the magazine by Shaun Tan has also won awards; in 1995 he won the Ditmar Award for best professional Artwork and the 1996 Ditmar Award for best Artwork on the cover of the issue #19.
Eidolon Books
Eidolon Books is the book publishing arm of Eidolon Publications. In 2006 they released the anthology Eidolon IEidolon I
Eidolon I is a 2006 speculative fiction anthology edited by Jonathan Strahan and Jeremy G. Byrne.-Background:Eidolon I was first published in 2006 by Eidolon Books in trade paperback format...
. It was nominated for best collected work at the 2007 Ditmar Awards. It also featured six stories that were nominated for various Aurealis Awards, with Margo Lanagan
Margo Lanagan
Margo Lanagan in Waratah, New South Wales is an Australian writer of short stories and young adult fiction.Many of her books, including ye Young Adult fiction, were only published in Australia. Recently, several of her books have attracted worldwide attention. Her short story collection Black...
's "A Fine Magic
A Fine Magic
-Background:"A Fine Magic" was first published in 2006 in Eidolon I, edited by Jeremy G. Byrne and Jonathan Strahan and published by Eidolon Books...
" winning the award for best fantasy short story
Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story
The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and SpecFaction NSW to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers"...
and other stories also were nominees for other awards.