Lawrence & Gibson




























Lawrence & Gibson
Founded 2005
Country of origin New Zealand
Headquarters location Wellington
Publication types Books (fiction)
Official website www.lawrenceandgibson.co.nz

Lawrence & Gibson is an independent publisher founded in Wellington, New Zealand in 2005.[1] A 2011 feature in The Dominion Post described it as the capital city's most promising independent publishers.[2]


The organisation functions as a non-profit worker collective where profits are split 50/50 between author and publisher.[1] Notable authors include Richard Meros,[3][4][5][6] William Dewey,[7]Brannavan Gnanalingam,[8]Thomasin Sleigh,[9] Rhydian Thomas,[10] A.D. Jameson, Dick Whyte and Laurence Stacey, and Ulrich Haarburste. Its most notable release is Richard Meros' On the condition and possibilities of Helen Clark taking me as Her Young Lover.[5]


In 2016 they released Brannavan Gnanalingam's 'A Briefcase, Two Pies and a Penthouse', which was long-listed for novel of the year in New Zealand's Ockham Book Awards[11]. The following year, Gnanalingam's 'Sodden Downstream' was short-listed for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards novel of the year[12].


Both of their 2017 novels - Milk Island and Sodden Downstream - received critical acclaim. Milk Island was judged as the fifth best book of 2017 by the Spinoff[13], while Sodden Downstream was described by the same publication as 'surely the best local novel of 2017 by a long stretch. No other novel comes close to achieving such a close examination of life in New Zealand right now.'[14]



References





  1. ^ ab Lang, Sarah (2014) 'Uber Cool and has a social conscience' Capital Magazine April pp. 60-62


  2. ^ Burgess, Malcolm (2011) 'Small and Cheekily Formed' The Dominion Post, May 11.


  3. ^ Dalgleish, Jodie (2011) 'Generation Xperimental' Landfall Review Online October http://www.landfallreview.com/2011/10/generation-xperimental.html?q=Lawrence+and+Gibson


  4. ^ Cohen, David (2008) 'Mystery Man' NZ Listener 9 August http://www.listener.co.nz/uncategorized/mystery-man/


  5. ^ ab Manhire, Toby (2005) 'A love poem to NZ's PM' 21 June https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/jun/21/religion.uk


  6. ^ Finnermore, Sam (2011) 'Privatising Parts by Richard Meros and Getting Under Sail by Brannavan Gnanalingam review' http://www.listener.co.nz/culture/books/privatising-parts-by-richard-meros-and-getting-under-sail-by-brannavan-gnanalingam-review/


  7. ^ Richards, Lily (2013) 'Life in a Day' NZ Listener 20 June


  8. ^ Dennerstein, Natasha (2014) 'Book review: You Should Have Come Here When You Were Not Here, by Brannavan Gnanalingam' 30 January.


  9. ^ Oliver, Angela (2014) 'Book Review, Ad Lib by Thomasin Sleigh' http://booksellersnz.wordpress.com/2014/03/24/book-review-ad-lib-by-thomasin-sleigh/


  10. ^ Ross, J. (2017) 'The Poetics of Planned Obsolescence' Landfall 'https://www.landfallreview.com/the-poetics-of-planned-obsolescence/


  11. ^ Blundell, S. (2016) 'Longlist revealed for the 2017 Ockham Book Awards' NZ Listener, 22 November http://www.noted.co.nz/culture/books/longlist-revealed-for-the-2017-ockham-book-awards/


  12. ^ Braunias, S. (2017) 'Diana, Brannavan, and the others: announcing the 2018 Ockham national book awards shortlist' https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/06-03-2018/diana-brannavan-and-the-others-announcing-the-2018-ockham-national-book-awards-shortlist/


  13. ^ Barbon, J. (2017) 'The fifth best book of 2017: Milk Island by Rhydian Thomas' https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/18-12-2017/the-fifth-best-book-of-2017-milk-island-by-rhydian-thomas/


  14. ^ Spinoff Review of Books staff (2017) 'The best books of 2017: the 20 best novels' https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/14-12-2017/the-best-books-of-2017-the-20-best-novels/




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