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Ticonderoga Publications

{{Short description|Australian independent publisher}}

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| founded = 1996

| founder = Russell B. Farr

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| genre = Speculative fiction

| country = Australia

| headquarters = Greenwood, Western Australia

| url = {{URL|http://ticonderogapublications.com}}

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Ticonderoga Publications is an Australian independent publishing house founded by Russell B. Farr in 1996, which specializes in science fiction, fantasy, and horror short stories. Farr now runs the publisher alongside Liz Grzyb, an award winning editor.{{cite web|url=http://scoop.realviewtechnologies.com/default.aspx?iid=42664&startpage=page0000068 |title=Scoop: Scoop 54 Summer 2010|page=68|work=realviewtechnologies.com|accessdate=31 May 2015}}

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History and current

The publisher initially specialized in collections of science fiction short stories. Between 1996 and 1999, it published collections by Steven Utley, Sean Williams, Stephen Dedman, and other writers. According to Ben Peek, "Under Farr, Ticonderoga Publications gathered a reputation for producing sturdy, thick-papered, elegant collections."Ben Peek, [http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2006/05/troy_by_simon_b.shtml Troy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201149/http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2006/05/troy_by_simon_b.shtml |date=2007-09-30 }}, Strange Horizons, 23 May 2006

Ticonderoga Publications suspended their production of books in 1999 due to the Australian GST (Goods and Services Tax) that raised the price of books by ten percent, with the editor concentrating on his Ticonderoga Online webzine instead.{{cite news | title = The Final Fold | work = The Australian Science Fiction Bullsheet | issue = 141 | editor-first = Marc | editor-last = Ortlieb | publication-date = April 21, 2000 | url = https://fanac.org/fanzines/Bullsheet/Bullsheet1-141.html | access-date = 11 Jan 2021}}

In 2005, they resumed publication with two new anthologies in late 2006-early 2007. In 2006, it published Troy, a collection by Simon Brown.[http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200607/s1683151.htm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080810095521/http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200607/s1683151.htm|date=August 10, 2008}} In 2007, it published the Ditmar Award-winning Fantastic Wonder Stories, edited by Russell B. Farr.

Ticonderoga Publications has published several anthologies, including The Workers' Paradise (2007)[http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200603/s1598215.htm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809094816/http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200603/s1598215.htm|date=August 9, 2007}} edited by Russell B. Farr and Nick Evans, Australia's first SF anthology to explore the future of work; Scary Kisses (2010) edited by Liz Grzyb, Australia's first paranormal romance anthology; Belong (2010) edited by Russell B. Farr, twenty-three stories of interstellar immigration with writers from Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, USA, UK, and New Zealand; and Dead Red Heart (2011) edited by Russell B. Farr, thirty-three Australian vampire stories.{{Cite web |title=Dead Red Heart: Australian Vampire Tales |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-9807813-1-1 |website=Publishers Weekly |publication-date=23 March 2011}}

In 2008 it published Magic Dirt: the best of Sean Williams, winner of the inaugural Aurealis Award for Best Collection.

Russell Farr's co-partner is editor Liz Grzyb. From 2010 to 2015, they published The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror series, edited by Grzyb and Talie Helene.[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?32001 Series: Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror], Internet Science Fiction Database. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

The West Australian newspaper has described Ticonderoga Publications as one of "the most important micro presses in Australia".{{cite web|url=http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/entertainment/a/-/entertainment/8641096/was-micropress-scene-thrives/|title=WA s micropress scene thrives - The West Australian|work=yahoo.com|accessdate=31 May 2015}}

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External links

  • {{Official website|http://ticonderogapublications.com}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20120403222120/http://ticon4.com/ TiconderogaOnline (as archived, 3 April, 2012)]
  • [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/publisher.cgi?905 Internet Science Fiction Database]

Category:Australian speculative fiction publishers

Category:British speculative fiction publishers

Category:Companies based in Perth, Western Australia

Category:Publishing companies established in 1996

Category:Science fiction publishers

Category:Small press publishing companies

Category:Horror book publishing companies