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Horwitz Publications, Pulp Fiction and the Rise of the Australian Paperback, Paperback / softback Book

Horwitz Publications, Pulp Fiction and the Rise of the Australian Paperback Paperback / softback

Part of the Anthem Studies in Australian Literature and Culture series

Paperback / softback

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This is the first book-length study of Sydney-based Horwitz Publications, the largest and most dynamic Australian pulp publisher to emerge after World War II.

Although best known for its cheaply produced, sometimes luridly packaged, softcover books, Horwitz Publications played a far larger role in mainstream Australian publishing than has been so far recognised, particularly in the expansion of the paperback from the late 1950s onwards.

Horwitz Publications, Pulp Fiction and the Rise of the Australian Paperback examines the authorship, production, marketing and distribution of Horwitz pulp paperbacks.

It includes ground-breaking material on the conditions of creative labour: the writers, artists and editors involved in the production of Horwitz pulp.

The book also explores how Horwitz pulp paperbacks acted as a local conduit for the global modern: the ideas, sensations, fascinations, technologies, and people that came crashing into the Australian consciousness in the 1950s and 1960s.

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