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Tom Thompson

Tom Thompson is an Australian publisher and writer.

'Coming Out From Behind: The unprinted stories behind the published books' by Tom Thompson

September 1991, no. 134 01 September 1991
'Coming Out From Behind: The unprinted stories behind the published books' by Tom Thompson
Publishers are like invisible ink. Their imprint is in the mysterious appearance of books on shelves. This explains their obsession with crime novels. To some authors they appear as good fairies, to others the Brothers Grimm. Publishers can be blamed for pages that fall out (Look ma, a self-exploding paperback!), for a book’s non-appearance at a country town called Ulmere. For appearing too ear ... (read more)