Simon Groth

My new book Ephemeral City is available for pre-order now at special mate’s rates for a limited time. It’s a collection of stories and ephemera published in a box to be read in whatever order you like. simongroth.com/#/ephemeralcit…

Here's me at the Writing Platform talking about Ephemeral City and the challenges of publishing a book as a boxed collection of objects, with bonus mention of the floppy disk. thewritingplatform.com/2024/09/a-book…

A mysterious message on the back of an old photograph. Ephemeral City launching at Avid Reader on 20 September. #shortstories #brisbane #history #books #booklaunch #ephemera #publishing #bookshop #ww2 #worldwar2 #military

This book is sometimes like a game. Reading the ephemera is all about paying attention to small details. #shortstories #brisbane #history #books #booklaunch #ephemera #publishing #bookshop #photograph #police #evidence #crimestories

A lottery ticket inside a Xmas card inside an unmarked envelope inside a box of ephemera. It’s a layered piece. #shortstories #brisbane #history #bookstagram #books #booklaunch #ephemera #publishing #bookshop #ChristmasCard #lottery #lotteryticket

A page from a poetry anthology marked up by two characters and a poem directly referenced in the main text. It was nice to get a good reference to Byzantium in there. #shortstories #brisbane #history #bookstagram #books #booklaunch #poetry #yeats #owen #modernism #ephemera

Outrage on the dance floor! This piece based on a real 1930 newsletter is spun into a little bonus story for Ephemeral City. #shortstories #brisbane #history #bookstagram #books #booklaunch #ephemera #publishing #bookshop #dancehall #dance #dancecompetition

Essentially a sequel to the story Sixpence, this partial article from a 1965 edition of The Bulletin also features a bizarro twist on an original ad for the EH model Holden. #shortstories #brisbane #history #bookstagram #books #booklaunch #ephemera #Holden @holdenaus

Shout out to the classy Julia Favaloro for her pitch perfect recreation of a Soviet-era propaganda poster for Ephemeral City. #shortstories #brisbane #history #bookstagram #books #booklaunch #ephemera #publishing #sovietart #sovietaesthetics #postsovietvisual

Ahead of the Ephemeral City launch, a look at each of the pieces from the boxed edition ephemera. This one is a coaster from an imaginary pub. #shortstories #books#bookstagram #booklaunch #ephemera #history #Brisbane #Pubs

Ephemeral City will launch 20 September at Avid Reader. There will be giveaways and we're making new pieces of ephemera (not pictured) just for people who attend the event.

Can you launch a book months after its initial release? Of course you can. When you make books this weird, anything is possible and time is meaningless. #EphemeralCity avidreader.com.au/pages/10391-Si…

Hey the update to my description of Ephemeral City has flowed through to Amazon. You’re welcome, future readers.

I never expected that this would be necessary. Whether those changes will go through the system and show up in future listings I don’t know. In the meantime the book is still readily available in all editions from my site. Don’t buy it from Amazon.

That extra money goes to more Bezos space follies and not to me or @TinyOwlWorkshop. I’m going to change the description of the book to ensure it isn’t mistaken for the boxed edition and maybe add the RRP in the description itself to avoid this kind of nonsense.

We chose to use a POD service with global distribution for the bound edition of Ephemeral City, to make it easier for bookshops to get copies wherever they are. That also means Amazon has it listed too. I wasn’t quite prepared for them to go price gouge (11% discount my arse).

@fomalhaut451 @nosubstance @Unwise_Trousers I approve of this form of peer pressure. Keep up the good work.

@nosubstance @Unwise_Trousers @ifbookAus dammit peer pressure ditto

Now this is how to publish a collection of short stories: the boxed edition of @ifbookAus Simon Groth's 'EPHEMERAL CITY', where each story is a separate chapbook and there's a whole array of physical printed ephemera from the stories.

The end of this month's @BrisWritersFest and I'm on a panel talking short stories with @lauraelvery, John Richards, and John Morrissey. We might even get to talking about ephemera if I get my way. Check it out and come along. bwf.org.au/2024/brisbane-…

@NewCityLibrary @Unwise_Trousers Please don’t bind them, thanks. There’s a whole other edition for that.

@Unwise_Trousers @ifbookAus Librarians: 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱