Books - John E. Tranter - a partial bibliography

Collections of poetry

1. Parallax , South Head Press, Sydney, 1970 (published as Poetry Australia magazine, number 33, June 1970 – incorrectly shown on the half-title page as the June 1968 number), paperback, section-sewn, 63 pages.
   ISBN 0 901760 05 6 (out of print)

2. Red Movie and other poems, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1973, casebound, wrapper, 37 pages.
   ISBN 0 307 13503 3 (out of print)

3. The Blast Area (Gargoyle Poets number 13, a series published by Makar Magazine, care of the English Department, The University of Queensland, St Lucia Queensland 3067), Makar Press, St Lucia, 1973, saddle-stitched, 36 pages
   ISBN 0 909353 00 6 (out of print)

4. The Alphabet Murders (notes from a work in progress), Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1976, saddle-stitched, 33 pp (as part of the series 'Poets of the Month', with other booklets by James McAuley, Geoffrey Lehmann, John Forbes, Thomas Shapcott and Simon Bronsky, and later collected in a compendium hardback volume).
   ISBN 0 307 13398 3 (out of print)

5. Crying in Early Infancy – 100 Sonnets, Makar Press, St Lucia, 1977, section sewn, hardback and paperback, 63 pages total.
   ISBN 0 909 353 19 7 (paper);
   ISBN 0 909 353 31 9 (hardbound, out of print)

6. Dazed in the Ladies Lounge, Island Press, Sydney, 1979, section sewn, paperback, 63 pages.
   ISBN 0 909 771 30 5 (paper);
   ISBN 0 909 771 33 1 (hardbound, out of print)

7. Selected Poems, Hale & Iremonger, Sydney, 1983, section sewn, 176 pages.
   ISBN 0 86806 639 1 (paper);
   ISBN 0 86806 038 3 (hardbound, out of print) (it includes 10 previously uncollected poems) [Macro error: Can't locate an image object named "floorofheaven.jpg".]
   

8. Under Berlin, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 1988, paperback, three printings by 1993 with different back jacket and half-title-page information, with author's notes, 119 pages.
   ISBN 0 7033 137 6
9. The Floor of Heaven, HarperCollins/Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1993, paperback, 138 pages, (four long interlinked narrative poems):
   ISBN 0 307 17699 X (reprinted 1996)

10. At The Florida, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 1993, perfect bound, paperback, with author's notes, 99 pages.
    ISBN 0 7033 3553 3

11. Late Night Radio, Polygon Press (University of Edinburgh Press), Edinburgh, 1998,
    ISBN not yet assigned.

Collection of fiction pieces

1. Different Hands, Folio/Salt, Fremantle, 1998, no ISBN assigned yet. A collection of seven short stories loosely based on drafts processed by the 'Brekdown' computer program. See the brekdown page on this site.

Pamphlets

1. Gloria (signed limited edition pamphlet of 376 copies) (an early version of the first poem in The Floor of Heaven), privately published by Nicholas Pounder, bookseller, King's Cross, December 1986, A4 sheets wire stapled near the spine, hand-coloured wrapper, 11 pages,
   ISBN 1 86353 757 1
2. Gasoline Kisses, Equipage, Cambridge UK, April 1997; 30 pages, consisting of the haibun which were published in At The Florida with two additions and many small changes, saddle-stitched,
   ISBN 1 900968 35 8

Anthologies and Compilations, Editor

1. The New Australian Poetry, Makar Press, St Lucia, 1979, reprinted with corrections 1980, section sewn, casebound and paperback, 330 pages.
   ISBN 0 909353 33 3 (out of print; an Internet version is planned for 1998)
2. The Tin Wash Dish – Poems from Today's Australians, (selected by John Tranter from entries in the poetry section of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation / Australian Bicentennial Authority Literary Awards competition held in 1988), ABC Enterprises, Crow's Nest, 1989, perfect bound, 136 pages.
   ISBN 0 633 13000 0
3. The Penguin Book of Modern Australian Poetry (co-edited with Philip Mead), Penguin Australia, Ringwood, 1993, paperback, 373 pages.;
   ISBN 0 13 058639 0 (second printing Dec 1995 also published as the Bloodaxe Book of Modern Australian Poetry in the UK and the USA)
4. Martin Johnston – Selected Poems and Prose, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 1993, paperback, 390 + xxvi pp., 30 photographs,
   ISBN 0 7033 3531 5

Magazines, Editor

1. Transit New Poetry , number 1, September 1968, Paddington NSW, saddle-stitched, 36 pages. [no ISBN]
2. Transit New Poetry, number 3, January 1969, Camperdown NSW, saddle- stitched, 33 pages. [no ISBN]
3. Poetry Australia, Number 33, 'Preface to the Seventies' issue, Compiler, February 1970, paperback, perfect bound, 80 pages. South Head Press, Five Dock NSW.
   ISBN 901760 03 1

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