Local Consumption Publications

In 2004, in response to the current local publishing crisis, a close-knit group of writers and designers revived a small Australian publishing company, local consumption publications (LCP). LCP had become defunct in the late 1990s, after forging an international reputation for publishing many successful and groundbreaking works (including translations) in the areas of cultural studies and new writing.
The new local consumption publications is throwing down the gauntlet. On the lookout for exciting, authentic and non-generic writing, LCP steers clear of the high-concept, marketing department approach – an approach which rarely fails to disappoint with its formulaic offering of the-comforts-of-the-old, with the-tease-of-something-new.
LCP's intention is to sideswipe the low-risk, middlebrow publishing climate driven by multinationals, profit margins and predictability; by producing books that will surprise with their aesthetics, quality and verve.
    
 
     
 


In this collection of philosophical and personal stories, Stephen Muecke applies theory to everyday life, engaging
with postcolonial ideas while on the road in Madagascar, Mt Dromedary, and with his son in the Andaman Islands.
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 Welcome to the world as seen by Vanessa Berry. It’s a world familiar to most of us, but one that we probably don't notice very often.
Vanessa singles things out that others might dismiss as mundane and breathes life into them with a keen eye for detail and an astounding
imagination. Visit Vanessa’s website
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  Glory This By Michelle Moo    
 
Melbourne, 1977. The tail end of the Sharpie era. And all over the flat sprawling suburbs kids are trying it on, playing it tough.
At the ACDC riot in Frankston, Mayne meets Snigs from The Pines, who might just be the real thing.
In a few short months the certainties in Mayne’s life unravel, as alliances form, realign and bust apart...
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