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Arcade Publications General enquiries: info@arcadepublications.com ACN: 120 501 608 | ABN: 53 120 501 608 |
Launched in 2007, Arcade (Rose Michael, Dale Campisi, Michael Brady, Peter Daniel) publishes short reads about Australia's past: from eccentric entrepreneur EW Cole and infamous Queen of Harlotry Madame Brussels to comprehensive – if unconventional – histories of Melbourne itself, Aussie pin-ups and hoaxes across the nation and throughout the ages.
Always inexpensive, usually irreverent, Arcade's titles are comprehensive but idiosyncratic, full of feisty opinion and original argument, creatively expressed and presented.
But storytelling isn't a solitary activity. Arcade also loves a good event and undertakes a number of public activities to create community around its publishing outputs – such as developing the popular, FREE 'Melbourne by the Book' resource for Arts Victoria and collaborating with Fiona Sweetman of Hidden Secrets Tours on sell-out walking tours based on our scintillating stories.
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WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT ARCADE:
'Arcade Press made a move with some strong nonfiction last year ... What do these success stories have in common? To put it bluntly, apart from excellent content, they look good. As sad as it is to say, most of a book’s battle to sell is getting the customer to pick it up in the first place. All these small press/independent titles I’ve mentioned have smart production values, a keen eye for design and a strong identity'.
– Christopher Currie, Splog, 1 February 2010
'Arcade produces attractive yet inexpensive, "tiny tomes" in A6 (palm-sized) format, described as "little nuggets of history and joy" ... Dale Campisi and Rose Michael are the publishers and editors, Michael Brady and Peter Daniel the graphic/print designers. Campisi and Michael met at the University of Melbourne where they were both teaching publishing and communications. As both had worked in publishing for many years and had ideas for a list, they decided to hook up and do something different for a niche market ... Campisi explains that the small format is cost effective for a small publisher and the Arcade team shares a love of Melbourne’s "quirky, curious history".
' "Illustrations are important, there must be quotes from the primary record, the material must be authoritatively well researched and engaging. The author should use story-telling techniques rather than just recording history,” Campisi explains.'
– Paula Grunseit, Onya Magazine 1 February 2010
'What sets Arcade Publications apart from other presses in Melbourne, Australia's thriving literary community is, in a word, size: each volume is produced in a practically-palm-sized A6 format. Arcade's tiny tomes – little nuggets of history and joy – grewfrom what's proved to be an idea of gigantic proportions: 'Our inspiration,' says co-founder Rose Michael, came from the 1930s Penguin paperbacks – intelligent books for educated laypeople.' The rest of the inspiration came from Melbourne's buzzing alternative book and 'zine culture, the city's quirky, curious history - and the Arcade's team's longtime fascination with it all.
– 'Good things come in small packages', Myslexia, January-March 2009
'Micro-publishing ... is all about the freedom to publish anything you want, whenever you want, in any form you like ... At the more entrepreneurial end of the micro-publishing spectrum is Arcade Publications, which has identified a gap in the market for short, inexpensive, carefully designed books covering aspects of Melbourne's hitherto unexplored history.'
– 'From little ventures smal wonders emerge,' the Age, 24 January 2009