Zagava

Zagava

Founded	2002
Founder	Jonas J. Ploeger
Country of origin	Germany
Headquarters location	Düsseldorf, Germany
Publication types	Books
Fiction genres	Weird fiction, strange tales and novels, supernatural and horror fiction
Official website	zagava.de

Zagava, initially established as Antiquariat Bücherwelten in 2002, is a German imprint from Düsseldorf that publishes genre-defying literature with an emphasis on weird fiction, strange tales and novels, supernatural and horror literature in limited editions. Zagava cooperated in 2013 and 2014 with Ex Occidente Press, Bucharest.^[1] Although based in Germany all of Zagava′s books are in the English language. The imprint takes its name from an illustration by Edward Gorey. It´s founder Jonas Ploeger is a known archivist and collector of Goreyana and has a website dedicated to Edward Gorey´s non-US editions. Most of Zagava's books are issued in standard limited and numbered hardbound versions and frequently in additional special lettered subeditions with special bindings or additional extras. The books are as much about their contents as about the art of fine book-production.^[2] Birgit Nau and Jonas Ploeger are the proprietors of this press.

Collections

The press has published several story collections and novels as first editions by contemporary writers as Reggie Oliver, Mark Valentine and Quentin S. Crisp. Four collections of essays and stories have been published so far. "Transactions by the Flesh" (2013) is homage to Joris-Karl Huysmans with texts by Jonathan Wood, John Howard, Douglas Thompson, Derek John, Berit Ellingsen, Adam Golaski, Peter Holman, Eugene Thacker, Louis Marvick, M.O.N., Mark Valentine, Jeremy Reed, Oliver Smith, Colin Insole, Charles Schneider, D.P.Watt and Adam S. Cantwell. "Infra noir" (2014) collects texts by Mark Valentine, Thomas Stromsholt, John Howard, Damian Murphy and Colin Insole.^[3] "Dreams of Ourselves" (2014) collects stories in praise of Fernando Pessoa by Quentin S. Crisp, Jonathan Wood, Colin Insole, Andrew Condous, Mark Valentine, Damian Murphy, John Howard , Adam S. Cantwell, D.P.Watt and Avalon Brantley. It contains illustrations by Richard Skelton. "Booklore" (2016) with texts by Quentin S. Crisp, Jonathan Wood, Colin Insole, Andrew Condous, Mark Valentine, Damian Murphy, John Howard, D.P.Watt and Avalon Brantley, Carl Abrahamsson, Avalon Brantley, Brian Catling , Andrew Condous , Brendan Connell, Quentin S. Crisp, Richard Gavin , Martin Hayes , Colin Insole, Timothy J. Jarvis , Andrew Liles , Chris Mikul, Daniel Mills, Damian Murphy, Reggie Oliver, Thomas Phillips, Ray B. Russell, Michael Siefener, Charles Schneider, Thomas Stromsholt, Supervert, Mark Valentine, Paul Wallfisch, DP Watt, Ron Weighell and Jonathan Wood. It was illustrated by Erika Seguín Colás.^[4]

Bibliography

• 2013: "Virtue in Danger" by Reggie Oliver (Zagava Ex Occidente Press)
• 2013: "Transactions by the Flesh" edited by D.P. Watt and Peter Holman (Zagava Ex Occidente Press)^[1]
• 2014: "Letters from Oblivion" by Andrew Condous (Zagava Ex Occidente Press) ISBN 978- 3- 9816093-8-7
• 2014: "Malingerer" by Thomas Phillips (Zagava Ex Occidente Press) ISBN 978- 3- 9816093-5-6
• 2014: "Descended Suns Resuscitate" by Avalon Brantley (Zagava Ex Occidente Press) ISBN 978-3-9816093-7-0
• 2014: "The Stream and the Torrent" by Brian Howell (Zagava Ex Occidente Press)^[5] ISBN 978-3-9816093-4-9
• 2014: "Infra Noir" edited by D.T. Ghetu (Zagava Ex Occidente Press) ISBN 978-3-9816093-6-3
• 2014: "A Distillate of Heresy" by Damian Murphy (Zagava Ex Occidente Press)^[6] ISBN 978-3-945795-01-9
• 2014: "Dreams of Ourselves" edited by Adolph Moscow aka Dan Ghetu (Zagava Ex Occidente Press) ISBN 978-3-9816093-1-8
• 2014: "Wraiths" by Mark Valentine (Zagava Ex Occidente Press)^[7]
• 2015: "Cannibals of West Papua" by Brendan Connell (Zagava)^[8] ISBN 978-3-945795-00-2
• 2015: "Erith" by Quentin S. Crisp (Zagava)^[7] ISBN 978-3-945795-02-6
• 2015: "Wraiths" by Mark Valentine (Zagava) 2nd edition
• 2016: "Booklore" edited by Alcebiades Diniz (Zagava)^[4] ISBN 978-3-945795-04-0
• 2016: "The Haunting at Tankerton Park" by Reggie Oliver (Zagava)^[9] ISBN 978-3-945795-05-7

External links

• Official website

References

1. "Zagava Books: Very far from Big Publishing". Teleread.com. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
2. "Horror as the world in crisis we live in now: An interview with Timothy J. Jarvis". Muzzlelandpress.com. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
3. "End of the Year Booklist (2014 Edition)". Weirdfictionreview.com. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
4. ""Booklore" is now published by Zagava". Carlabrahamsson.com. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
5. "The Stream and the Torrent". Bibliophagus.weebly.com. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
6. "A Distillate of Heresy". Goodreads.com. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
7. "WRAITHS and ERITH". Dflewisreviews.wordpress.com. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
8. "A review of Brendan Connell's Cannibals of West Papua". Risingshadow.net. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
9. "The Hauntings at Tankerton Park". Goodreads.com. Retrieved 16 November 2016.