About Sybylla
Sybylla Co-operative Press (later Sybylla Press and Publications) was established in Melbourne in 1976 by a group of women who were active in the women’s movement. The name recognised ‘Sybylla’, the spirited central character in ‘My Brilliant Career’ (1901) by Miles Franklin. In 1992 the name was changed to Sybylla Feminist Press. Sybylla provided access to printing facilities to support the growth in political and cultural materials including periodicals, newsletters, flyers, posters and cards created by and for the women’s movement and other progressive community and social justice groups. Its small publishing program supported innovative, radical and alternative literature by women, including fiction and nonfiction, at a time when outlets for such works were limited. In 1982 Sybylla published ‘Frictions: An Anthology of Fiction by Women’, edited by Anna Gibbs and Alison Tilson. The collection was launched at the Women and Labour Conference in 1982. ‘Working Hot’ (1989) a novel by Kathleen Mary Fallon, won the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for new writing in 1989. Sybylla's archival holdings are held by the State Library of Victoria.
The following Sybylla titles are available from Spinifex Press:
Anna Gibbs & Alison Tilson (Eds.)
Frictions is a classic. Frictions is writing that is risky and exhilarating. In its third edition, Frictions shows where the writing of now started. With work by Elizabeth Jolley and Finola Moorhead, Andrea Goldsmith and Ania Walwicz, this anthology brought a fresh generation of writers to the world. A passionate and witty anthology that is an adventure for any reader.
Edited by Anna Gibbs, academic and critic, and Alison Tilson, scriptwriter of movies, Japanese Story and The Road to Nhill.