Gordon Thompson is the founding publisher of Clouds of Magellan Press.

Self-publishing workshops

I’m running occasional workshops on self-publishing and small press – search ‘Humanitix self-publishing’ for upcoming in Melbourne …

*Small Press, Big Dreams: Self-Publishing – an Introduction* by Gordon Thompson. Workshop participants notebook

Writing

My novel Kill Will: Night Bird in Sunlight, has been released 2026 from the lovely folk at Clan Destine Press. We had a launch event this week (25 March 2026) at Readings Bookshop in Carlton. You can buy copies at Readings, from Clan Destine Press, or wherever you get your books. Yannick Thoraval generously launched the book.

More on Kill Will below …

Kill Will: Night Bird in Sunlight (Clan Destine Press, 2026)

‘If you love time travel, Shakespeare and brilliant fictional women, this book is absolute catnip…A fresh and lively tribute to the Bard but never too reverent. It’s clever, funny, intricate and gripping.’
~ Narrelle M Harris, author of The She-Wolf of Baker Street

‘An ingenious tale of time travel, a wild ride of witty and disruptive culture clash.’
~ Amanda Lohrey, author of The Labyrinth

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Buy from Clan Destine Press

Scheherazade and the Amber Necklace by Gordon Thompson (Clouds of Magellan, 2021)

This was my lockdown project.

‘While her younger sister was gifted in telling tales, Scheherazade couldn’t tell a story to save her life…’ Scheherazade and the Amber Necklace is a reimagining of the classic Tales of the Arabian Nights. When her sister is forced to marry the king, and her father imprisoned, Scheherazade must make a desperate journey to the Zagros Mountains to find a story that might save all their lives.

Buy from John Reed Books, Amazon, Readings Bookshop

Upcoming …

I have also just finished writing a first draft of a new time-travel novel, which explores artificial intelligence in the near future and takes characters back to the American Civil War.