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Gail
Hannah (known as Hannah) has worked in a variety
of roles
in the
cultural, artistic and business world of Melbourne, including designing
her own label, wholesaling and retailing and managing an agency for
actors, writers and directors.
Black Pepper was begun in 1994 as an imprint of Australian Scholarly Publishing, under the direction of editor Kevin Pearson. In 1995 Hannah joined with Kevin in re-founding Black Pepper as a wholly indepenent press.
Hannahs role includes management, finances, and the design of Black Peppers marketing material and distinctive covers. In 1998 she and Kevin survived a lightning strike on one of their annual trips away for the ritual reading of the manuscripts. 2005 marks Black Peppers tenth year and fiftieth title.
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Lightning ruins one last stroll
Kamahl Cogdon
The Herald-Sun, 1998
Lightning survivors Kevin Pearson and Gail Hannah were taking one last walk on the beach before returning home when struck. The couple, the talent behind one of Australias boldest publishing houses, were hit by a lightning bolt while on the boardwalk down to Jan Juc beach on Monday.
Friend and colleague Hugh Tolhurst yesterday said they had wanted to cap off a week on the coast with a last beach walk. But they never made it to the beach,' he said. Mr Tolhurst, an assistant of the couples North Fitzroy Black Pepper publishing company, said they had spent a week at a quiet beach house near Torquay, reading 30 manuscripts they hoped to publish. They had finished their work and were about to return to Melbourne for the memorial service of poet John Forbes, who died of a heart attack a week ago, he said. They thought they would take one last look at the beach before leaving.
Mr Pearson, himself a respected poet, was hit in the stomach and Ms Hannah was hit in the neck. They were flown to the Alfrted Hospital and were yesterday in fair and stable conditions, having been moved from intensive care to the burns unit.
Mr Tolhurst said the luck of their survival was not lost on Mr Pearson, 51, and Ms Hannah, 50. They are not too bad now, he said. 'They are not in a life-threatening conditon. Its just astonishing really.
The pair have published 25 books of avant garde poetry and prose in the three year life of their Black Pepper banner.
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Black Pepper was begun in 1994 as an imprint of Australian Scholarly Publishing, under the direction of editor Kevin Pearson. In 1995 Hannah joined with Kevin in re-founding Black Pepper as a wholly indepenent press.
Hannahs role includes management, finances, and the design of Black Peppers marketing material and distinctive covers. In 1998 she and Kevin survived a lightning strike on one of their annual trips away for the ritual reading of the manuscripts. 2005 marks Black Peppers tenth year and fiftieth title.
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Lightning ruins one last stroll
Kamahl Cogdon
The Herald-Sun, 1998
Lightning survivors Kevin Pearson and Gail Hannah were taking one last walk on the beach before returning home when struck. The couple, the talent behind one of Australias boldest publishing houses, were hit by a lightning bolt while on the boardwalk down to Jan Juc beach on Monday.
Friend and colleague Hugh Tolhurst yesterday said they had wanted to cap off a week on the coast with a last beach walk. But they never made it to the beach,' he said. Mr Tolhurst, an assistant of the couples North Fitzroy Black Pepper publishing company, said they had spent a week at a quiet beach house near Torquay, reading 30 manuscripts they hoped to publish. They had finished their work and were about to return to Melbourne for the memorial service of poet John Forbes, who died of a heart attack a week ago, he said. They thought they would take one last look at the beach before leaving.
Mr Pearson, himself a respected poet, was hit in the stomach and Ms Hannah was hit in the neck. They were flown to the Alfrted Hospital and were yesterday in fair and stable conditions, having been moved from intensive care to the burns unit.
Mr Tolhurst said the luck of their survival was not lost on Mr Pearson, 51, and Ms Hannah, 50. They are not too bad now, he said. 'They are not in a life-threatening conditon. Its just astonishing really.
The pair have published 25 books of avant garde poetry and prose in the three year life of their Black Pepper banner.
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