5ever is an underground publishing house based at Revel Press, Trades Hall in Te Whanganui-a-Tara since December 2020.[1] Their about section of their website states:
"We print, splice, bind and chop pesky dank little books. Our scope is nebulous. Form and sense of disciplinarity remains plural. But our target is clear: to publish punchy, intense and interdisciplinary work, woven together by a shared transformational kaupapa. We recognise the collective necessity of actively infiltrating and affecting our playground and home, Wellington. As we balance our vision with pragmatism, we are committed to realising a post-capitalist vision that honours Te Tiriti O Waitangi in Aotearoa. We are serious in our playfulness."[1]
Contact[]
Their email address is 5everbooks@gmail.com[1], and their website has a contact page.[2]
History[]
Max Trevor Thomas Edmond ran 5everdankly.florist from 2015-2020 with a focus on experimental texts and collaborative projects. The imprint name was passed over in December 2020, and the current staff formally re-launched as 5ever books.[1]
Staff[1][]
- Sasha Francis
- Achille Segard
- Renae Williams
- Max
- Olive
Publications[3][4][]
The Abridged Series[]
- Heavy is the Head (Abridged) (Nani Mahal, December 2020)
- Crude Common Demonimator Pleb Trash Baseline Urge Ass Poetry: Confessions from the Sick Bay (Abridged) (Max & Olive, December 2020)
- Theatre of Ocean: Stories of Performance Between Us (Abridged) (Alexa Wilson, December 2020)
- Pragmatic Speculativity, less the thickness of feeling (Abridged) (Sasha da Sylva / Sasha Francis, December 2020)
- Aotearoa Rising (Abridged) (Sarah Lee & Sasha Francis, December 2020)
Other publications[]
- It was both, and. (Sasha da Sylva / Sasha Francis, Unknown)
- Punch a Hole in the Sky to Let in the Light (Jennifer Love, Unknown)
- We Are Not Their Girls (Fired Up Stilettos, Unknown)
- An Historical Overview of Lambton Harbour (D J Pyle, 1st of June 2021)
- NAGOLOGY: An Exercise in Mattering (Marcus McShane, Helen Rickerby, Kerry Ann Lee, Alexa Wilson, Nani Mahal, Nicole Gaston, Marika Pratley, Adam Ben-Dror, Cricket, Linda Lee, Tallulah Farrar, Anne-Lisa Noordover, Kate Isabella, Ollie Hutton, & others, 23rd of March 2022)
- Theatre of Ocean: Stories of Performance Between Us (Alexa Wilson, 24th of November 2022)
- Crude Common Demonimator Pleb Trash Baseline Urge Ass Poetry: Confessions from the Sick Bay (Max & Olive, 13th of October 2022)
- Butter on Toast the Next Morning (Renae Williams, 8th of March 2023)
- GARBAGE ZINE 2 (Anthology, 23rd of November 2023)
- Redacted Treaty of Waitangi (Te Waka Hourua, 2023)
- TE WAKA HOURUA, WHĪTIKI, MĀTIKE, WHAKATIKA! (Te Waka Hourua, 2024)
- ScatterGun: After the Death of Rūaumoko (Ana Chaya Scotney, 2024)
- Everything That Moves, Moves Through Another (Editor: Jennifer Cheuk 卓嘉敏, 24th of May 2024)