Gary Jeshel Forrester

Gary Jeshel Forrester

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In 2019, Forrester's book "Dave Thorp as Metaphor," a light-hearted history of Rotorua's iconic McLeods bookstore, was published by McLeods Booksellers Ltd for distribution nationally throughout New Zealand.
In 2019, Forrester's book "Dave Thorp as Metaphor," a light-hearted history of Rotorua's iconic McLeods bookstore, was published by McLeods Booksellers Ltd for distribution nationally throughout New Zealand.


In 2023, Forrester's biography of the late writer Philip F. Deaver was published in full, in book form, by Hardie Grant Books.''One Dog Barked, The Other Howled: A Meditation on Several Lives of a Minor American Writer'', Hardie Grant Books (Melbourne), 2023 {{ISBN|9781761450525}}.
In 2023, Forrester's biography of the late writer Philip F. Deaver, ''One Dog Barked, the Other Howled: A Meditation on Several Lives of a Minor American Writer'', was published in full, in book form, by Hardie Grant Books.''One Dog Barked, The Other Howled: A Meditation on Several Lives of a Minor American Writer'', Hardie Grant Books (Melbourne), 2023 {{ISBN|9781761450525}}.


In 2026, his volume of poetry, "The Ancient Light of the Dead," was published by Hardie Grant Books.''The Ancient Light of the Dead'', Hardie Grant Books (Melbourne), 2026 {{ISBN|9781761453311}}. The 84 poems, written in Batumi, Georgia, and New Zealand, have been described as a casual stroll through the kind of eclectic village cemetery that each of us designs and builds over the course of a lifetime, and that each of us will one day inhabit. The portraits-in-verse in this collection were drawn from fragmentary beams of light that crossed the author’s experience.
In 2026, his volume of poetry, "The Ancient Light of the Dead," was published by Hardie Grant Books.''The Ancient Light of the Dead'', Hardie Grant Books (Melbourne), 2026 {{ISBN|9781761453311}}. The 84 poems, written in Batumi, Georgia, and New Zealand, have been described as a casual stroll through the kind of eclectic village cemetery that each of us designs and builds over the course of a lifetime, and that each of us will one day inhabit. The portraits-in-verse in this collection were drawn from fragmentary beams of light that crossed the author’s experience.