I've always enjoyed books, and I have many books on my shelves, of all sorts of subjects; I like how they feel, smell but most importantly how they look. The narrative of 'don't judge a book by its cover' is most certainly not true (at least in my experience), I believe a publisher who believes in their author will go the extra mile. Anyway, in 2022 I was tasked with designing the cover for a new collection of poems by a good friend, and since then I've been commissioned to do a few more.
Giordano Durante & Gabriel Moreno, The Crooked Timber, 2025
The book comprises a series of exchanges between Giordano and Gabriel about poetic craft, the nature of artistic inspiration, the hybrid aspects of Gibraltarian identity, the lure of fame and flattery and some middle-aged grousing.
Giordano Durante, Nostalgia Elsewhere, 2022
Nostalgia Elsewhere was the third collection of poems by Giordano, following from 2017's West and 2020's e-pamphlet Machotes. Nostalgia Elsewhere saw a return to familar themes such as childhood, memory, Gibraltar's Upper Town, but treated with greater urgency.
Patuka Press, 2023 - 2025
Patuka Press is an author-formed collective, with the aim to write and publish stories about Gibraltar in a myriad of styles, formats and languages. A self-funded and independantly-published project, Patuka Press is currently on its fourth anthology.
Shit Jobs, June 2023
Borders and Boundaries, November 2023
Llanito, July 2024
The Upper Town, December 2024
Patuka Press, New Gibraltarian Writing, 2024
New Gibraltarian Writing was a selection of contemporary Gibraltarian writing published on occasion of the 2024 London Book Fair, which Gibraltar had a stand in.
