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New website brings together top Australian literary magazines
An initiative of the Australia Council, the newly launched website www.litmags.com.au brings together details about 10 Australian literary magazines. The titles featured on the website, which was laun...
Digital publishing symposium: special report
Readers will pay more than they currently do for ebooks, but not much more; ebook publishing and digital marketing are not so scary once you get started; digital rights and territorial copyright are m...
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Wright receives honorary doctorateMiles Franklin-winning author Alexis Wright has received an honorary doctorate from RMIT, where she studied professional and creative writing. Wright, whose novel Car...
Magabala Books to receive 'substantial long-term funding'
Magabala Books is among 10 'outstanding Indigenous arts and cultural organisations' that will receive substantial long-term funding under the National Indigenous Arts Infrastructure Program. Magabala ...
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Australia Post bans three Popular Penguin titlesAustralia Post has banned the sale of Popular Penguin titles Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov), The History of S-xuality (Michel Foucault) and Delta o...
Weir appointed to VIP committee
The Australia Council for the Arts has announced that Random House rights sales manager Nerrilee Weir has joined the Visiting International Publisher (VIP) committee. ‘Nerrilee's experience and ...
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New Zealand retailer The Warehouse goes online The Warehouse is offering online shopping within New Zealand, starting with books, DVDs, CDs, game software and gift cards. Chief executive Ian Morrice t...
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Bologna drops to three days in 2010Bologna Children's Book Fair in 2010 will drop from four to three days, reports Publisher's Weekly. Fair manager Roberta Chinni said the fair was responding to its e...
Books Alive registrations 'up on last year'
Following the renewal of funding for the Books Alive campaign for another four years, announced in last week's federal budget, director Cheryl Akle reports the 2009 campaign is travelling well. &lsquo...
Australia Council announces new publishing mentorships
The Australia Council has opened two new opportunities for young and emerging publishers. During a paid 18-month mentorship, successful candidates will work alongside publishing teams at Text Pu...
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