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'Island Magazine' to continue in 2012 with one-off Australia Council grant
Island Magazine will continue to be produced in 2012 following the announcement by the Australia Council's Literature Board that it will fund the publication in 2012 with a one-off grant of $60,000 in...
Australia Council announces new grants for second books
The Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts has announced a new grants program ‘for writers who are embarking on their second book'. The program, Book2, will offer 10 grants...
Get Reading! funding to be cut by $1.6 million over four years
Funding for the Get Reading! initiative will be cut by $1.6 million over the next four years. The funding cut outlined in the federal government's budget papers means the Get Reading! campaign, which ...
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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