Jenny Grigg is the talented book designer behind The Luminaries and Gerald Murnane’s last book. We asked her to explain how covers communicate – and how they can fall short.
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Pip Williams’ follow-up to her internationally bestselling debut novel explores World War I, women’s rights and sisterhood – but what makes it special is its unwavering attention to the making of books.
Green is lethal: the colour of radioluminescent paint, arsenic and chlorine gas. It is also the colour of crime fiction paperbacks.
With hundreds of book covers displaying previously taboo swear words, are publishers losing the ability to shock readers?
The #bookstagram hashtag on Instagram is changing the way the world looks at reading.
Last week, Penguin released a 50th-anniversary edition of Roald Dahl’s classic novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – to an astonishingly negative reception. Die-hard Dahl fans on Twitter were scathing…
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Emeritus PhD Candidate, Australian National University
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Assistant researcher, Cardiff University
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Senior Lecturer – Criminal Law, Procedure, Digital Criminology, University of Sydney
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Associate professor, Edith Cowan University
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Distinguished Professor of Creative Practice, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer, Design and Social Context, RMIT University
