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The Hinch Army of domestic goddesses seems more Women's Institute than the future of media.
The strange story of the author one of 2018's bestselling novels reveals a lot about some careers at the top end of publishing.
Here are five lessons we can learn from elsewhere to help Australian authors earn more money.
The media trope negates the work done by archivists, who are often well-aware of the existence of 'long-lost' letters, journals and stories.
Buildings built for writing and reading the news altered the urban fabric.
Rules for the UK's most prestigious and lucrative literary prize effectively mean it is dominated by big publishers.
The University of Queensland Press has a peerless record of discovering, nurturing and supporting Australian writers. A new anthology is a cross-section of many of their writings.
Ginsberg was one of the most high-profile representatives of the American counterculture and anti-war movement.
The Mail man has enjoyed 26 years of power in journalism and politics.
As major publishers chase bestselling books, small ones are leading the way in publishing Australian literary fiction. And of late, they have been sweeping our major literary awards.
The best translated fiction available in English.
Clinton Walker's Deadly Woman Blues was a missed opportunity and a lesson in how not to tell other people's stories.
Criticism of ebooks is the last thing you'd expect from the chief executive of global publishing company Hachette Livre.
Few of them are getting rich off their books but the genre is making them more money than it used to.
In our institutions of higher education and our research labs, scholars first produce, then buy back, their own content. With the costs rising and access restricted, something's got to give.
Could the real open access please stand up? If more research was published according to true open access principles, we'd see better application of evidence for everyone's benefit.
Some have suggested that the publisher and author of 'Mandela's Last Years' were simply attempting to cash in on the Mandela legacy. This is not a basis for the withdrawal of a book.
Despite dire predictions, bookstores are doing well: they are curators of taste and community hubs. But their challenges are many – from the arrival of Amazon Down Under to a 'post-truth' climate that devalues knowledge.
Inuit poet, scholar and writer Norma Dunning shares her experiences of trying to get published in Canada.
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Director, Monash University Publishing, Monash University
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Professor in Publishing Studies, University of Stirling
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Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Lecturer, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney
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cultural policy consultant
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Sessional lecturer in the Master of Communication, University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, Editing & Publishing, University of Southern Queensland
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Distinguished Professor of Economics, Macquarie University
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Professor, School of Psychology, University of Sydney
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Professor of Economics, University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, University of Sydney
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Manager, Library Digital Infrastructure, Western Sydney University
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Adjunct professor, Monash University
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Professor of Journalism, University of Sussex
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
