The ‘Conversation’ launches arts and culture section; ‘Crikey’ arts site to launch in November
Australian news website the Conversation has launched a new section of its website dedicated to arts, culture and the creative industries. The Arts + Culture section launched this morning. It...
Cunningham speaks out about ‘Meanjin’ departure
Meanjin editor Sophie Cunningham, who will not continue in the role in 2011, has spoken publicly for the first time about her shock departure from the well-known Melbourne literary journal.Cunningham told online...
Miller and the Miles Franklin: Do we have too many awards?
From today's Crikey newsletter, former Bookseller+Publisher editor and literary blogger Angela Meyer writes: Are there too many literary awards in Australia, and is our oldest one 'slipping away'? If an Australian...
In brief
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 of Venus (Anais Nin) at its...
A&R: deadline extended, statements issued, but dispute not yet resolved
After a very damaging, week-long public controversy, the row between Angus & Robertson (A&R) and a number of its suppliers over terms of trade has not yet been resolved.During the...
APA ‘outraged’ by A&R publisher contributions; criticism grows from trade and public
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has taken the unprecedented step of publicly criticising a book retailer, with the association releasing a statement today (Friday) stating that its members are ‘outraged...