Van Tiggelen appointed editor of ‘Meanjin’ in 2016, ‘influential Australians’ to guest edit in 2015
Journalist John van Tiggelen has been appointed editor of Melbourne-based literary journal Meanjin from February 2016.Van Tiggelen, who has previously worked as a staff writer and editor at the Monthly...
Sanders to leave ‘Meanjin’
Melbourne-based literary journal Meanjin is searching for a new editor after Zora Sanders announced she will leave the position in 2015.Sanders, who was promoted from deputy editor to editor in 2013, told...
McInnis appointed ‘Meanjin’ deputy editor
Catherine McInnis has been appointed deputy editor of Melbourne-based literary journal Meanjin. McInnis, who also works for Melbourne University Publishing in the role of digital marketing assistant, joined Meanjin in...
McInnis appointed ‘Meanjin’ deputy editor; iPad app now available
Catherine McInnis has been appointed deputy editor of Melbourne-based literary journal Meanjin. McInnis, who also works for Melbourne University Publishing in the role of digital marketing assistant, started in the...
Sanders appointed ‘Meanjin’ editor
Zora Sanders has been appointed as editor of Melbourne-based literary journal Meanjin. Sanders, who is currently deputy editor at the journal, will take over the editorship from Sally Heath in...
New editor for ‘Meanjin’
Zora Sanders will take over the role of editor of Melbourne-based literary journal Meanjin in March. Current editor Sally Heath, who joined Meanjin at the start of 2011, is stepping...
Cooke wins ‘Meanjin’ Dorothy Porter Poetry Prize 2012
The Meanjin Dorothy Porter Poetry Prize 2012 has been awarded to Stuart Cooke for his poem ‘An Overcast Day in Another Part of the World’. As part of the prize...
Sam Twyford-Moore on what to do—and what not to do—for a book launch
At the launch of his debut long-form comic Blue in Sydney's Kinokuniya mega bookstore, the cartoonist Pat Grant projected individual panels from his comic with a haunted soundtrack rising from...
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'Meanjin' to be available as ebookMeanjin has announced that the literary journal will be available to purchase as an ebook ‘in coming weeks'. The announcement follows the re-launch of the...
‘Meanjin’ to make all content free online
The literary journal Meanjin has confirmed it will be publishing all content free online. Deputy editor Zora Sanders told the Weekly Book Newsletter that 'the idea is to expand what...
Heath appointed as ‘Meanjin’ editor; New editorial advisory panel announced
Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) has announced the appointment of Sally Heath as the new editor of Meanjin.Heath, a former journalist and editor of the Age's A2, said in a statement...
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...
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 launched today, are...
Our dark and private spaces
Citing the rise of text-based social interactions such as Facebook and Twitter, Margaret Simons made the point at last night’s first official ‘Meanland’ event, that ‘text is everywhere, there is...
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Australian Children's Literature Alliance website launchedThe Australian Children's Literature Alliance (ACLA) has launched its website at http://www.acla.org.au/. The site features an events calendar of upcoming children's book events, as well as...
Quote of the week
'What does the recommendation to review subsidies "with a view to better targeting of cultural externalities" mean. Anyone?'--Meanjin twitter feed, approximately 4.30pm yesterday.
Sophie Cunningham new ‘Meanjin’ editor
Sophie Cunningham has been appointed as the editor of literary journal Meanjin.Cunningham took the reins this week, promising longer essays, more cultural politics and a website that ‘promotes lively debate'....
‘Westerly’ funding cut; future in doubt
The Western Australian state government has cut funding to Westerly, the Perth-based literary magazine that launched the careers of writers including Tim Winton, Robert Drewe and Elizabeth Jolley.The journal has...
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Concern at commercialisation of textbooks in NSWThe New South Wales Opposition has expressed concerns that the State Government is allowing corporations to market their products in books used in schools....
Uni of Melbourne to appoint new ‘Meanjin’ editor
The University of Melbourne has announced it will commission a short external review to ‘provide advice to the Meanjin board on the literary magazine's intellectual agenda, organisational structure, board membership...