Gail Jones: Australian literature is chronically underfunded — here's how to help it flourish

Literature funding has been cut brutally in recent years and writers' incomes are disastrously low. Yet books shape our national identity, forming an often invisible bedrock for the wider economy. Continue reading at 'The Conversation'

[ The Conversation | 2020-11-08 19:05:31 UTC ]
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Oneworld signs Bridget Jones spoof

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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James Jones reissue for Penguin

Penguin Modern Classics is reissuing James Jones’ From Here to Eternity to coincide with a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Perform hires Martyn Jones as its global brand sponsorship director

Perform has hired Martyn Jones, the former publishing director for Stuff and FourFourTwo, as its global brand sponsorship director as part of the company's expansion. Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2013-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HCB to publish posthumous Diana Wynne Jones tale

HarperCollins Childrens Books fiction publishing director Ruth Alltimes has bought a posthumous... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Small Example of How Korea’s Efforts to Promote Its Literature Pays Off

A publishing grant from South Korea's Literature Translation Institute will help UK's b small publishing promote the children's book "Creative Hand Art." Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble Nook Snaps offer fresh literature in $2 bites

Barnes & Noble's Nook Store has offered short-form works much like those we've seen from Amazon's Kindle Shorts section, but they haven't really been a highlight. The company's new Nook Snaps program may give those quick reads their time to shine, however. The effort will see Barnes &... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2013-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Bridget Jones': Helen Fielding offers hints about third book

Helen Fielding discussed her new book, the third in the 'Bridget Jones' series, during Book Expo America in New York City. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jack Vance was one of literature's 'most distinctive and undervalued voices'

Vance collected a number of awards over the years, including Hugo Awards for 'The Dragon Masters' in 1963, 'The Last Castle' in 1967, and for his memoir 'This is Me, Jack Vance!' in 2010. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dow Jones Turns to Tech for Future Face-Off with Bloomberg

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[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bridget Jones book title revealed

The new title for the third instalment in the Bridget Jones Diary book series has been revealed. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2013-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Philip Gwyn Jones leaves Granta

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Butler to be British Council literature director

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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South Asia Book Awards for Children’s and YA Literature!

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Is the World’s Largest Translator of German Literature in India?

Seagull Books, based in Kolkata, India, is perhaps the world's most prolific translator of German books into English in the world, says Deutsche Well. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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One Year of Translating, Selling Swedish Literature Direct

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The UK’s Literature Prize Becomes The Folio Prize, Valued at £40,000

The Folio Society will sponsor the newly named Folio Prize, a literature award of £40,000 to honor the best English-language fiction published in the UK. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Folio to sponsor Literature Prize; stellar Academy revealed

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Carol Brown Janeway Honored for Contributions to German Literature

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ BBC News | 2013-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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