by whisperinggums | Oct 11, 2017 | Round-ups
September of course saw the announcement of Australia’s most famous literary award, the Miles Franklin, and the winner was Extinctions by Western Australian author Josephine Wilson. Wilson’s book was not reviewed this month for the Challenge, but...
by Ashleigh Meikle | Aug 19, 2017 | Spotlights
Odyssey Books was founded in 2009 by Michelle Lovi, who fell in love with publishing whilst working for the public service in Canberra. Through her volunteer work for a magazine, she began to consider the different types of independent publishing available....
by Ashleigh Meikle | Jul 15, 2017 | Spotlights
Lou Johnson founded The Author People and is located in the same offices as Murdoch Books and Allen and Unwin. She is currently in the role of Publishing Director at Murdoch Books as well as running The Author People – so Lou has a lot on her plate! With a long...
by Ashleigh Meikle | Mar 25, 2017 | Spotlights
The following post by Ashleigh Meikle (co-authored by Elizabeth Lhuede) is the third in our occasional series highlighting small presses. It focuses on UWA Publishing. University of Western Australia Publishing (UWAP) was established in 1935, 24 years after the...
by Ashleigh Meikle | Jan 13, 2017 | Spotlights
Hi everyone. Over the next few months, I aim to write posts featuring a small press/publisher which highlight recent or upcoming books, or past titles yet to be reviewed for the challenge. My first post is on a press that focuses on Indigenous literature. ~ Apart from...
