Over the years I have written several posts on publishers who have made a commitment to publishing Australian classics, such as Text, Allen and Unwin and the Sydney University Press, to name a few. I was thrilled last week to come across another one, this time from UQP, the University of Queensland Press, which has … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: First Nations Classics
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Monday musings on Australian literature: Allen & Unwin’s House of Books
I have written a few posts over the years on the publishing of Australian classics, including one in 2014 in which I mentioned Allen & Unwin's Australian Classics series. That series seems to have disappeared, but the publisher does have another initiative, House of Books. Here is what Allen & Unwin say about this series … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Allen & Unwin’s House of Books
Monday musings on Australian literature: 1965 in fiction
1965 as a topic? What the?! Those familiar with the lit-blogosphere will probably guess what inspired this post, but for everyone else, I'll explain. Over the last week of April, bloggers Kaggsy (Kaggsy's Book Ramblings) and Simon (Stuck in a Book) ran a 1965 Reading Week, the latest in their series of reading weeks focusing … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: 1965 in fiction
Monday musings on Australian literature: some Australian feminist “classics”
Tonight I went to an ANU/The Canberra Times Meet the Author event featuring author and journalist, Jane Caro, in conversation with local radio personality and booklover, Alex Sloan. It was of course inspired by Caro's new book, Accidental feminists. So, I thought it might be fun this Monday Musings to just list some of Australia's … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: some Australian feminist “classics”
Monday musings on Australian literature: Text Classics publishes its 100th title
Back in 2012, I reported on Text Publishing's new initiative to publish Australian classics, with new introductions, and market them at a very affordable $12.95. I was thrilled and hoped the venture would take off. Well, it did, and now four years later they have published the 100th title in the series. What a wonderful … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Text Classics publishes its 100th title
Monday musings on Australian literature: On nurturing Australian literary classics
Over the weekend an article appeared in The Age describing the parlous situation regarding recognition of classic Australian literature. Written by Michael Heyward of Text Publishing, it's titled "Classics going to waste" and argues that those who have the power to choose and influence what people might read - publishers, professors, teachers, journalists, commentators, editors - have done a lamentable job of … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: On nurturing Australian literary classics
Australian Classics Library
Am I the last to know? I have just discovered that Sydney University Press is publishing a new set of Australian Classics, using a grant from the CAL Cultural Fund. Each title has a newly written critical introduction and, in a nice bit of collaboration, some biographical and bibliographical information from AustLit. The titles - … Continue reading Australian Classics Library
Some Australian literary classics
Lisa at ANZ LitLovers referred yesterday to ABC Radio National's The Book Show program on Patrick White's The solid mandala. This is in fact part of weeklong series they are doing on Australian classics. They have chosen an intriguing - but not unappealing - list of works to discuss: Marcus Clarke's His natural life (which … Continue reading Some Australian literary classics
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