Early this month, the Sydney Morning Herald's Jason Steger mentioned, in his weekly email, a recent survey into Australian audiobook listeners. It was also reported by the Australia Reads* website. This survey was conducted by the Australian National University (ANU), but Australia Reads also shares the findings of a second report, Creative Australia's 2026 and … Continue reading Monday musings on Australia literature: Audiobook reading in Australia
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Monday musings on Australian literature: Australia’s favourite genres
A week or so ago I received an email from an organisation called Studying in Switzerland. Their main focus, as their name suggests, is helping students who want to study in Switzerland, but it seems that they also do some research of their own. A recent project was to identify the most popular book genres … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Australia’s favourite genres
Monday musings on Australian literature: Reading the reader (Survey)
Late last month, the Australia Council of the Arts released the results of a survey they conducted with Macquarie University. It is, the introduction to their final summary says, "the third stage of a major study of Australia’s changing book industry, by the Australian Research Council and Macquarie University." The project, according to the Macquarie University website … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Reading the reader (Survey)
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