The Stella Count for 2014 is in! This wonderful little study, conducted by the same people behind the Stella Prize, looks at gender (im)balance in book reviews across Australia. You can see the full results here. What's the take-home message? Most of the regionals seem to be getting things right. There are fairly equal numbers of male and female reviewers, ditto for the gender of authors reviewed. The nationals – the Australian, the Financial Review…
Continue readingLet the awards for Nature's Line begin. The shortlist for the very highly respected Ernest Scott Prize was announced today, and Janis Sheldrick's amazing George Goyder biography is top of the list! With some spot on judges' comments, too. We're incredibly proud of this book, and the mammoth amount of work, love and dedication put into by Janis. We're definitely expecting more from where this came from. Congratulations Janis!
Continue readingThanks to an awesome Oz Co grant, we now have an ebook expert in residence for the next three months. Or, as we like to say: Simon is in the house! We like this one. As well as being a general ebook Grand Master, he's also an avid reader and reviewer, and an on-the-side Brow Lifter (online editor). He also finds the best articles on interesting book-related things. Which brings me to today's links! We have an…
Continue readingThings are ripping along over here at Wakefield Press HQ. We all know that the lead up to Christmas is the busiest time of the year, but this year we decided to challenge ourselves by bringing out a bunch of new books at the same time. Johnny in the warehouse is getting a workout! First things first: you've all had a peek at Janis Sheldrick's superb Nature's Line: George Goyder, Surveyor, Environmentalist, Visionary by now, and bought…
Continue readingJanis Sheldrick is a lifelong resident of Melbourne who has always been strongly attracted to the landscapes of South Australia. She studied philosophy at the University of Melbourne, has a Graduate Diploma in Librarianship, and was awarded a PhD by Deakin University in 2000 for work on George Goyder and Goyder’s Line. Working as an independent scholar, she completed the rest of Goyder's biography in the years that followed. Nature's Line: George Goyder, surveyor, environmentalist, visionary is due…
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