Reforms proposed by the Book Industry Strategy Group are long overdue but don’t go far enough and may be difficult to implement, according to industry players and authors.
Australian authors
Do you write for yourself or an audience?
It’s a common issue with authors: who is the target audience? For an intensely private activity, writing can have very public repercussions. And the sweet innocence of a first novel can never be replicated, notes Jessica Au.
The death of the “Great Australian Novel”?
Can a novel still truly capture the idea of an single Australian national consciousness or culture? asks Jessica Au. Perhaps it’s time we stopped trying to anoint a “Great Australian Novel” to which all authors and publishers should aspire?
Australia’s J.K. Rowling
39-year-old Armidale mother-of-four Rebecca James is setting the literary world alight with the manuscript for her debut young-adult novel Beautiful Malice sparking an international bidding war.
Angus & Robertson responds: setting the record straight
I completely acknowledge that the tone of this correspondence was inappropriate, and I appreciate the opportunity to set the record straight on our intentions, writes Dave Fenlon, Chief Operating Officer at Angus & Robertson.
