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Paper empires : a history of the book in Australia, 1946-2005
- Title
- Paper empires : a history of the book in Australia, 1946-2005 / edited by Craig Munro & Robyn Sheahan-Bright.
- Publication
- St Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 2006.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book/Text | Use in library | Z533.3 .P37 2006 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- xiii, 433 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits; 24 cm.
- Summary
- This book tells the inside story of Australian publishing over the past half-century.
- Series Statement
- A history of the book in Australia
- Uniform Title
- History of the book in Australia
- Alternative Title
- History of the book in Australia, 1946-2005
- Subject
- Webber, Margareta Louise, 1891-1983
- 1900-1999
- Geschichte 1946-2005
- Book industries and trade > Australia > History > 20th century
- Publishers and publishing > Australia > History > 20th century
- Books and reading > Australia > History > 20th century
- Book industries and trade > Australia > Case studies
- Publishers and publishing > Australia > Case studies
- Books and reading > Australia > Case studies
- Book industries and trade
- Books and reading
- Publishers and publishing
- Buchhandel
- Leseverhalten
- Buch
- Verlag
- Boekwezen
- Australia
- Australien
- Australië
- Genre/Form
- Case studies
- History
- Case studies.
- Études de cas.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 396-412) and index.
- Contents
- The rise of publishing. After the war / Craig Munro and John Curtain -- Anglo-Australian relations in the book trade / Brigid Magner -- Flagship Angus & Robertson / George Ferguson with Neil James -- A & R's takeover crisis / Craig Munro -- Andrew Fabinyi and Cheshire / John McLaren -- Frank Eyre and Oxford University Press / David Cunningham -- They're a weird mob and Ure Smith / David Carter -- Sixties Larrikins / Frank Thompson -- Jacaranda Press and Brian Clouston / Gregory Blaxell -- Lansdowne and Lloyd O'Neil / John Currey -- Rigby Limited / Michael Page -- Sun Books / John Arnold -- Packer Publications / Bridget Griffen-Foley -- Horwitz / Anthony May -- New wave seventies / Jim Hart -- The new A & R / Richard Walsh -- Inner-urban and Outback / Morry Schwartz -- Currency Press / Katharine Brisbane -- UQP / Frank Thompson -- Fremantle Arts Centre Press / Ron Blaber -- DW Thorpe and the book trade / Joyce Thorpe Nicholson -- Into the global era / Michael Webster -- 2001 publishing report card / Craig Munro -- Thirty years on / Robert Sessions -- Allen & Unwin / Louise Poland -- Lonely Planet / Tony Wheeler -- McPhee Gribble / Diana Gribble -- Magabala Books / Diana Giese -- Text publishing / Anne Galligan -- Bookfutures / Richard Walsh -- Content streaming / Simone Murray -- Publishers On-line / Anne Galligan -- Copyright and electronic text / Leanne Wiseman.
- Book business. Writers / Robyn Sheahan-Bright and Craig Munro -- Writer centres / Robyn Sheahan-Bright -- Indigenous writers / Craig Munro -- Festival big top / Ruth Starke -- National Book Council / Thomas Shapcott -- The Australians/Vogel Literary Award / Tess Brady -- Literature and the state / Stuart Glover -- Editing, design and production / Craig Munro -- Beatrice Davis / Jacqueline Kent -- Editors and authors / Hilary McPhee -- The orchard / Kath McLean -- Editing indigenous writing / Josie Douglas and Robyn Sheahan-Bright -- Commissioning / Diane Brown -- Peter Carey's True history of the Kelly Gang / Paul Eggert -- Illustrated books / Guy Mirabella -- The retail book trade / Michael Zifcak -- Margareta Webber's Bookshop / Laurel Clark -- The Little Bookroom / Albert Ullin -- Collins Booksellers / Michael Zifcak -- Gordon & Gotch / Denis Cryle -- Bookworld : where you never pay full price / Terry Herbert.
- Reaching readers. Beyond bestsellers / Emma Hegarty -- Periodicals / David Carter and Roger Osborne -- Pulp fiction / Ian Morrison -- New life for a colonial classic Robbery under arms / Paul Eggert -- Feminist publishing / Diane Brown and Susan Hawthorne -- Multicultural literature / Sonia Mycak -- For children and young adults / Robyn Sheahan-Bright -- The Children's Book Council of Australia / Mark Macleod -- Postwar pioneers / Marcie Muir -- Building new lists/ Barbara Ker Wilson -- Omnibus Books / Jane Covernton -- Scholastic Australia / Robyn Sheahan-Bright -- Penguins and Puffins / Robin Morrow -- Translations and overseas editions / Kerry White -- Educational and reference publishing ; Curriculum materials / Gregory Blaxell and Don Drummond -- US educational publishers / John Collins -- University presses / Frank Thompson -- Dictionaries and style guides / Susan Butler -- Government publishing / Frank Thompson -- Readers and reading ; Baby boomers at play / Patrick Buckridge -- Biggles and beyond : a young man's reading / John Nieman -- The Women's Weekly and 'good reading' / Patrick Buckridge -- Romancing the reader / Ingrid Day -- Public libraries : books, bytes, buildings, brains / Alan Bundy -- The role of national and state libraries / Cathrine Harboe-Ree.
- ISBN
- 0702235598
- 9780702235597
- 0702235733
- 9780702235733
- LCCN
- 2006389606
- OCLC
- ocm70818980
- 70818980
- SCSB-1418889
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library