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10 May

CLUNES BOOKTOWN 2012!

What a Winner!

10 May

SPUNC Announces Inaugural Independent Publishers’ Conference and New Prize for Small Publishers

November 2012 will see a new conference for publishing and a prize awarding an undervalued title…

08 May

LAUNCH! Editors Victoria

The Society of Editors Victoria Inc. has had a facelift and they’re ready to launch their new name, Editors Victoria, along with their new logo and website!

08 May

NEW RELEASE: The Unfinished Revolution: Voices from the Global Fight for Women's Rights

SPINIFEX PRESS are thrilled to announce the release of ‘Unfinished Revolution’, which tells the story of the global struggle to secure basic rights for women and girls.

08 May

Submissions now OPEN! Cordite 39 & Cordite 40!

Submit your poetry and/or poetry reviews to Cordite!

Whitmore Press Manuscript Prize 2011 - Submissions Open [23.05.2011]

Entries are now invited for the Whitmore Press Manuscript Prize 2011. The prize, for publication of a fine, limited edition poetry chapbook of work by the winning entrant, is open to all Australian poets – new, emerging and established.

Deadline is 1 August. Early submissions are encouraged. The entry form and guidelines can be downloaded from www.whitmorepress.com

The ten shortlisted poets and winner will be announced in September.

The winner of the manuscript prize in 2010 was Jamie King-Holden, whose collection Chemistry was launched in February. Jamie has been named guest emerging writer at the 2011 Mildura Writers' Festival, to be held 14–17 July.