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Saturday, February 08, 2025

Another publishing house gets swallowed, leaving Australian literature on shaky ground

“ it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive“

- Bruce Springsteen via BC of w o y


My advice to male writers struggling to get published? Toughen up – and embrace poverty Van Badham

If you really want to make a name for yourself, publish comment insisting you’ve been silenced.

It happened again last week in a nationwide publication. Under a byline accompanied by a headshot and the covers of two of his books, an Australian author counted himself among those writers deemed “pale, stale and male” by the publishing industry, who “seem to have become cancelled because of our age”.


Another publishing house gets swallowed, leaving Australian literature on shaky ground




Penguin Random House's acquisition of Text Publishing leaves Australian publishing further concentrated in the hands of a few multinational companies.