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Listening parties, the new thang.

  • by Jane Messer
  • Posted on August 25, 2015September 14, 2021

It wasn’t the fault of artistic angst, but Dear Dr Chekhov has taken a little while, a few…

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Should authors Rushdie to judgment as book reviewers?

  • by Jane Messer
  • Posted on April 13, 2015April 14, 2015

Poor Salman Rushdie. On the global books site GoodReads, he recently gave public 1-, 2-…

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In conversation with the editor

  • by Jane Messer
  • Posted on March 28, 2015March 28, 2015

I love the baroque patterning that you can work toward with the family

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Who said launch?

  • by Jane Messer
  • Posted on March 22, 2015

The author wants something to mark the occasion. A couple of drinks won’t do. Sleeping with the advance copies under your pillow won’t do.

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Why on earth would a publisher knock back a politician’s memoir?

  • by Jane Messer
  • Posted on March 8, 2015March 8, 2015

Why shouldn’t a publisher refuse a proposal on political grounds when the author or subject of the book has acted in such a way that they have damaged the publisher?

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Hopscotch typeset

  • by Jane Messer
  • Posted on February 1, 2015February 1, 2015

Selecting text to delete, replace or add is fiddly. But also more accurate.

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Hopscotch cover sneak peek

  • by Jane Messer
  • Posted on November 14, 2014March 22, 2015

Emma Rafferty – “I wanted it to be modern, possibly geometric, stylised, typography-driven, potentially incorporating the hopscotch grid, to feature at least one iconic Sydney image, and using lighter rather than darker grim colours, as I always associate Sydney with light and colour.”

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Anonymous book reviews don’t foster our literary culture – The Conversation

  • by Jane Messer
  • Posted on July 1, 2014July 1, 2014

The new Saturday Paper publishes anonymous book reviews and, occasionally, reviews by identified critics. That anonymity…

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A reply to Hanif Kureishi

  • by Jane Messer
  • Posted on March 6, 2014February 1, 2015

Why writing programs are worth it: a reply to Hanif Kureishi Having served in a…

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NaNoWriMo and the art to responding to a brief

  • by Jane Messer
  • Posted on November 21, 2013February 1, 2015

Asked last week to write about NaNowriMo by The Conversation, I leapt at the chance…

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