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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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Ways in to Writing Imaginatively

  • by Jane Messer
  • Posted on June 14, 2013February 1, 2015

Suddenly I’m spending time with teens, but they’re not my own two, and I’m talking…

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Anna Karenina: not too many parties

  • by Jane Messer
  • Posted on January 23, 2013February 1, 2015

I said in my last blog that I’d be writing about writing parties and meetings,…

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It’s the season for parties

  • by Jane Messer
  • Posted on January 7, 2013January 23, 2013

Ebb and flow, emotional highs and lows, focus and implication, dialogue and gesture, a drawn-out…

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