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Creative Net Speakers’ Agency
It’s certainly been a challenging year in the face of COVID-19 and recent lockdowns. The team at Creative Net Speakers’ Agency wishes everyone well. Creative Net Speakers’ Agency has some exciting literary festivals coming up. Among the authors and illustrators who will be participating are Ingrid Laguna, Adam Wallace, Claire Saxby, Meredith Costain and George Ivanoff. Our speakers have a . . .
Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year
Our Xmas newsletter is here! Take care everyone and have a great Xmas and New Year. Paul and the team
The Internship Experience
My internship at Ford Street Publishing began with a book launch – the moment editors work towards. The next week, I was at the very beginning of the process with a manuscript and a bunch of nerves. I was approaching the second half of my studies in editing and publishing at the University of Melbourne when I emailed Paul Collins . . .
Paper Cranes Don’t Fly short-listed for an INKY Award
Well done to Ford Street’s Peter Vu for his YA novel, Paper Cranes Don’t Fly being short-listed in the INKY awards! For Adam Auttenberg, hospital is like a second home. With Tess, AJ, and Rachael by his side, it’s even bearable. Facing the toughest challenge of his life, all Adam has to help him are his friends. But will they . . .
Why #metoo Means Listening to Junot Díaz – Not Just His Victims
When American writer Zinzi Clemmons accused Pulitzer Prize-winner Junot Díaz of sexual misconduct at last month’s Sydney Writers’ Festival, it was in some ways unsurprising. While we couldn’t necessarily predict who would be accused, or of what, or by whom, one thing has always been clear: the literary industry would have its #metoo moments. No profession is immune to instances . . .