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Ptarmigan Books - a little known imprint in the Penguin Books aviary of birds: bibliographic descriptions. Ptarmigan Books was just one of the many special series published by Penguin Books. Hubert Phillips was the major influence in... more
The visual aspect of Penguin Books is the most discussed factor of the publisher’s success, with discussion that Penguin books strongly resembled those of Albatross Publishing. Lane was open to admitting him inspiration from Albatross.... more
Compares and contrasts the editorial approaches of the complete/collected stories of M. R. James released by Penguin Books and Oxford University Press, coming to some interesting yet appropriately vague conclusions.
Louise Poland and Ivor Indyk. ‘Rejected by America? Some Tensions in Australian–American Literary Relations’ in Reading Across the Pacific: Australian–United States Intellectual Histories, Eds Robert Dixon and Nicholas Birns, (Sydney:... more
This article focuses directly on Thea Astley’s publishing history from the time of her involvement with Brisbane’s avant garde in the 1950s, her early inclusion in regional collections, and her emergence as a Miles Franklin prize-winning... more