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I'd Like to Thank...,
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(p. 5-8)
'Book launches are one of the silent casualties of shrinking profits and digital publishing. Miriam Cosic finds opinions divided about their value: rising authors miss the acknowledgement while older hands remain sceptical of their benefit.'
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You Had to Be There,
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(p. 9-11)
'John Laws made an ugly speech, Sophie Loren's turned into a riot and Geoff Blainey refused to fly to his own event. Richard Walsh reflects on some memorable book launches.'
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Best Feed Forward,
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(p. 13)
'Smart self-promotion is not grubby. It's a necessity, says Helen O'Neill.'
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The Royalties Roundabout,
single work
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(p. 14-16)
'Authors' dues are traditionally paid on a six-monthly basis and despite digital progress, no one seems willing to budge on that. Julietta Jameson tries to find out why.'
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A Teacher's Lament,
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(p. 18-19)
'Mark Dapin aims low as he tries to teach a group of wannabes how to write.'
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Do You Need a Counsellor?,
single work
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(p. 20-22)'If athletes can have them, why can't authors? Caroline Baum talks to some pioneers in previously uncharted waters.'
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The Glorious Diffculty of Writing,
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(p. 24-27)
'The thread that binds all writers is the recognition of just how difficult writing really is, says Don Watson, in his address to the ASA 50th Anniversary Dinner.'
- Celebration - Libby Gleeson, single work biography (p. 28-31)
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Internationally Invisible,
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(p. 32-33)
'Angelo Loukakis on the invisibility of Australian books overseas.
'PLUS The ASA National Writers' Congress: a report by Jacqueline Breen.'
- Pilgrims, Jumbos and Buddhas, single work prose (p. 34)
