AustLit logo

AustLit

Christopher Wood Christopher Wood i(A63651 works by) (birth name: Christopher Thomas Wood)
Born: Established: 1971 Melbourne, Victoria, ;
Gender: Male
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

Works By

Preview all
1 Australian Pulp Fiction Christopher Wood , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: Fifty Books for Fifty Years : Celebrating Half a Century of Collecting 2008; (p. 21-22)
1 14 y separately published work icon The Bibliography of Australian Literature : A-E Sally Batten , Kerry Kilner , Terence O'Neill , Christopher Wood , John Arnold (editor), John Hay (editor), Kew : Australian Scholarly Publishing , 2001 Z911184 2001 single work bibliography
1 y separately published work icon A History of the Children's Book Trade in England and America to 1830 Christopher Wood , Melbourne : 1997 Z1307152 1997 single work thesis This thesis covers the evolution of the children's book trade in the United Kingdom and the United States of America up to 1830, listing influential booksellers and publishers and summarising their activities during the period. It is a rare analysis of the strategies employed by early members of the children's book trade, and its insights into the activities of John Newbery are particularly useful. It demonstrates that the foundation of the trade was based on a combination of cultural and commercial principles, despite the fact that early publishers were at pains to indicate that they were operating either from a desire to instruct or entertain children. These publishers were aware too of the potentially profitable nature of their business and invented strategies to develop those profits.
X