‘The Lifted Brow’ announces nonfiction prize winner; relaunches print magazine
Melbourne writer Oscar Schwartz has won the inaugural The Lifted Brow (TLB) Prize for Experimental Nonfiction for his piece ‘Humans Pretending to be Computers Pretending to be Human’.Schwartz was selected from a...
‘The Lifted Brow’ appoints new print editors
Melbourne-based publisher and literary magazine The Lifted Brow (TLB) has appointed three new editors for its flagship print magazine. Jointly editing TLB in 2015 will be founding editor of TLB’s ‘Middlebrow’ arts and culture...
‘The Lifted Brow’ appoints new print editors
The Lifted Brow (TLB) has appointed three new editors to replace Sam Cooney. (See news.)
‘The Lifted Brow’ to partner with ‘McSweeney’s’
Melbourne-based publisher and literary magazine The Lifted Brow (TLB) has announced plans to partner with US publisher McSweeney’s.TLB publisher and editor-in-chief Sam Cooney told Books+Publishing that the two organisations ‘will...
‘Alphabet Soup’ magazine closes
Alphabet Soup, a literary magazine for primary-school aged children, has closed. Launched in 2008, the quarterly magazine showcased children’s writing and artwork alongside that of adults, and had a subscriber...
‘Aurealis’ re-launched as emagazine
Australian fantasy and science-fiction magazine Aurealis has been re-launched as a free epublication. The latest issue of the magazine, Aurealis #45, has been released and is available to download from...
‘Island Magazine’ seeks new funding
The board of Tasmanian literary journal Island Magazine will meet in two weeks to develop a strategy to keep producing the magazine, following the decision by Arts Tasmania last week...
Tasmanian government cuts all funding for ‘Island Magazine’
Arts Tasmania has discontinued its funding of Tasmanian literary journal Island Magazine. Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings, who is also the state's Arts Minister, announced the funding cut yesterday, and also...
‘Meanjin’ to make all content free online
The literary journal Meanjin has confirmed it will be publishing all content free online. Deputy editor Zora Sanders told the Weekly Book Newsletter that 'the idea is to expand what...
New website brings together top Australian literary magazines
An initiative of the Australia Council, the newly launched website www.litmags.com.au brings together details about 10 Australian literary magazines. The titles featured on the website, which was launched today, are...
‘Westerly’ funding cut; future in doubt
The Western Australian state government has cut funding to Westerly, the Perth-based literary magazine that launched the careers of writers including Tim Winton, Robert Drewe and Elizabeth Jolley.The journal has...