RMIT students to host 2018 Odyssey Literary Festival on genre
Students from RMIT University’s Professional Writing and Editing program will host the Odyssey Literary Festival in Melbourne on 13 September. This year’s festival, which is held at RMIT's Kaleide Theatre,...
RMIT, CAL announce inaugural WrICE fellows
The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and the Copyright Agency (CAL)’s Cultural Fund have announced a new Asia-Pacific fellowship program for Australian writers. As part of the inaugural Writers...
O’Shaughnessy to replace Webster at RMIT
Michael Webster will retire from his position as program director of the graduate diploma in editing and publishing at RMIT University in Melbourne in August. Webster will take up a...
Webster retires from RMIT University; O’Shaughnessy appointed program director of grad dip in editing and publishing
Michael Webster has announced his retirement as program director of the graduate diploma in editing and publishing at RMIT University in Melbourne. ‘“Retired” is a dreadful word, but after a...
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OCLC global council announces Australian appointment Library bibliographic provider OCLC has announced RMIT University librarian Craig Anderson as an executive committee member the OCLC Asia Pacific regional council. The election of new members was announced at OCLC’s...
Ormsby leaves RMIT Publishing
Kevin Ormsby has retired from the position of publishing manager at RMIT Publishing in Melbourne after eight years at the compny. Prior to joining RMIT Publishing in 2006, Ormsby held...
Ormsby leaves RMIT Publishing
Kevin Ormsby has retired from the position of publishing manager at RMIT Publishing in Melbourne after eight years at the company. Prior to joining RMIT Publishing in 2006, Ormsby held a...
RMIT to open pop-up bookshops; plans underway for permanent shops
RMIT University in Melbourne will open two pop-up bookshops in June to cater for students buying their textbooks for the second semester of the university year. The university said in...
RMIT to host 2012 NonfictionNow conference
Melbourne’s RMIT University will host this year’s NonfictionNow conference in November as a result of a partnership between the university’s school of media and communications and the nonfiction writing program...
RMIT to offer new Associate Degree in Professional Writing and Editing
RMIT University in Melbourne will offer a new Associate Degree in Professional Writing and Editing this year, and will phase out its existing Diploma and Certificate IV qualifications in the...
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Dymocks wins online retail awardDymocks has won the Online Retail (Media & Entertainment) category at the 2011 Amber Awards, presented for excellence in online services in Australia and New Zealand....
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WA heARTlines festival underwayThe 2011 heARTlines festival for children's literature and illustration in Mundaring, Western Australia, was officially launched on Friday 2 September. The biennial festival, which will run until...
APA accreditation for Uni of Sydney publishing course
The Masters of Publishing course at the University of Sydney has received accreditation from the Australian Publishers Association (APA), making it the third tertiary publishing program in the country to...
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Australian Children's Literature Alliance website launchedThe Australian Children's Literature Alliance (ACLA) has launched its website at http://www.acla.org.au/. The site features an events calendar of upcoming children's book events, as well as...
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Bruce Caddy joins Marbecks for new concept storeNew Zealand music retail chain Marbecks will open a new concept store in Dunedin in mid-November. ‘This store will be the first Marbecks...
Informit adds 100th journal
RMIT Publishing's Informit E-library has annouced that it has added its 100th journal.Eureka Street joins 99 other Australian journals on the online service, including BOOKSELLER+PUBLISHER.'The 100th journal online in Informit e-Library heralds...
RMIT secondhand bookshop closes
The secondhand bookshop run by the RMIT University Student Union has closed following the introduction of voluntary student unionism (VSU). The not-for-profit bookshop, which was run by students, with a...