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Engaging and scientifically accurate children’s books on Australian animals are sorely lacking. Fostering more collaboration between authors and scientists can enrich children’s literature.
Was international bestselling author Dorothy Cottrell too female, too popular, too ‘unAustralian’ and perhaps, too disabled, for the local literary establishment?
A new survey of Australian authors finds that while author incomes have (very slightly) grown, they remain perilously low – which makes it hard to find time to write.
The author of 70 novels translated into 29 languages, Valerie Parv has passed away just before her 70th birthday.
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Senior Lecturer in Writing, Literature and Culture, Deakin University
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Faculty Research Manager, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer in History, La Trobe University
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Distinguished Professor of Economics, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor in Zoology, Western Sydney University
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Associate Professor, School of Education, Edith Cowan University