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Journal of the European Institute for Communication and Culture
Kelvin Smith has guest-edited with Miha Kovac of the University of Ljubljana a volume of Javnost - The Public: Journal of the European Institute for Communication and Culture. The issue, 'Book Publishing in Europe', includes articles by Claire Squires and Fiona Sampson, also of Oxford Brookes, as well as contributors from Croatia, Finland and Slovenia. Topics covered include governmental support for publishing in Europe, trends in European book production and consumption, literary prizes, patterns of book pricing in Europe, the challenge to books and culture in Europe, publishing poetry in translation in the UK, and the Croatian book publishing market. The volume (XI: 4), was published in December 2004. See [url=http://www.euricom.si]http://www.euricom.si[/url] for more details.Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 15 Dec 2004 around 8pm
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Winners of the British Book Design and Production Awards 2004
The British Book Design and Production Awards 2004, jointly sponsored by Oxford Brookes University Publishing Department, the Publishers Association, and the British Printing Industries Federation were awarded at the dinner on Tuesday 9th December. The judges Barbara Smith, Ron Costley and Mick Read included among the winners members BAS Printers, RPM Print & Design and H Charlesworth & Co. Past President Peter Yates presented the Baird Group Award for best book in 'Education Tertiary' to Alden group. Overall 'Book of the Year' was entered by publisher Thames and Hudson - 'David Bailey : Locations - The 1970s Archive'Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 10 Nov 2004 around 6pm
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Reading Africa Conference attracts participants from throughout Africa and the UK
Over 50 writers, translators, publishers and librarians from twelve countries in Africa and from throughout the UK met at Headington Hill Hall on Saturday 30th October. With sessions focusing on different aspects of the development of readership for African literature, the meeting was organised by SABDET (Southern African Book Development Education Trust) and OICPS (Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies) as part of the Reading Africa programme.Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 01 Nov 2004 around 7am
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Publishing Training in Russia
Adrian Bullock has just returned from 11 days in Russia working for the British Council's Tempus-Tacis Project: Building Training Infrastructures for the Russian Book Industry. Adrian's brief was to design and facilitate a series of workshops in Samara, Yekaterinburg, and St Petersburg, whose purpose was to introduce participants to a teaching methodology suitable for adults undergoing professional training.Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 28 Oct 2004 around 8am
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Oxford Centre for Publishing Consultancy and Research
Launched in October 2004, this new Centre provides a focus for the consultancy, research and training activities carried out by the Publishing department at Oxford Brookes University. The Oxford Centre for Publishing Consultancy and Research provides a wide range of services to the publishing industry and other organizations throughout the world.Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 21 Oct 2004 around 6pm
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Creative Writing Winner
Winning creative writing from the first-year Publishing module Creative Writing for Publishing has been published online at Pirandello. In the module, students produce an opening chapter of a children's book, write a covering letter, a synopsis and a market analysis of their book. The overall winner was Alexis Goodyear's /My Brother is an Alien/. Alexis says that 'the inspiration ... speaks for itself really! Not that my brother really is an alien, but sure enough, there were times during his adolescence that he had a question mark above his head! ... Teenage boys, bad habits and funny smells, really sums up my story- I hope you enjoy reading it!'Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 13 Oct 2004 around 10am
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MA in Publishing student launches book on Brahms
The Variations of Johannes Brahms by Julian Littlewood (384pp) went on 1st Oct 2004 (£40/£20). Published by Plumbago Books and Arts as the first in a new series 'Poetics of Music', the book is being distributed by Boydell and Brewer Ltd (Univ. of Rochester Press in the USA) and will go in their Spring 2005 catalogue. The official launch is in London on Wednesday 6 Oct.; further details are available from Plumbago books. Julian has typeset books for several other publishers, e.g. Brill, and currently has two further projects for Plumbago in progress.Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 05 Oct 2004 around 9am
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AfricaPublishing.com launched by Publishing MA Graduate
David Ng'ang'a, who graduated with an MA in Publishing 2003, has founded AfricaPublishing.com. This service aims to increase awareness of African publishing and develop dialogue between all those interested in African publishing.Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 05 Oct 2004 around 9am
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Guardian mention for Publishing Lecturer
Dr Jane Potter, Lecturer in the Publishing Department and a Research Editor for the new edition of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, is mentioned in a Guardian article on Barbara Cartland's appearance in the new DNB. Her kindly but probing editorial skills are spoken of with great appreciation by the article's author, John Ezard... Full Guardian article herePosted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 23 Sep 2004 around 8am
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Publishing staff visit China
Sue, Adrian and Angus visited Beijing in September. They attended two different publishing conferences and then spent time at the 5th Beijing International Book Fair. They were able to meet with a wide range of people: publishers, alumni and future students. One of the purposes of the trip was to launch the new Postgraduate Certificate in Publishing which is being delivered as a summer school for Chinese students. An extremely well attended seminar was held at the fair to launch this programme. Further web site info
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