Publishing News

Latest issue of Research Achievements now online

The seventh issue of the Research Achievements bulletin is now online, giving an overview of the research activities ongoing in the School. To view the bulletin follow the links from the School’s home page.

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Publishing student’s research featured in Bookseller

In her Bookworm on the Net column in the The Bookseller (28th May 2004) Anne Weale praises Andrew Morgan's dissertation on publishers' websites. Andrew, a final year student of Publishing and Computing at Oxford Brookes University, shared his research with Weale and with Anna Rafferty at Penguin. "Having spent several evenings studying it," writes Weale "I believe that the publishers of the 10 sites he has analysed would do well to ask him for a copy."

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Research Studentship in English is available

The School of Arts and Humanities invites applications from UK or EU students for a full-time research studentship in English. Further details here

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New Product Development - Demonstrating all the publishing skills

Both undergraduate and postgraduate publishing students are busy preparing and presenting new products as part of their final term's work at Oxford Brookes. These role-play exercises bring together all of the skills and knowledge learnt throughout the course, and reinforce the team working skills so vital for a career in publishing.

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British Book Design and Production Awards 2004

We are pleased to advise you that the BPIF, The Publishers Association and Oxford Brookes University are again organising the British Book Design and Production Awards. The awards are unique in the industry in that they are based solely on the design and production qualities of each book ie paper, printing, binding, typeface and so on. The deadline for entries is Friday 25 June 2004 and books published in 2003 and 2004 up to the deadline are eligible for entry.

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Reading Africa: readers, libraries and African publishing

 Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies and Southern African Book Development Education Trust (http://homepages.poptel.org.uk/sabdet/index.htm) will hold a one-day conference on Saturday, 30th October 2004 at Headington Hill Hall to evaluate and take forward the Reading Africa programme that was launched at London Book Fair 2004. The Reading Africa programme covers Reading Promotion - directing readers to selected titles by African writers, linking parallel activities in the UK and Africa Literary Festivals and Book Fairs – encouraging and facilitating literary festivals and book fairs to include African writers and African-authored books in their programmes Media and PR – raising awareness of Reading Africa, African writing and publishing Seminars and Conferences – to develop professional awareness of Reading Africa For more information contact Paul Westlake.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

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Lecturer wins prestigious Thomas Mann Prize

Dr Malte Herwig, Lecturer in German Studies, has been awarded the Thomas Mann Prize by the Deutsche Thomas Mann-Gesellschaft for his forthcoming book on science in Mann's work. This is the first time that the prize has been awarded, and represents a considerable achievement for the author and the School. The award ceremony took place in Lübeck, Mann's birthplace, and was widely reported in the European media. The text of the citation can be found at http://www.buddenbrookhaus.de/tmg/tm_tagung_aktuell.html and there are details about the book at http://www.klostermann.de/lit/lit_3352.htm

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Publishing Research Seminars

The following seminars will be held this term: Wednesday 28 April Chris Jennings will give a talk on 'Blogging', in R115 at 1pm. Wednesday 12 May Juliet Gardiner will speak on 'The Faceout Author, in HK6 at 1pm. Wednesday 26 May Padmini Mongia will give a paper on 'Marketing Indochic', in HK5 at 1pm All are welcome. For further information, contact Claire Squires .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

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Oxford Brookes at Bologna

Eleven students from the MA in Publishing and one member of staff attended the Bologna Children's Book Fair from 14-17 April 2004. Students had the opportunity to see the children's book publishing world in action. Students had meetings with various children's publishers and agents, including David Fickling (publisher of Philip Pullman and Mark Haddon), and Catherine Clarke of the Felicity Bryan Agency (who represents several children's authors).

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