Australian authors: Guess what opens for applications today? The EMDG Grant program! Have you ever applied for a creative, SME or book marketing grant before? I've been working with Amra Pajalic on a new course all about how to successfully find & apply.

https://annafeatherstone.com/grants-for-australian-writers-for-writing-and-creative-projects-book-marketing-author-business/

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Authors, do you spend more than 50% of your work time on writing and publishing activities? If you're an independent author who does, the Alliance of Independent Authors is running a survey so they will be able to compare traditionally published author earnings to indie author earnings. The survey is also designed to spot the factors that most affect author income, the learnings from which will help indie authors optimise earnings in the years ahead. Please share.

To participate in the ALLi survey, head to:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SKX2XD3

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Awful to see a public resource like Trove under threat again - permanent commitment to recording and preserving our national heritage should be a no-brainer. I can’t be the only Australian writer who calls on it frequently.

#AusPol #AusWriters #AusHistory

https://theconversation.com/troves-funding-runs-out-in-july-2023-and-the-national-library-is-threatening-to-pull-the-plug-its-time-for-a-radical-overhaul-197025

Finally had my first bout with Grimmish! What a remarkable book. It's an especially good read for authors who want to explore Michael Winkler's unusual writing craft.

I absolutely enjoyed the creativity of this "exploded non-fiction novel"...the blend of memoir, writing tips, historical happenings, footnotes, social/psychological commentary and full on made up mischief, mayhem and mess (warning: there is lots of male on male sporting violence in the book).

What's also remarkable is that in addition to the innovation and craft he brought to this book (based on an American boxer's bouts in Australia in the early 1900's), Michael Winkler's dedication to the project...his self-publishing journey - his shortlisting for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and then the publishing deal with Puncher and Wattman is like going twelve rounds in and of itself.

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The winner of the 2022 'Australian Book of the Year Award' is announced tonight. Here's the shortlist. This award is for books published by small presses in Australia (ie: not the Big 5 publishing houses). The BOTYA was formerly known as 'the Most Underrated Book of the Year Award'.

https://smallpressnetwork.com.au/book-of-the-year-award/book-of-the-year-award-2022-shortlist/

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In good news for writers, there's a thriving independent publishing scene in Australia of small yet mighty publishers such as Affirm, Black Inc , Brio Books, Fremantle Press, Giramondo, Griffith Review, Hardie Grant, Puncher & Wattmann, Scribe and more. Nov 24-26 the Small Press Network (SPN), of which these publishers are members, is running the annual Independent Publishing Conference. There will be some truly useful presentations/statistics/forecasts/workshops across the 3 days and you can attend online or in person at The Wheeler Centre in Melbourne. On Day 3 I'll be running a workshop on publishing timelines ie: what authors need to do when to successfully bring a book to market. So many great sessions. Check it out. https://smallpressnetwork.com.au/event/independent-publishing-conference-2022/

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Look, I'm here for all the experimental, not yet fine tuned ways of introducing ourselves.
So this hashtag intro thing? Of course I'm going to jump on board.

Things I do for my mind
#meditate
#longwalks
#music
#cook

Things I do for my heart
#filmmaking
#photography
#pottery
#painting
#gettogethers with friends
#familytime

Things I do for my soul
#write
#write
#write

Things I do to pay the bills
#noneoftheabove

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