Diane Brown Diane Brown i(A12410 works by) (a.k.a. Di Brown)
Also writes as: Dianne Parsons
Born: Established: 1953 Parkside, Unley area, Adelaide - South / South East, Adelaide, South Australia, ;
Gender: Female
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1 Dancing on the Head of a Pin : Book Editors in Australia Diane Brown , Lee White , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Publishing , August no. 2 2007; (p. 90-113) 'In early 2005, I approached Lee White to invite her to collaborate in writing a paper for the biennial national editors' conference. I had read Lee's Master of Arts thesis on the role and status of book editors in Australia (White 1986) and I suggested that her earlier research constituted a critical historical and contextual framework for thinking about the role and status of book editors today. We agreed that it would be worth researching the intervening twenty years and set about identifying the areas we might wish to explore We decided to collaborate with colleagues and prepared a list of ten survey questions for a small, targeted sample of mostly freelance Melbourne-based book editors.' - Diane Brown, author's note, (p.90)
1 Feminist Publishing, 1970-2006 Diane Brown , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Making Books : Contemporary Australian Publishing 2007; (p. 268-278)
1 1 y separately published work icon Editors in Conversation Kerry Biram (editor), Diane Brown (editor), Jenny Craig (editor), North Melbourne : Australian Scholarly Publishing , 2007 Z1406139 2007 anthology interview

Based on interviews with Honorary Life Members of the Australian Society of Editors Sheila Allison, Pamela Ball, Robyn Colman, Lee White, Beryl Hill, Wendy Sutherland, Renee Otmar and Loma Snooks at the Editing in Context conference Melbourne, October 2005.
1 Case-study : Feminist Publishing Diane Brown , Susan Hawthorne , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Paper Empires : A History of the Book in Australia 1946-2005 2006; (p. 263-268) 'The contested histories of book publishing in Australia reflect colonisation of the local industry by Western publishing powers and non-publishing media monopolies. Feminist critiques of book culture are framed around the social relations in which the book is produced and the cultural space of its production. Feminism at work in publishing is a different kind of engagement with texts and the politics of cultural production, where the agency of feminism exposes and contests power relations through the development of risky publishing lists. Feminist book publishing, a corollary of an organised international political movement, coincided with the growth of 'mainstream' book publishing in Australia. Until the 1970s Australian literature was largely representative of dominant masculinist narratives. ’(Introduction 263)
1 Case-study : Commissioning Diane Brown , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Paper Empires : A History of the Book in Australia 1946-2005 2006; (p. 191-195) ‘In editing and publishing, the acquisitions environment consists of a series of wide-ranging and overlapping activities involving key people at various stages in the book's life -cycle. Elizabeth Weiss, for example, describes her publishing role at Allen & Unwin as bringing projects to the publishing house, working on developing projects with authors and keeping an overview of books which are being written, are in production or have been published, basically all through their lives'. It is the commissioning editor and publisher who create and develop ideas for new books, assess manuscripts and publishing proposals, negotiate the terms of the publishing agreement and contract authors, then facilitate the book's journey through the publishing house and out into the wider community.’(Introduction 191)
1 y separately published work icon Publishing Culture: Commissioning Books in Australia, 1970-2000 Diane Brown , Melbourne : 2003 Z1297284 2003 single work thesis This thesis measures how the individuals who constitute publishing culture in Australia reflect or construct wider cultural trends through the books they commission. The commissioning role is explored through identity narratives of editors and publishers discussing their experiences in independent book publishing. The thesis argues that approaches to commissioning are critical to an understanding of the cultural forces at work in Australian book publishing.
1 Creating a Space : Sybylla Feminist Press, 1988-2003 Diane Brown , Maryanne Lynch , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 29 no. 2 2003; (p. 285-296)
1 Untitled Diane Brown , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , Aug/Sep no. 18 2003;
— Review of The Falling Woman Susan Hawthorne , 1992 single work novel
1 Murder, Memory, Denial Diane Brown , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 171 2003; (p. 99-101)
— Review of Finding Theodore and Brina Terri-Ann White , 2001 single work novel
1 Australian Woman as Consumer Diane Brown , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 169 2002; (p. 144-147)
— Review of Who Was That Woman? : The Australian Women's Weekly in the Postwar Years Susan Sheridan , Barbara Baird , Kate Borrett , Lyndall Ryan , 2001 single work criticism
1 Unique and Different Journey Diane Brown , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 168 2002; (p. 96-97)
— Review of Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence Doris Pilkington Garimara , 1996 single work biography ; Bitin' Back Vivienne Cleven , 2001 single work novel
1 Cultural Production : Commissioning Books in Contemporary Australia Diane Brown , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies in the 21st Century 2001; (p. [21]-29) Diane Brown argues that, as well as cultural and commercial trends, the personal beliefs, values and assumptions of editors and publishers also influence the production of books in Australia.
1 Feminist Publishing in Australia : Commercial and Cultural Practices Diane Brown , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 153 1998; (p. 8-13)
1 Building Epic Tomes Diane Brown , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 203 1998; (p. 22)
— Review of The Song of Troy Colleen McCullough , 1998 single work novel
1 Ageing Women Diane Brown , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February-March no. 188 1997; (p. 25)
— Review of Something That Happens to Other People: Stories of Women Growing Older 1996 anthology short story prose
1 Frozen Frame Diane Brown , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 195 1997; (p. 34-35)
— Review of A Race across Burning Soil Clare Mendes , 1997 single work novel ; Unseemly Longing : A Novel Margaret Geddes , 1997 single work novel
1 Feminist Publishing in Australia : Sisters Publishing 1979-1983 Diane Brown , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: Publishing Studies , Autumn no. 4 1997; (p. 7-11)
1 Feminist Publishing : Reinventing a Reading Culture Diane Brown , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , Spring vol. 9 no. 2-3 1997; (p. 13-15)
1 Threat to the Sisterhood Diane Brown , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 180 1996; (p. 61-62)
— Review of Figments of a Murder Gillian Hanscombe , 1995 single work novel ; Double Bluff Claire McNab , 1995 single work novel
1 Australian Women's Fiction : Imagining a Place Diane Brown , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , November vol. 7 no. 3-4 1995; (p. 45-47)
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