y separately published work icon Australian Author periodical  
Date: 2010-
Date: 2005-2009
Date: 2018-
Date: 1999-2003
Date: 1996-1999
Date: 1990-1995
Date: 1985-1990
Date: 1981-1985
Date: 1977-1981
Date: 1976-1977
Date: Jul 1976
Date: Apr 1976
Date: Jan 1976
Date: Oct 1975
Date: 1974-1975
Date: 1971-1974
Date: 1969-1971
Issue Details: First known date: 1969... 1969 Australian Author
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

AbstractHistoryArchive Description

In 1962, Walter Stone, President of the New South Wales branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers, suggested the need for a new writers' professional organization. Despite some opposition from other Fellowship branches, the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) was established in June 1963 to protect the rights of authors and illustrators. The following year the ASA established Broadside, a broadsheet to distribute literary news to members. In 1969 the broadsheet was superseded by the quarterly magazine Australian Author.

Described by one its editors as the 'business voice for the writer making money', Australian Author publishes articles on issues such as copyright, digital media, business tax, editing and publishing. Many prominent Australian writers have contributed to the magazine over the years. Early issues included contributions from Thomas Keneally, A. D. Hope, Harry Heseltine, Charmian Clift and Frank Hardy. Recent contributors have included Frank Moorhouse, Kate Grenville, Drusilla Modjeska and Lynne Spender.

Notes

  • Continues Broadside
  • FREQUENCY: Quarterly
  • RANGE: 1969-
  • PRICE: 40cents (1969-1970); fifty cents (1970-1978); eighty cents (1978-1979); $1 (1979-1981); $1.50 (1981-1983); $2 (1983-1985); $2.50 (1985-1987); $3 (1987-1989); $4 (1989-1990); $4.95 (1990-1996); $6.95 (1996-2002)

  • Ceased print publication November 2018.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1969
VIEW PUBLICATION DETAILS FOR ALL VERSIONS ()

Related Works

y separately published work icon Broadside Sydney : The Australian Society of Authors , 1963-1967 Z1025743 1963-1967 periodical (13 issues)
VIEW ALL RELATED WORKS (1)

Works about this Work

Birth of The Australian Author W. F. Larkins , 2018 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Author , vol. 50 no. 2 2018; (p. 40-42)

'When Joan Clarke first asked me to write a short piece concerning those heady days in 1968 when we decided to publish our own quarterly I shrank from the task. So many other people are better able to tell the story, of the magazine we couldn't afford and weren't sure our members wanted.'  (Introduction)
Authors and the ASA Dal Stivens , 2018 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Author , vol. 50 no. 2 2018; (p. 6-8)

'With the publication of The Australian Author the ASA has achieved another target. I am sure members will want to join with me in congratulating the editorial committee which has given so generously of its time and talents. The Australian Author will be our forum and shop window and, I'm sure, a major force in the Society.'  (Introduction)
 
Undercover Susan Wyndham , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22-23 April 2006; (p. 30) A column canvassing current literary news including the re-vamping of Australian Author and the overseas reception of Marcus Zusak's The Book Thief.
Editorial : Open Debate is Critical Issue Anne Deveson , 1997 single work column
— Appears in: Australian Author , Summer vol. 29 no. 3 1997; (p. 4)
Shelf Life Jane Sullivan , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 11 August 1990; (p. 9)
Undercover Susan Wyndham , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22-23 April 2006; (p. 30) A column canvassing current literary news including the re-vamping of Australian Author and the overseas reception of Marcus Zusak's The Book Thief.
Editorial : Open Debate is Critical Issue Anne Deveson , 1997 single work column
— Appears in: Australian Author , Summer vol. 29 no. 3 1997; (p. 4)
Shelf Life Jane Sullivan , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 11 August 1990; (p. 9)
y separately published work icon Riding the Elephant Nancy Keesing , Sydney : Allen and Unwin , 1988 Z387947 1988 single work autobiography
25 Years Ago... W. F. Larkins , 1988 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Author , July vol. 20 no. 2 1988; (p. 33-34)
VIEW ALL WORKS ABOUT (7)

PeriodicalNewspaper Details

ISSN: 0045-026X
Last amended 16 Apr 2020 09:22:38
Newspapers:
    Powered by Trove
    X