Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 Theme and Syntax : On Being a Writer in Australia
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'Whatever the state of a literature, Australian or otherwise, there can be none at all without the author. Frank Moorhouse tells of what he and "writer friends" believed when starting out, including views on a local "tradition". He argues for the vital connection of reader and author, and for the meaning and place of authorship more broadly.' (Editor's abstract)

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Alternative title: On Being a Writer in Australia
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    y separately published work icon Australian Author vol. 39 no. 1 April 2007 Z1379910 2007 periodical issue 2007 pg. 6-9
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    y separately published work icon Australian Author vol. 50 no. 2 2018 15356073 2018 periodical issue

    'In October 1962, the inaugural meeting of the proposed Society of Authors was held, to end the present feudal state of the Australian writer' and address the issues of 'poor and variable anthology fees, the need for standard contracts and the position regarding copyright' (Dal Stivens. foundation president). Broadside, the first journal of the Australian Society of Authors, began in September 1963 as a 'medium of information and opinion', and fulfilled that role until the last edition was published in July 1968 to make way for the launch of The Australian Author in 1969. This magazine was never intended as a literary puma\ and, as a result, did not meet the funding criteria of the time. Rather, its purpose was to 'concentrate attention on the defence of literary property—the writer's business (Stephany Steggall, Status and Sugar, 2013), which is exactly what it did for the next 50 years. ' (Publication summary)
     

    2018
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