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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS:
2012 Residential Editorial Program

Affirming their ongoing commitment to Australian editing, the APA and Literature Board announce the seventh biennial Residential Editorial Program. The closing date for applications is 9 January 2012.

What is the REP? It is an intensive, five-day program offering mid-career editors an exceptional opportunity to develop their literary editing skills with highly respected industry practitioners and join an alumni of over seventy editors who have participated to date.
Where will it take place? Varuna, the Writers’ House, in Katoomba, NSW
When? 7–12 May 2012
The Guidelines with Application Form document is available here (word doc). Full press release here (word doc)
For more information contact Robyn Sheahan-Bright, Program Manager, on (07) 4972 9760 or at rsheahan@tpg.com.au or Dee Read at the APA.

Australian Educational Publishing Awards 2011

Australian Book Industry Awards 2011

Congratulations to all the winners at the 2011 Australian Book Industry Awards. We celebrated with Alan Brough at the Hilton on the Park, please view the full list of winners (pdf) or the shortlist for all categories (pdf).

2011/12 Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellow announced

Jane Morrow [working with Penguin Books, Sydney] was awarded the BDEF at an editorial session in the SWF on 19 May 2011. Her research in the US will be on digital adaptations in publishing, especially in illustrated books.

Download the media release (doc)

Australian Publishers Association Statement on WikiLeaks

As part of the charter of the APA, we uphold a publishers right of freedom to publish and freedom of expression. Julian Assange is an Australian citizen and WikiLeaks is a publisher.

"The members of the Australian Publishers Association value the freedom to publish and the right of a publisher to release information that is perceived to be in the public interest without fear of retribution.

We deplore the calls for violence against the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, an Australian citizen exercising his right to publish freely.

We urge the government of the United States of America to respect the due process of law which underpins the fundamental freedom to write and publish – and allow WikiLeaks and its founder to do so, without the private or public threat of intimidation, or harassment of their commercial partners, to prevent publication.

We call on the governments of Australia and the United States of America to recognise and uphold the right of WikiLeaks as a publisher, to freedom of expression."

Equal Access Resolution

On World Book and Copyright Day, 23 April, the International Publishers Association's Copyright Committee focused its attention on readers who are unable to access material in the same way as sighted readers. A statement confirming that "it is a shared ambition of publishers around the world to make their works accessible to all readers" was released. A copy of the full statement is available here.

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