Hi everyone, I'm excited to share the call for papers for a special issue of the international academic journal Publishing Research Quarterly on the topic of environmental sustainability and book publishing. Please pass on to any publishing academics you know! Publishing Research Quarterly Volume 43, Issue 1, March 2027 Environmental Sustainability and Book Publishing Edited … Continue reading Call for papers: Publishing Research Quarterly – Environmental Sustainability and Book Publishing
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Short story ‘An Uncertain Electricity’ in Science Write Now
Image generated by Midjourney (AI) I have a new, darkly humorous short story about a man who helps power his city through nervous electricity in Edition 7 of Science Write Now. Check it out here. I'm so excited to be published in this edition of the magazine, which is exploring humour (often through the strange … Continue reading Short story ‘An Uncertain Electricity’ in Science Write Now
Sustainability in the Australian book industry
I've just completed a series of snapshots on sustainability in Australian publishing and bookselling, for Books+Publishing (subscription required): Part 1 provided an overall intro and looked at what publishers are doing. Part 2 looked at where most of the emissions come from, greener book production and printing practices, whether there are alternatives to the paper we currently use, and … Continue reading Sustainability in the Australian book industry