Edit, April 2026: This is now a special collection with ongoing submissions! Please reach out if you want to submit an abstract or have any questions. * 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 … Continue reading Call for papers: Publishing Research Quarterly – Environmental Sustainability and Book Publishing
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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
Explaining myself and my many hats
I was recently asked to write a blog post for Collaboration, the blog of the Book Industry Collaborative Council (BICC), explaining what I do and how I came to be involved in so many different facets of the book industry. It took me a while, as it felt strange to 'explain myself'! If you are curious … Continue reading Explaining myself and my many hats