Name:  AustLit: The Resource for Australian Literature

Brief description (eg literary magazine, publisher, festival - area of focus, other information):

AustLit: The Resource for Australian Literature is a database which aims to enhance and support research and learning in Australian literature. It provides information on Australian writers and writing, and includes
*    a subset of Australian Literary Responses to ‘Asia’ , providing information on Australian creative writing about or referring to Asia, and some Australian critical responses to the literature of Asian countries
*    a subset of Australian Multicultural Writers, providing information about Australian writers who identify themselves with particular cultural heritages, and about their works.

We assess, edit and prepare texts for presentation to publishers. 174 authors from the Pacific published internationally, including many award winning authors with Commonwealth Writers Prize, etc. See website for further information and free publishing advice downloads to help new writers. We offer literary translation into many languages via Global Dialogues. Order Getting Published-The Inside Story directly from our website.

Contact details:

Dr. Cathie Dunsford [Publishing]- Dr. Karin Meissenburg [Translation]
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Website: http://www.dunsfordpublishing.com
Country: Aotearoa-New Zealand and international via Global Dialogues, Frankfurt (representation at Frankfurt Bookfair)

Friendly Street is Australia’s longest running community open-poetry reading venue. Started in 1975 by Andrew Taylor, Richard Tipping and Ian Reid, Friendly Street was Adelaide’s first regular, open-to-all poetry reading. It has since achieved local and national recognition for its dedication to the nurturing, support and promotion of poetry.

It has achieved this through the regular monthly readings and, importantly, through its initially self-funded, then State assisted, publications. The earliest and most important of these was the Friendly Street Reader, incorporating the best of the previous years readings. Other publications over its 29 year history include the New Poets series and over 25 collections of individual poets.

International Freedom of Expression Organisation.

website: http://www.ifex.org/

International PEN Women Writers Committee

International PEN Women Writers Committee Brief
The International PEN Women Writers Committee (IPWWC) was created in 1991 to
address the special needs of women writers.

Website address http://www.ipwwc.org