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Louise Thurtell

Publisher at Allen & Unwin

Louise Thurtell is a publisher at Allen & Unwin.
Changing Our Book Laws Would Be A Sad

Changing Our Book Laws Would Be A Sad Story

If you love reading books, care about Australian writers and writing, and believe a viable Australian publishing industry is important, you should be alarmed by the prospect of the government changing the current importation laws for books.
17/06/2016 3:19 PM AEST
'I Have Said What I Wanted To Say, And I Will Not Say It

'I Have Said What I Wanted To Say, And I Will Not Say It Again'

I think Harper Lee was right -- many authors only have one good book in them, and some would be better to stop there. Yet these days no sooner has a first book performed well than the author is being pressured by his or her publisher to churn out a book a year.
22/02/2016 1:25 AM AEDT