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Monday, May 23, 2011 (13:30:00) Gail Dines in the media
If you missed Gail Dines in the media this week, catch up here. Gail featured on ABC's Q&A, ABC's The Drum, Radio National's breakfast program, ABC's Conversation Hour and Triple J's Hack. And The Age published this powerful. well-researched opinion piece by Gail.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 (09:25:00) Gail Dines: Slutwalk is not sexual liberation
A thought-provoking impassioned opinion piece by Gail Dines and Wendy J Murphy published this week in The Guardian and following, this piece in The Age.
Monday, April 04, 2011 (09:00:00) Susan Hawthorne herdswoman, wordswoman...
Read berni janssen's wonderful launch speech for Susan Hawthorne's COW at the Spinifex blog.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 (15:00:00) Cow in the media
The Weekend Post (Cairns) interviewed Susan Hawthorne about her recently released poetry collection Cow. Susan had this to say about using the cow as her inspiration: "The cow is a really important part of Indian culture. It has a rich mythology and is important in the economy." She went on to talk about the writing process and being influenced by Tamil poetry's use of imagery and emotion: "I want to feel something. It [Cow] has to be more than an intellectual offering."
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 (12:00:00) Discussing porn with teens
Author of Pornland Gail Dines writes about the importance of talking about pornography with teenagers at tweenparent.com.
Wednesday, March 09, 2011 (10:00:00) Spinifex author and Botswanan High Court Judge Unity Dow on RN Life Matters
Hear Spinifex author and Botswanan High Court Judge, Unity Dow speak with Richard Aedy on ABC RN Life Matters program. Unity Dow, as a special guest of UN Women Australia, spoke at several events during the International Women's Day 100th anniversary celebrations.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 (12:00:00) Spinifex Press turns 20 in 2011!
See our blog for details of the journey from 'publishing experiment' to a strong independent at the leading edge of digital publishing in Australia.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 (10:00:00) Bibliodiversity
Spinifex Director, Susan Hawthorne has a new essay in the journal Bibliodiversity. She asks what kind of publishing world do we want to inhabit? Is a publishing monoculture any different from an agricultural monoculture? What does the future hold for small and independent publishers?
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 (11:00:00) Sandy Jeffs Highly Commended in 2010 Human Rights Awards
Sandy Jeffs was highly commended for her autobiographical work, Flying with Paper Wings: Reflections on Living with Madness, in the 2010 Human Rights Award for Literary Non-fiction.
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