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The Productivity Commission is floating AI copyright exemptions – with worrying implications for Australian authors and publishers

The Productivity Commission is floating AI copyright exemptions – with worrying implications for Australian authors and publishers

Exemptions to copyright legislation for AI would disadvantage Australian writers – and set a bad precedent.

06.08.2025 7

The Conversation

Alice Grundy

Sydney Writers Festival will program year-round , partnering with State Library of NSW. Is this ‘Sydney’s Wheeler Centre’?

Sydney’s new year-round program of literary events is budgeted at $1.5 million, creating over 300 paid opportunities for writers over 12 months.

29.07.2025 30

The Conversation

Alice Grundy

Several books on the mushroom trial are already cooking. What are the risks and rewards of fast books on big news?‘

Books on the mushroom trial are being raced to print. Big-name authors were seen in the courtroom. But the best true-crime books can be less about...

10.07.2025 7

The Conversation

Alice Grundy

Two books on the mushroom trial are already cooking. What are the risks and rewards of fast books on big news?

Books on the mushroom trial are being raced to print. Big-name authors were seen in the courtroom. But the best true-crime books can be less about...

10.07.2025 3

The Conversation

Alice Grundy

Here's something absolutely cooked about books in Australia

25.06.2025 10

The Examiner

Alice Grundy

Here's something absolutely cooked about books in Australia

25.06.2025 6

Canberra Times

Alice Grundy

Who’s eating publishers’ lunch? The rising costs and shrinking margins of Australian books

Books may seem expensive in Australia, but they’re cheap when you take costs into account. For independent publishers, times are tough. What can we...

01.05.2025 10

The Conversation

Alice Grundy

The acquisition of Text Publishing by Penguin Random House is part of a worrying trend in Australian publishing

Mergers within the Australian publishing industry have significant implications for the literary culture.

23.01.2025 20

The Conversation

Alice Grundy

The sad phenomenon of Australia's 'unfunded excellence'

17.01.2025 10

The Examiner

Alice Grundy

The sad phenomenon of Australia's 'unfunded excellence'

17.01.2025 10

Canberra Times

Alice Grundy