http://www.spinifexpress.com.au/ Spinifex Press en-us Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT 1440 CPG-Nuke Dragonfly Spinifex Press News http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.spinifexpress.com.au/images/headback.png http://www.spinifexpress.com.au/ http://www.spinifexpress.com.au/News/article/sid=248/ Lara Fergus's My Sister Chaos has won the Publishing Triangle Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction! ∇ Congratulations Lara! ∇ http://www.spinifexpress.com.au/News/article/sid=248/ Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spinifexpress.com.au/News/article/sid=247/ Congratulations to Lara Fergus! Her novel, My Sister Chaos, has been nominated in the Lesbian Debut Fiction category of the 24th Annual Lambda Literary Awards! http://www.spinifexpress.com.au/News/article/sid=247/ Tue, 20 Mar 2012 23:00:00 GMT http://www.spinifexpress.com.au/News/article/sid=245/ Two Spinifex authors listed in US Publishing Triangle Awards. Lara Fergus' My Sister Chaos for Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction and Susan Hawthorne's Cow for the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry.Congratulations to our two authors! http://www.spinifexpress.com.au/News/article/sid=245/ Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spinifexpress.com.au/News/article/sid=244/ Cow by Susan Hawthorne continues to receive great reviews, check out this one in the Lambda Literary http://www.spinifexpress.com.au/News/article/sid=244/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:00:00 GMT http://www.spinifexpress.com.au/News/article/sid=243/ The following titles are back from the printer and available now: Feminist Fables by Suniti Namjoshi, Daughters of the Dreaming by Diane Bell, Getting Real edited by Melinda Tankard Reist, Big Porn Inc edited by Melinda Tankard Reist and Abigail Bray and Cow by Susan Hawthorne http://www.spinifexpress.com.au/News/article/sid=243/ Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:30:00 GMT http://www.spinifexpress.com.au/News/article/sid=241/ Big Porn Inc is out and causing quite a stir: ABC Religion & Ethics website posted an edited extract from Helen Pringle’s piece, The Porn Report: A studied indifference to harm and an edited extract by Melinda Tankard Reist & Abigail Bray, Nothing Radical About Mass Market Masturbation. Cordelia Fine wrote this fabulous, thought-provoking piece in The Monthly, The Porn Ultimatum: The Dehumanising Effects of Smut. Melinda Tankard Reist featured on ABC’s The Drum  and Q&A; and The Weekend Australian magazine published an extract from a personal story included in Big Porn Inc, The Impact of Pornography on My Life. And finally, this erudite piece from Helen Pringle on Online opinion: Pornography: Who’s sleeping with whom? http://www.spinifexpress.com.au/News/article/sid=241/ Thu, 08 Sep 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.spinifexpress.com.au/News/article/sid=240/ Check out this heartfelt piece in Axon by Francesca on the writing of Bite Your Tongue and also two great reviews from Overland and Readings. Francesca also appeared on ABC RN Life Matters, watch this here. http://www.spinifexpress.com.au/News/article/sid=240/ Fri, 02 Sep 2011 06:00:00 GMT http://www.spinifexpress.com.au/News/article/sid=239/ Spinifex press would like to apologise to Suzanne Bellamy for failing to acknowledge her artwork on the cover of Finola Moorhead’s novel, Remember the Tarantella. The credit should read: Cover art by Suzanne Bellamy “Starship” porcelain 1989. We would also like to make the following acknowledgements: Cover design by Deb Snibson, MAPG Typeset by Palmer and Higgs Printed by McPherson's Printing Group http://www.spinifexpress.com.au/News/article/sid=239/ Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:00:00 GMT http://www.spinifexpress.com.au/News/article/sid=238/ A thought-provoking and genuine piece from Justine Toh on Loving our neighbours in pornland and this  op ed by Gail: So who's the bunny as granddaddy of porn reweds? http://www.spinifexpress.com.au/News/article/sid=238/ Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:00:00 GMT http://www.spinifexpress.com.au/News/article/sid=237/ Gail Dines, Kate Holden, Catharine Lumby and Leslie Cannold (facilitor) debate the case for pornography at the Sydney Writers' Festival 2011. Listen here or watch here. http://www.spinifexpress.com.au/News/article/sid=237/ Thu, 02 Jun 2011 05:30:00 GMT