${article/topic_title}$ Music industry criticises raunchy filmclips

Posted by 36 on 2010-08-17 11:45:00 (2050 views)

A number of music industry figures, such as Kate Ceberano and Kylie Minogue's former producer Mike Stock, have come out against the increasingly sexualised nature of music clips. Getting Real editor Melinda Tankard Reist and contributor Julie Gale also have their say in this Herald Sun story.

${article/topic_title}$ Gail Dines warns that porn is twisting our attitudes about sex

Posted by 136 on 2010-08-12 20:00:00 (889 views)

A great review of Gail Dines' Pornland in The Boston Globe. Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality is out Oct 6 in Australia.

${article/topic_title}$ Mummy battle lines

Posted by Anonymous on 2010-08-08 15:00:00 (974 views)

A great opinion piece by Jo Case in response to an article on "whingeing mums" by Jacinta Tynan in last weekend's Sunday Life.

${article/topic_title}$ Blog: Melinda Tankard Reist on the DJs lawsuit

Posted by Anonymous on 2010-08-05 19:55:00 (919 views)

Melinda Tankard Reist on comments by Alannah Hill on the DJs sexual harassment lawsuit in our latest blogpost.

${article/topic_title}$ Sandy Jeffs Shortlisted for Age Book of the Year

Posted by 16 on 2010-08-02 15:00:00 (1932 views)

Sandy Jeffs has been shortlisted for the Age Book of the Year Award (non-fiction) for her autobiography, Flying with Paper Wings: Reflections on Living with Madness. Spinifex has published three collections of poetry by Sandy beginning in 1993 with the best-selling Poems from the Madhouse (now in its third printing). Blood Relations (2000) and The Wings of Angels: A Memoir of Madness (2004) followed. All of us at Spinifex congratulate Sandy Jeffs for this wonderful achievement.

${article/topic_title}$ Cordite and the Creative Commons

Posted by Anonymous on 2010-08-01 14:25:00 (887 views)

Cordite Poetry Review's latest issue is about Creative Commons. Spinifex director Susan Hawthorne has posted an essay on her take, "Poetic Commons", that talks about Suniti Namjoshi's Building Babylon, among other things.

There are plenty of other essays up exploring this fascinating (and contentious) topic. Click over to the Cordite site to explore some of the other perspectives.

${article/topic_title}$ Judy Horacek's families

Posted by 65 on 2010-08-01 20:00:00 (1706 views)

Judy Horacek currently posts cartoons to her website each month according to a theme. This month's theme is 'Families' and contains plenty of cartoons selected from Life on the Edge, as well as her other books.

${article/topic_title}$ Lesley Thomson wins the People's Book Prize

Posted by 123 on 2010-07-29 16:00:00 (846 views)

Spinifex Press congratulates Lesley Thomson for winning the 2009 People's Book Prize for her book A Kind of Vanishing. You can find out more about the prize at the People's Book Prize website.