
Sydney University Press Blog update: On books and sport
Source: blogs.usyd.edu.au
I have a confession to make – I am not a ‘sporty’ person. Given a choice between participating, being a spectator, watching sport on TV or reading a book (even if it is about sport), I would always go for the latter. ...

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The Dictionary of Sydney is now live. It is a groundbreaking project to produce a new kind of
history of Sydney: online, growing and changing.
Source: www.dictionaryofsydney.org
Chinese Sydneysiders have been present since at least 1818 despite decades of legal disadvantage. People of Chinese background now take part in every facet of Sydney's life.

Sydney University Press Review of A.B. Paterson, "The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses"
Source: whisperinggums.wordpress.com

Sydney University Press "Margins: the Sydney University anthology 2009" will also be launched today at 6:30 PM at the Co-op Bookshop.
Source: fmx01.ucc.usyd.edu.au
Marginalia: writing in the margins, around the edges of pages. Students produce a lot of it. It's often critiques or interpretations of the main text; sometimes, it can even form a dialogue between readers as they comment on each other's comments. ...

Sydney University Press Getting ready for a launch of "Educating for business, public service and the social sciences"
Source: purl.library.usyd.edu.au
Tertiary Economics and Business education started early in Australia but was not organised on a faculty basis until the 20th century. Commerce and Business teaching at Sydney University began in 1906, ...

Sydney University Press News: Charting the genius of Yothu Yindi
Source: www.usyd.edu.au
For the first time, the history and music of the multi-award winning Australian band Yothu Yindi has been documented in a new book by Aaron Corn, a University of Sydney academic, ethnomusicologist and long-time colleague of lead singer Mandawuy Yunupingu.

Sydney University Press Bob Carr is launching "Casino Clubs NSW: Profits, tax, sport and politics" on 14 October 2009 (2:30pm) at the NSW Parliament House Press Room

Sydney University Press The new incarnation of the University of Sydney student anthology 'Margins' will be launched 28 October 2009
Source: bit.ly

Sydney University Press Lisa Hill reviews "Bush studies" on the ANZ LitLovers LitBlog
Source: bit.ly
Bush Studies (1907) is a slim collection of short stories by Barbara Baynton(1857-1929). It’s one of the Australian Classics Library books sent to me for review, andI had never heard of her. ...

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Review of Lane's The Workingman's Paradise:
"This is the sort of book that can be read as a work of literature and as
a work of political philosophy. While it can happily stand on its own
as a literary classic for the quality of its writing, its prime value
for me is its evocation of late nineteenth century Australia – an...
Australia which, you will have realised by now, was no 'workingman’s
paradise'!"Read More
"This is the sort of book that can be read as a work of literature and as
a work of political philosophy. While it can happily stand on its own
as a literary classic for the quality of its writing, its prime value
for me is its evocation of late nineteenth century Australia – an...
Australia which, you will have realised by now, was no 'workingman’s
paradise'!"Read More
Source: bit.ly
I am careful about the images I use in this blog. Some of them are my own, and some I've specifically obtained permission to use from an owner. However, I have used others under Creative Commons (and similar ...

Sydney University Press A gallery of our best covers (Agata's opinion) designed by Miguel Yamin from University Publishing Services.

Sydney University Press New release: "Reflections & voices: exploring the music of Yothu Yindi with Mandawuy Yunupingu" by Aaron Corn
Source: bit.ly
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Sydney University Press "Australia and World Crisis: 1914-1923" by Neville Meaney will be launched on 19 August at Fisher Library.
Book to be launched by Kim Beazley AC
Location:Fisher Library, Level 5, Victoria Room
Time:5:30PM Wednesday, August 19th

Sydney University Press Book News: Governor John Hunter hunted through history
Source: bit.ly
CAPTAIN John Hunter has lent his name to a river, a street, a hospital and even the region, but there are startling new claims that he never visited the region.

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