Dealing with the Media Launch

The launch of Dealing with the Media, by Chris Rau
Sydney
WHEN: 18:00, 20 August 2010
WHERE: Gleebooks Bookstore, 49 Glebe Point Road Glebe

Further Details: www.gleebooks.com.au, or phone: (02) 9660 2333

Book Launch - Money and Politics

The launch of Money and Politics by Joo-Cheong Tham will take place as part of a public forum at The Melbourne Law School. The chair is Professor Keith Ewing (King's College, London) and other panellists include: Daryl Melham MP, Michael O'Brien MP, Lee Rhiannon, Joel Fetter, and Royce Millar. When: 18:00, August 3, 2010 Where: Room 920, Melbourne Law School, 185 Pelham St, Carlton RSVP to (03) 8344 8924

UNSW Press Authors Attending Reality Bites Festival

The Reality Bites Writer's Festival will be held from July 24 to August 1, 2010 on The Sunshine Coast. Featured authors include:
Perminder Sachdev (The Yipping Tiger), Paul Valent (In Two Minds), Brendan Gleeson (Lifeboat Cities), and Mark Treddinick (The Little Black Book of Business Writing).
For further information please visit www.realitybites3.blogspot.com

UNSW Press - Australian Book Industry Awards

UNSW Press has been shortlisted for 2 prestigious prizes in The 2010 Australian Book Industry awards (to be announced June 30):
* Small Publisher of the Year
* International Success of the Year (for Fishes of the Open Ocean by Julian Pepperell)

Law Handbooks now published by Thomson Reuters

Thomson Reuters (Professional) Australia now publish The Law Handbook, The Environmental Law Handbook, and The Family Law Handbook. For enquiries visit the website; thomsonreuters.com.au or contact Customer Service at LTA.Service@thomsonreuters.com or on 1300 304 195

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