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Dates & Times
Wednesday 19 March
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM
Spinifex Press opened their doors 23 years ago, in 1991, with a remit of publishing ‘controversial and innovative feminist books with an optimistic edge’. As director of Spinifex Press, Susan Hawthorne has weathered every storm that has threatened the industry, allowing Spinifex to stay the course when many other independent presses have fallen by the wayside.
In conversation with PEN Melbourne’s Cynthia Troup, Susan outlines the directions feminist publishing must take in order to survive.
Featuring
Susan Hawthorne
Susan Hawthorne is a poet, novelist, publisher, aerialist, political activist and author. She is co-founder of the independent feminist press, Spinifex.
Susan is also the coordinator of the English Language Network and a member of the International Committee of Independent Publishers as part of the International Alliance of Independent Publishers based in Paris. She is the author of Bibliodiversity: a manifesto for independent publishing (2014) which has translations underway into Arabic and Portuguese. In Australia, she is a member of the Small Press Network and has been a member of the Small Publishers Committee of the Australian Publishers Association. She is also a poet and novelist and member of the Australian Society of Authors. In 2015, she received the George Robertson Award for Service to Australian Publishing.