Gobsmacked and disappointed by the news that University of Western Australia is planning on scuttling their in-house press, UWAPublishing. Uni presses publish so much more than academic work: including this Miles Franklin Literary Award winner! We're banding together to #SaveUWAP, sign the petition here: https://www.change.org/p/university-of-western-australia-dear-university-of-west... #ReadingCommunity
CarolynM Sadly it's the way things are going in the Universities - stopping it would require a major change of policy at government level and I don't see that happening even if the other side gets back into power one day (please God). MUP getting out of commercial publishing even though it was profitable tells you a lot about the thinking. We need to support our small presses like Affirm, Transit Lounge and Pantera and hope they can pick up the slack 5y
Rissreads I've signed the petition thanks to @MrsMalaprop bringing this to my attention. 5y
MrsMalaprop 😡😢 5y
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MrsMalaprop Extinctions was excellent. We so need local publishers over here in WA. 5y
keepingupwiththepenguins @CarolynM Completely agree about supporting the small presses, for this and all the other reasons! Thankfully, it looks like the petition and protest movement is gathering enough momentum that MPs are starting to pay attention... fingers crossed! 5y
keepingupwiththepenguins @Rissreads Thank YOU! ❤ 5y
keepingupwiththepenguins @MrsMalaprop Stay strong - we'll keep fighting! 5y
MrsMalaprop 🙏 I see it‘s up to almost 8000 signatures now. 5y
keepingupwiththepenguins @MrsMalaprop Just passed 9000! Woohoo! 5y
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