Sydney Review of Books

The Sydney Review of Books is an online literary magazine established in 2013.[1][2]

Sydney Review of Books
EditorCatriona Menzies-Pike
Former editorsJames Ley
PublisherWriting and Society Research Centre, Western Sydney University
First issue 2013 (2013-month)
CountryAustralia
Based inParramatta, NSW
LanguageEnglish
Websitesydneyreviewofbooks.com
ISSN2201-8735

According to the journal's editor James Ley it was created to address shortcomings in Australian book reviews.[3][1]

Awards

In 2019 SRB contributor Jeff Sparrow won the Walkley-Pascall Award for Arts Criticism for his review essay of Behrouz Boochani's No Friend But The Mountains.[4] In 2018 SRB contributor Delia Falconer won this award for an essay on writing and extinction entitled 'The Opposite of Glamour'.[5]

Funding

The journal is funded by Western Sydney University's Writing and Society Research Centre, the Australia Council, Create NSW, the Copyright Agency, Creative Victoria, Arts Queensland, Arts Tasmania, City of Sydney and Parramatta City.[6]

References
  1. Slattery, Luke (8 February 2013). "Sydney Review of Books appears to fill vacancy in critical life". The Australian. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  2. "Sydney Review of Books: A new avenue for literary criticism in Australia". Western Sydney University. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  3. Sullivan, Jane (18 April 2015). "Turning Pages: What's going on with Australian book reviewing?". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  4. Mem: 34703248. "Walkley-Pascall winner Jeff Sparrow on literary criticism in Australia | Books+Publishing". Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  5. "Dr Delia Falconer wins 2018 Walkley-Pascall Award | University of Technology Sydney". www.uts.edu.au. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  6. "About SRB". Sydney Review of Books. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
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