
Day Two (Friday): 2020 Independent Publishing Conference
9.30am—6.30pm
Featuring panels on funding, publishing in colour, metadata, rights and more, the second day of the conference covers a variety of aspects of publishing. The day concludes with a virtual drinks, and a sneaky celebration of Monash University Publishing’s 10th birthday.
Featuring panels on funding, publishing in colour, metadata, rights and more, the second day of the conference covers a variety of aspects of publishing. The day concludes with a virtual drinks, and a sneaky celebration of Monash University Publishing’s 10th birthday.
Must watch

State of the industry
State of the industry round-up: featuring representatives of the Australian Publishers Association, Australian Booksellers Association, Australian Society of Authors and Australian Library Information Association.
-
9:30 am
-
Welcome and Housekeeping
-
-
10:00 am
-
Think regionally
Malcolm Neil and Nathan Hollier on opportunities in SE Asian markets.
-
-
11:00 am
-
Funding
Representatives of the Australia Council, Copyright Agency, Creative Victoria and Create NSW discuss some of the funding opportunities available for publishers as the sector recovers from Covid disruptions. Chaired by George Dunford.
-
-
12:00 pm
-
Publishing in Colour
Rachel bin Salleh convenes a session on Women of Colour working in Australian publishing, with Hella Ibrahim and Grace Lucas-Pennington.
-
-
1:00 pm
-
Case Study
Join author and publisher Simon Groth and editor Sue Wright to hear the story behind a genuinely unique publishing project — Ex Libris. Introduced by Emmett Stinson.
-
-
2:00 pm
-
Small Press Network AGM
-
-
2:30 pm
-
Metadata workshop
Andrew Farrell and Rachael McDiarmid break down an ‘ideal’ title record to show what needs to happen when. Chaired by Gary Pengelly.
-
-
3:30 pm
-
Rights
Jan Zwar and Paul Crosby present the interim findings of Macquarie University’s rights study, and an update on Books from Australia, the industry’s new online rights portal with Cat Colwell. Chaired by Martin Shaw.
-
-
4:30 pm
-
State of the industry round-up
Featuring representatives of the Australian Publishers Association, Australian Booksellers Association, Australian Society of Authors and Australian Library Information Association.
-
-
5:30 pm
-
Virtual drinks and Monash UP 10th birthday
-