Oxford Australia Blog

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Month: August 2014

  • 2014 Australian Educational Publishing Awards shortlist announced – Oxford dominates!

    The shortlist of the 2014 Australian Educational Publishing Awards (EPPAs) has just been announced and excitingly, Oxford has been shortlisted for 17 titles in nine of the categories! Organised by the Australian Publishers Association, the EPAAs celebrate excellence in educational publishing in Australia. Now in its 21st year, the event acknowledges and showcases the innovation,…

  • Father’s Day Gift Guide From Oxford

    Looking for the perfect gift for dad this Father’s Day? We’ve put together a list of some of our favourites that we think your dad will love, whether he’s a wine connoisseur, history buff, beer drinker or simply enjoys a good laugh. See the bottom of this post for details of a special offer just…

  • Building Independent and Successful Readers

    Independent and successful readers are developed as a result of educators implementing a well balanced literacy program. A combination of diagnosing reading abilities and providing shared, guided and one-on-one instruction allows students to develop the right skills and strategies to be able to read independently. See how a coordinated program can make children love reading!…

  • OUP ANZ & Papua New Guinea; the OUP mission at work

    Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a country of enormous diversity and complexity.  Comprising over 800 tribal groups, today there are over 700 distinct languages.  The population is now over 7 million and is projected to exceed 9 million by 2020. PNG is a dynamic environment, subject to political, economic and geographic vagaries and what these…

  • Oxford Book of the Month: Wendy Quill is Full Up of Wrong

    This month, Steph, our Higher Education Marketing and Product Specialist, reviews the newest Wendy Quill adventure – Wendy Quill is Full Up of Wrong by Wendy Meddour and Mina May. Whoops! Wendy Quill keeps having slightly awful accidents! Like when her too-fast-bike whizzes round a corner and slightly-squishes a lady, and when the ghost in…