Oxford Australia Blog

Sharing our love of education, language, and books

Month: November 2014

  • Once upon a time: a short history of fairy tale

    Nicola Weideling, Marketing Operations Manager, reviews Once Upon a Time: A short history of fairy tale by Marina Warner Fairy tales are woven into the fabric of our childhood. Either being read to us or reading them to ourselves, the stories enchant us as children and stay with us as adults. Little Red Riding Hood, the…

  • Using design to engage readers of different ages

    Book design is more than just putting text and image together on a page. Many people don’t realise it, but HOW text and images are put together are just as important as the content of the text and image by itself. A reader engages with content that is presented through a combination of fonts, colour palettes,…

  • Gift guide for lovers of food and language

    You have the kids covered for Christmas, but what about the adults?! ‘Tis the season for gift guides, so we have selected a variety of titles to help you buy for all of the foodies, history buffs, language lovers and word nerds in your life. Books make the best gifts so take advantage of our special…

  • Using Social Media and Smart Devices Effectively in the Classroom

    How can you use digital technology to bring course material to life in the classroom? Thomas Healy, co-author of Smart Choice Second Edition, shares his ideas on the subject. It’s an old joke that although the Internet is one of the most important inventions since the wheel, most people just use it to look at pictures of…

  • Gifts to inspire a love of reading

    The festive season is fast approaching, have you organised your Christmas gifts yet? If not, don’t fret, we’ve got you covered! We have a range of wonderful books for kids, from beautiful picture books to award-winning literary fiction. We’ve handpicked some gift books that will capture the imagination of young boys and girls, and will…

  • Oxford Education Innovation Award 2014 Winners

    The Oxford Education Innovation Award is an annual competition run by Oxford University Press Australia, which celebrates creative and critical thinking in teacher education. This year, we asked Australian pre-service teachers to use their imagination and innovation to build their ideal classroom. Participants were asked to create the space (in their preferred medium) and write…

  • Are pictures really worth a thousand words?

    In this post Alex Mellas, Higher Education Sales & Marketing, talks about the book versus film debate – is one better than the other? The Box Trolls film was released in cinemas in September alongside the novelisation movie-tie in (OUP, 2014); this beautifully animated film produced by Laika Studios (Coraline and Paranorman) was inspired by the novel…

  • Robert Louis Stevenson was born on this day

    Robert Louis Stevenson was born 164 years ago today in Edinburgh, Scotland. Born into a family of engineers and builders, Stevenson began engineering studies at Edinburgh University before switching to law. Instead of practicing in either field, he pursued literary aspirations in career that spanned nineteen years and crossed a wide range of genres including…