Month: July 2015

Oxford is joint winner at the 2015 Environment Award for Children’s Literature

Each year, the Wilderness Society awards outstanding children’s books that promote a love of nature, and a sense of caring and responsibility for the environment. This year, Our Class Tiger, one of our Oxford Literacy Independent titles, was joint winner in the non-fiction category for the 2015 Environment Award for Children’s Literature. In celebration, we…

Spotlight on: Christine Fotis, Senior Production Controller

We’re very proud of our books here at Oxford Australia, and we’re even more proud of the hard work that goes into creating the perfect textbook or digital product. There are a lot of different people involved in getting a book from conception to consumer; today in Spotlight On we introduce you to Christine Fotis,…

Films through the dessert lens

Sweets in films carry messages, bringing a key plot point, theme, or character into healthier view. Sweets elicit sympathy, expressing love, healing and togetherness, as well as heartbreak, sadness and sickness. Sugar is so facile in films that it can function as the stocky nectar that binds characters to each other or as a poison…

Winter warmers: Doughnuts

Popular around the world, doughnuts are made from balls or rings of fried dough. They can be dusted with cinnamon and sugar, covered with icing, or filled with jam, cream or custard. Makes: 15 Prep time: 95 minutes Cook time: 10 – 15 minutes Special equipment: small saucepan or microwave, sieve, deep-frying pan, rolling pin,…

Oxford Word of the Month – July: Hoon operation

Hoon operation (also anti-hoon operation, hooning operation) – noun: a police campaign targeting dangerous drivers. A 2015 media release by the Queensland Police Service stated: Police are investigating after a vehicle allegedly evaded them and later crashed at Yatala following a targeted hoon operation late last night. (Australian Government News, 12 April) The term hoon…