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The books we hope to find in our Christmas stockings

December 20, 2018December 6, 2018Oxford Australia Leave a comment

Is there a better gift to find in your Christmas stocking than a book? At Oxford University Press, we don’t think there is. Here is a list of the books that we’d love to receive on Christmas morning (loved ones, take note!). Sophie Rasic Although she’s been popular for decades, I hope to find more […]

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Celebrating the anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth with our favourite quotes

December 16, 2018November 29, 2018Oxford Australia Leave a comment

To celebrate the birth of Jane Austen on this day (December 16) in 1775, here are some of our favourite quotes from her novels. “Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.” Mansfield Park “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, […]

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Our favourite books of 2018

August 18, 2018August 21, 2018Oxford Australia Leave a comment

To celebrate Book Week 2018, here are our favourite books of 2018 … so far. Let us know yours! Joe Piantoni, Marketing Coordinator, Schools Room to Dream by David Lynch and Christine McKenna. I’m only about halfway through this book at the moment but it’s extremely interesting thus far. A hybrid biography of filmmaker David Lynch, with chapters […]

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English teacher and author reveals his top 5 books of all time

July 24, 2018July 26, 2018Oxford Australia Leave a comment

English teachers spend the day sharing their love of literature and helping students get the most out of texts. But what books are they influenced by? We asked one of the authors of English for Queensland , Lindsay Williams, for a list of his favourite books. Here they are, in no particular order: Mullumbimby by […]

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What makes a literate nation?

June 13, 2018June 7, 2018Oxford Australia Leave a comment

An excerpt from Australian Literature for Young People by Rosemary Ross Johnston The arts – literature in all its forms, theatre and cinema, dance, music, drawing, painting and sculpture – both sustain and create literate nations. They are not an extra-curricular frill, but an integral part of communal and personal lives; they arm for the […]

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