Pixelated Semantics

A schizotypical inventory

De-pressingly monocultural

The University of Qld has taken an axe to the staffing and funding of one of this country's oldest and least intellectually constrained publishers, the UQP. Literati including David Malouf, Kate Grenville, Tom Keneally and Frank Moorhouse have challenged the university to explain the cuts. Joining the authors' protest are the Literature Board, the Australian Society of Authors and leading academics. In an open letter they state:

"The drastic 'restructuring' at the University of Queensland Press raises issues so important for Australian culture that they need to be widely debated."

Which is polite code for "dumbing down is now out of control": it is more difficult that ever for Australian writers to be published, particularly where their material is of less-than-conservative nature.

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