Records details of all seperately published creative literature by Australian writers over the last two centuries. Genres covered are poetry, drama, fiction and children's writing.

The Supplement to the Bibliography of Australian Literature (BAL) completes the most comprehensive reference to Australian creative writing ever published. The four volumes of BAL recorded details of all separately published creative literature by Australian writers from 1788 to 2000. Core genres covered were poetry, fiction, drama and children's writing. This Supplement includes some 2700 new Australian authors and over 7000 titles by them. It also provides new and updated information on many of the authors listed in the original four volumes. BAL and the Supplement have no canon. All books and pamphlets in the core genres published by Australian authors are included, regardless of perceived or accepted literary merit. To BAL, the self-published book of verse is as important as the prize-winning novel by an established author. For each work in a core genre, details of the first edition and, where applicable, the first Australian, UK, US, Canadian and New Zealand editions are listed, as well as significant new or revised editions and translations. Awards won and additional information relevant to individual authors and titles are also included. Where an author has also published in other fields (e.g. biography), titles are selectively listed under 'Other Works' or mentioned in the 'Comment/s' section. Indexes of titles and pseudonyms and various writing names enhance the extensive alphabetical author listing. This Supplement, like its predecessors, is an essential source for the study of Australian literature to the end of the twentieth century.

LITERARY REFERENCE WORKS. AUSTRALIAN. The Bibliography of Australian Literature is an essential reference for the reading, study and collecting of Australian literature. This is the fourth and final volume (from P-Z) of a major collaborative national bibliographical project recording details of all separately published creative literature by Australian writers from European arrival in Australia to the end of the 20th century. Genres covered are poetry, drama, fiction and children's writing. One of the strengths of this unique multi-volume work is that it has no canon, aiming to include all works by all Australian authors regardless of perceived literary merit. For each work, details of the first edition are listed, as well as significant new or revised editions and translations. Biographical details, awards and other additional information relevant to an individual author or title is also included.

The Bibliography of Australian Literature is an essential reference for the reading, study and collecting of Australian literature. The Bibliography of Australian Literature P-Z is the fourth and final volume of a major collaborative national bibliographical project recording details of all separately published creative literature by Australian writers from European arrival in Australia to the end of the 20th century. Genres covered are poetry, drama, fiction and children's writing. One of the strengths of this unique multi-volume work is that it has no canon, aiming to include all works by all Australian authors regardless of perceived literary merit. For each work details of the first edition are listed, as well as significant new or revised editions and translations. Biographical details, awards and other additional information relevant to an individual author or title is also included.

Collection of essays and case studies outlining Australian book production and consumption, from the 1880s to the end of World War II. Explores all aspects of print culture including authorship, editing, design and printing, publication, distribution, bookselling, libraries and reading habits. Includes photos, contributor notes, bibliography and index. Two further books in the 'A History of the Book in Australia' project are planned. Lyons is Professor of History at the University of New South Wales. He has previously written (with Lucy Taksa) 'Australian Readers Remember'. Arnold is Deputy Director of the National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University. He has previously co-edited the 'Biography of Australian Literature: A-E'.

Draws on scholarship from leading figures in the field and spans Australian literary history from colonial origins, indigenous and migrant literatures, as well as representations of Asia and the Pacific and the role of literary culture in modern Australian society.