Craig Munro

Craig Munro

Craig Munro is a biographer and book historian whose 2015 publishing memoir Under Cover: Adventures in the Art of Editing brings to life his years as UQP’s inaugural fiction editor and then publishing manager. His other books include Wild Man of Letters: The Story of PR Stephensen and Paper Empires: A History of the Book in Australia 1946-2005, co-edited with Robyn Sheahan-Bright.

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Essay: Craig Munroon Peter Carey and Xavier Herbert

Protesting 1938 & 1988 – from Capricornia to Oscar & Lucinda

‘The production and reception of Capricornia remains one of the most controversial episodes in the annals of Australian literature.’
Sep. 2018 • •
Update: Craig MunroWeek in Review

How To Sell A Book

There is at least a forty-year history of reports into the Australian book industry, starting with that of the Australian Book Trade Working Party in 1975. Has everything gone to pot since then? Not quite. New research from Macquarie University shows that local publishers are adapting to a rapidly changing marketplace for books, writes, Craig Munro.
Feb. 2016 • •

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Review: Alice Grundyon Craig Munro
  • Literary Lion Tamers: Book editors who made publishing history by Craig Munro Scribe
    288pp
    Published February 2021
    ISBN 9781925713220

Blue Pencils and Red Pens

Each of the editors in Literary Lion Tamers was successful in large part because of their ability to persuade authors to be published by them and, then to convince readers to buy their books.
Mar. 2021 • • • •