Marginalia — reading

From publisher to writer: some answers

UWA Publishing advice for writers publishing publishing advice reading research

 Words by Charlotte Guest, Publishing Officer at UWA Publishing


Every week, we receive calls and emails asking a particular set of questions that revolve around one central issue: how does a first time writer get published?

Time constraints mean that we cannot always answer these questions as fully as we’d like, so to satisfy both interlocutors (the asker and the asked) I’d like to dedicate this post to answering the most commonly asked questions, as well as providing some tips to aid your submission before it even gets read.

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On Reading: how our reading habits might change the way we think

UWA Publishing C S Lewis on reading reading reading habits Socrates

Words by Charlotte Guest, Publishing Officer at UWA Publishing

Register for UWA Publishing's WINTERarts event, On Reading: How our reading habits might change the way we think.


Socrates bemoaned the advent of writing over oratory for what he saw as its negative impact upon memory: if all knowledge is documented there would be no need to retain it in our minds and our souls. Now, in the twenty-first century, we fear the impact of typing and electronic texts upon memory and learning, majority opinion being that we process information more thoroughly if we hand write notes as opposed to typing them.

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