http://www.ilurapress.com/ Ilura Press is an independent publishing house established in Melbourne, Australia, with the aim of providing an avenue for creative writers whose work deserves a receptive and willing audience. http://www.ilurapress.com/index.php?pid=7&nsid=83 We are proud to invite you to the launch of Lentil as Anything: Food, Culture, Community.Saturday, 12th November, 2-4pmCommunity & Linen Rooms, Abbotsford Convent1 Saint Heliers Street, AbbotsfordTo print an invitation, please click here.RSVP by 31 October to enquiries@ilurapress.comLentil as Anything has helped shape our cultural identity for over a decade. Now, with support from the National Australia Bank and the Australia Council for the Arts, a culturally significant publication has been created. Lentil as Anything: Food, Culture, Community provides a snapshot of the lives, struggles, and triumphs of many wonderful people, capturing the essence of community in a fascinating cultural and culinary work. It was two years in the making, and we hope you will agree that it is an exquisite production and an important social document. All profit from sales of the book will assist Lentil as Anything and its many community projects.Special guest speakers at the launch will include, Arnold Zable (renowned Australian author), Shanaka Fernando (founder of Lentil as Anything), Debbie Mortimer SC (prominent human rights and immigration lawyer), and Andrew Gill (MC extraordinaire). Exquisite finger-food and fruit punch will be provided by Lentil as Anything, and entertainment will include musicians and roving entertainers!If you can't make it to the launch, you can still support Lentil as Anything by purchasing a copy of the book through our online bookshop. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 GMT http://www.ilurapress.com/index.php?pid=7&nsid=83 http://www.ilurapress.com/index.php?pid=7&nsid=81 Etchings fiction editor Glenys Osborne has won the prestigious 2011 Barbara Jefferis award for her novel Come Inside. The award recognises a novel written by an Australian author that best portrays women in a positive light. Come Inside was also shortlisted for the 2010 Commonwealth Writer's Prize for best first book, and for the 2010 Age Book of the Year. Congratulations from all of us at Ilura Press. Fri, 29 Apr 2011 GMT http://www.ilurapress.com/index.php?pid=7&nsid=81 http://www.ilurapress.com/index.php?pid=7&nsid=82 Back in November we told you about the cookbook/coffee table extravaganza we are producing in association with Lentil As Anything restaurants. Since then, there have been many interviews, many words written by guest authors, and some glamorous photo shoots managed and styled by our very talented publisher Sabina Hopfer. Look out for the book mid-year!Thanks to our sponsors: National Australia Bank and Australia Council. Fri, 29 Apr 2011 GMT http://www.ilurapress.com/index.php?pid=7&nsid=82 http://www.ilurapress.com/index.php?pid=7&nsid=80 To everyone who submitted to Etchings 10 - thanks for your patience. Nearly all of your pieces have been read by our fiction and poetry editors and you should be notified within the next month as to the success of your submissions. If you have not heard by the end of April, please email us at etchings@ilurapress.comIn the meantime, why not check out the photos of this month's Etchings 9 launch on our Facebook page?And read the review!  Mon, 21 Mar 2011 GMT http://www.ilurapress.com/index.php?pid=7&nsid=80 http://www.ilurapress.com/index.php?pid=7&nsid=79 Congratulations to our fiction co-editor Ryan O'Neill whose short story collection will be published by Black Inc. next year. It's a further testament to Ryan's talent as a writer. He's had great success in just the past few months, with stories appearing in both Best Australian Stories 2010 (Black Inc.) and New Australian Stories 2 (Scribe).  And our other fiction edtor, Glenys Osborne, has been shortlisted for the 2011 Barbara Jefferis Award for her novel Come Inside (Clouds of Magellan, 2010). Come Inside was also shortlisted for The Age Book of the Year and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book.  Ryan and Glenys are currently reading through the short story submissions for Etchings 10: La Femme.    Tue, 15 Mar 2011 GMT http://www.ilurapress.com/index.php?pid=7&nsid=79 http://www.ilurapress.com/index.php?pid=7&nsid=78  ILURA PRESS, BRUNSWICK STREET GALLERY, LENTIL AS ANYTHING and MONTARA WINESinvite you and your friends to the launch of:etchingsmelb. 9: Love and Something@ Brunswick Street Gallery2nd Floor, 322 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy (Please note: no lift access, please phone Ilura Press for specific arrangements)FRIDAY, 11 MARCH 20116.30-8pm (doors open at 6pm)To be launched byOSCAR WINNING CLAY-ANIMATOR ADAM ELLIOTJoin us to celebrate the new look of :etchings with a glass of wine, finger food, readings, and music by the NERVOUS DANCERS. Fun book bags with a chance to win a love-ly wine hamper sponsored by MONTARA WINES. Everyone welcome!                            Tue, 01 Mar 2011 GMT http://www.ilurapress.com/index.php?pid=7&nsid=78 http://www.ilurapress.com/index.php?pid=7&nsid=77 Etchings 9: Love and Something is being printed and will be launched at the end of January 2011. Funding from Arts Victoria has allowed us not only to produce another outstanding issue, but also to update our look and include interviews and book reviews. It's been a long wait, so thank you for your forbearance. You will notice our new logo includes a reference to Melbourne, the great UNESCO City of Literature in which Etchings is produced. Melbourne's a creative city and, as a small press publisher, we want to advertise our place in the creative network. But this won't mean we'll lose our national and international focus. We are taking Melbourne to you, and we also want you to come to Melbourne. We continue to encourage everyone, wherever you are, to submit in the future. Thu, 25 Nov 2010 GMT http://www.ilurapress.com/index.php?pid=7&nsid=77 http://www.ilurapress.com/index.php?pid=7&nsid=76 Submissions for Etchings 10: La Femme closed on October 31, 2010. Release date for the Femme issue is scheduled for April 2011. Please keep checking our website for themes and deadlines for upcoming issues. Wed, 24 Nov 2010 GMT http://www.ilurapress.com/index.php?pid=7&nsid=76 http://www.ilurapress.com/index.php?pid=7&nsid=75 Etchings receives hundreds of submissions for each issue - a big task for any editor - and so we are delighted that Ryan O'Neill has come onboard as Joint Fiction Editor to help our current editor Glenys Osborne read the many wonderful stories we receive.  Ryan has published two short story collections, Six Tenses and A Famine in Newcastle (which was shortlisted for the 2007 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards). His work has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies including Best Australian Stories 2007, Sleepers Almanac, Meanjin, Wet Ink and Westerly.And Etchings 10: La Femme will have a guest Poetry Editor. Former co-editor of Going Down Swinging, Alicia Sometimes is a poet, writer, broadcaster and musician whose work has been published nationally and internationally. Her poetry collections are kissing the curve and Soundtrack. She's performed spoken word more than 400 times at festivals and events in Australia, Berlin,  London and New Zealand. You can listen to Alicia on her on her weekly radio program, Aural Text on 3RRR. We are delighted to welcome Ryan and Alicia. Tue, 23 Nov 2010 GMT http://www.ilurapress.com/index.php?pid=7&nsid=75 http://www.ilurapress.com/index.php?pid=7&nsid=74 Etchings Indigenous: Treaty will be launched at Readings, St Kilda, in February 2011. Building on the success of the first Etchings Indigenous, this second issue showcases more fantastic Indigenous writing and art. More details in the New Year. Mon, 22 Nov 2010 GMT http://www.ilurapress.com/index.php?pid=7&nsid=74