Since Australian Ballet artistic director Ross Stretton announced his departure, the company has been accepting applications to fill his place. Two hopeful in-house candidates have already turned in their CV’s: one, a principal dancer, and the other, the ballet master. – Sydney Morning Herald
Author: Douglas McLennan
INVITE FOR PIRACY
Arguably, the motion picture industry should never have allowed DVDs to see the light of day – they can be too easily copied. Yet they did, and predictably, hackers are copying away, and, just as predictably, the movie makers are suing. A little late though, don’t you think? – *spark-online 06/00
SALON MAGAZINE —
— lays off 13 of its staff and cuts book coverage in half. – Inside.com 06/09/00
KENT NAGANO —
— named principal conductor of the Los Angeles Opera Company. – Los Angeles Times
CHANGING CHIEFS
Chief curator of the National Gallery of Canada to take chief curator job at New York’s Frick. – CBC
WHO’LL HAVE TIME TO READ THEM?
New websites that publish books online theoretically give anyone the ability to publish a book. But how many of the hundreds of thousands of new e-books will be read? “How will they be discovered? Sophisticated search engines? Maybe — but only if you already know what you are looking for. Word of mouth? PR and promotion? Perhaps, but that takes more time and money than most authors have.” – *spark-online
FROM TOP TO BOTTOM
Earlier this week Linda Grant, a features writer for The Guardian, won the Orange Prize for Fiction for her book “When I Lived in Modern Times.” Now she’s been accused of lifting passages of her novel from a recent history book about 1940s Palestine. – The Times (UK)
WHO WANTS TO WIN A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD?
Herewith a primer on how to get your book dressed for success. – Inside.com
AUGMENTED REALITY
Augmented reality is a way to layer the virtual world on top of the real world, without replacing reality. Museums are experimenting – by donning a set of glasses and looking at an artifact or piece of art, images and information come to life around them. – Times of India (Reuters)
GETTING A GEELONG GUGGENHEIM
On June 29th Guggenheim Foundation director Thomas Krens meets with Australian Premier Steve Bracks to discuss the possibility of putting the next Guggenheim in Geelong. The meeting, they hope, will help decide who’s going to finance what. – The Age (Melbourne) (AAP)