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Publishing and Writing Summer School (PUBL90026)

Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)

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Summer Term - On Campus
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This subject inducts students into short-deadline workflows and projects in an operational publishing house. Over five days, students undertake writing and publishing projects in the Publishing program’s teaching press, Grattan Street Press, under the supervision of academic staff, and to deadline, as part of the teaching press’s ongoing publication schedule. Students also participate in two masterclasses with leading authors and/or editors, designed to refine writing and editing skills employed in book publishing.

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this subject, students should be able to:

  • Discuss the methods used in professional book marketing, which are applied, iterative, group-performed and team-taught, and create a social media marketing campaign utilising them
  • Explore future career options in the publishing industry through the development of experiential understandings of writing and editing in literary genres
  • Build professional contacts and networks through the project-based learning opportunities that the Grattan Street Press provides
  • Analyse the literary potential of short manuscripts and create reports for the industry about their publishability.

Generic skills

Students who complete this subject should acquire:

  • Additional research and written communication skills through professional writing and supervised discussion
  • Project management skills, through completion of short-deadline publishing projects.

Last updated: 5 December 2025