Phillipa McGuinness on Writing and Publishing

Join us for a conversation between writer, editor and former publisher, Phillipa McGuinness and Belinda Castles from the Department of English for a discussion on writing and publishing.

Phillipa McGuinness is the author of Skin Deep (Penguin 2022), The Year Everything Changed: 2001 (Penguin 2018) and editor of Copyfight (NewSouth 2015). Her work has appeared in The Guardian, the Sydney Morning Herald, Griffith Review, Inside Story and Meanjin. She is a former publisher at NewSouth/UNSW Press and Cambridge University Press and a regular commentator on book publishing, maternal health and life and politics at the turn of the 21st century.

“Skin Deep is an insightful, witty polemic that shows what’s on the outside tells us as much about ourselves as what’s on the inside.” – Larissa Behrendt

Venue/event delivery

This event will be held online via Zoom (link will be sent after completing registration). To register, click on the link on the right-hand side (desktop version) or below (mobile version).