Sybil Nolan is an editor and historian. She lectures in publishing and communications, and researches in publishing, print culture and Australian political and media history.
Sybil worked in book publishing for more than 10 years, including as commissioning editor at Melbourne University Publishing from 2003 to 2007, and before that spent 15 years working in daily journalism on newspapers including the Age, Melbourne. Her PhD thesis was entitled 'The Age and the Young Menzies: A Chapter in Victorian Liberalism'.
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FEATURED Journal article
The shrinking of Fairfax Media’s books pages: A microstudy of digital disruption
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New Tastemakers And Australia'S Post-Digital Literary Culture
Research Grant
A sharper conversation: book publishers' use of social media marketing in the age of the a..
Journal article
The Snub: Robert Menzies and the Melbourne Club
Journal article
Reading The Discovery of India in the Library of an Australian Prime Minister
Book Chapter
Reading The Discovery of India in the Library of an Australian Prime Minister
Book Chapter
Born Outside the Newsroom: The Creation of the Age Online
Book Chapter
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Additional Information
Chief investigator, ARC Discovery Project DP170103192 New Tastemakers and Australia’s Post-Digital Literary Culture (2017-19)
Scholarly Works
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Credentials
Positions
Positions
Senior Lecturer In Publishing And Communications
Culture And Communication
Member
Australian Historical Association
Ordinary Member
North American Conference on British Studies (NACBS)
Member, Scientific Committee 2017-2018
Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing
Education
Education
Master of Arts (Communications)
Monash University
Doctor of Philosophy (Arts)
University of Melbourne