JULY 20-24, 2021 1st Call for proposals What is the nature of text – and how do we define where it begins and where it ends? How might such definitions influence the ways in which we read and accord significance to different kinds...
MLA 2020: SESSION TITLE: RESISTANCE AND PERSISTENCE IN (POST)COLONIAL AUSTRALIA AND AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND Rigorous consideration of ongoing and historical colonial contexts of Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand through literature and film. Engage with the tension and possibilities of broadly considered acts of resistance and persistence in...
In August (3-10) the ASALvets group will be travelling from Adelaide to Wilpena Pound, exploring the area to the north of South Australia. The tour will include a visit to Geoffrey Dutton’s former home, Anlaby near Kapunda, and visits to some of the famous wineries...
THE CENTRE FOR CRITICAL AND CREATIVE WRITING PRESENTS A SYMPOSIUM ON ADAPTATION AND THE AUSTRALIAN NOVEL Wednesday June 24 to Friday June 26 2020, The University of Queensland, St Lucia campus, Brisbane.Landmark Australian novels are being adapted for the stage and screen at a rate we’ve...
1-2 May, 2020, UNSW, Kensington Given Eleanor Dark's signature experiment with temporality in the mid-century Australian novel, it is tempting to cite the timeliness of this call to address her rich body of work. However, this invitation is not merely timely, it is overdue. Overtime,...
5pm -7pm, Wednesday 13 November, Library & Archives, Parliament House, Darwin This year's Patrons Lecture will be delivered by Marie Munkara in conjunction with the launch of Borderlands Magazine - the first literary magazine in the Northern Territory for 20 years. Marie Munkara is an award winning Aboriginal author from the...
5-6 December 2019, the University of Sydney final program and registration: https://slam-events.sydney.edu.au/calendar/from-colony-to-transnation/ This conference marks the retirement of Robert Dixon as Professor of Australian Literature at the University of Sydney. Over a long and productive career Robert has worked in institutions right across the...
Call for Papers and Panels The 2020 ASAL Annual Conference will be hosted by James Cook University at the Cairns Institute, Smithfield, from 29 June – 2 July. For more than forty years, ASAL annual conferences have offered a venue where creative writers and academic critics have...
…The Alps loom On the mind’s horizon, honed edge of snow Between blue foothills and pool-blue sky. From ‘Snow Holiday with Aunt’ by Jamie Grant. 14 - 18 October. Many Australian poets have been inspired by the beauty of the Snowy Mountains and surrounding regions—from Banjo Paterson’s heroic...
CFP: FROM COLONY TO TRANSNATION: AN ASAL CONFERENCE IN HONOUR OF ROBERT DIXON 5-6 December 2019, the University of Sydney Draft program and registration now open. Please go to: https://slam-events.sydney.edu.au/calendar/from-colony-to-transnation/ This conference marks the retirement of Robert Dixon as Professor of Australian Literature at the University of Sydney....
