events

4th Triennial Australian Literary Studies Convention: ‘Chaos and Order’  July 2-5, 2024, Western Sydney University Parramatta South Campus     www.australianliteraryconvention.com  This triennial event brings together major associations for the study of literature in Australia and welcomes  scholars and postgraduate students working on any aspect or field of literary studies. We seek papers on the...

Call for papers: Mini-ASAL conference: “A Window of Life:” The Writing of Ruth Park Australian National University, February 14-16, 2024 In a 1942 letter to her penfriend and fellow writer D’Arcy Niland, Ruth Park wrote:“I feel, and I know you do too, that I'm a window of...

4th Triennial Australian Literary Studies Convention: ‘Chaos and Order’  July 2-5, 2024, Western Sydney University Parramatta South Campus         www.australianliteraryconvention.com  This triennial event brings together major associations for the study of literature in Australia and welcomes  scholars and postgraduate students working on any aspect or field of literary studies. We seek papers on the...

Stories From The South: A public Book Club   6:30-8.00pm on Tuesday 31 October 2023, Dymocks Adelaide (Regent Theatre, Rundle Mall) REGISTER for this free in-person event here: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1123573 This month we are reading a bitter-sweet story by award winning Indigenous writer, Kim Scott, that squarely acknowledges the traumas of the past, while finding...

Event: Monique Rooney: “Inky Comradeship:” Writing, Mutual Help and the Marriage of Ruth Park and D’Arcy Niland Biography Workshop National Centre of Biography (ANU) 10:30am-12.00pm, Thursday 27 July 2023 In Person: Seminar Room 6.71 Level 6 RSSS Building 146 Ellery Crescent In a 1939 letter addressed to Australian writer D’Arcy Niland, New...

July 4-7, co-hosted by RMIT University and Deakin University, Melbourne   Registration now open. Early bird registration rates end on June 10. See the conference website: https://www.regionsconference2023.org/ A partnership between ASAL (Association for the Study of Australian Literature) and ASLEC-ANZ (Association for the Study of Literature, Environment and Culture (Australia...

Author Jane Rawson to deliver third session in speaker series Writing, Gender and the Natural World5.30pm to 7pm, drinks available for purchase from 5pm, Wednesday 14 September. MOD. North Terrace, UniSA City West Campus, or via Zoom.On Wednesday 14 September, UniSA’s Creative People, Products and Places (CP3) Research...

ASAL mini-conference April 20-21 2023 at UNSW Sydney “Who Travels?” The Writing of Michelle de Kretser ASAL – “Who Travels?” The Writing of Michelle de Kretser (miniasal2023.org) https://www.miniasal2023.org/ “I don’t sit down to write a cosmopolitan book or say to myself that I’m going to write beyond...

to deliver second session in speaker series Writing, Gender and the Natural World5.15pm for 5.30pm to 7pm, Thursday 18 August 2022,Bradley Forum (H5-02), Level 5 Hawke Building, UniSA City West Campus or remotely. On Thursday 18 August, UniSA’s Creative People, Products and Places (CP3) Research Centre and the Copyright Agency Cultural...

– Six-part speaker series featuring nine of Australia’s top writers5.30pm to 7pm, Wednesday 27 July, Bradley Forum (H5-02), Level 5 Hawke Building, UniSA City West Campus or remotely,Tarndanya,(the University of South Australia). On Wednesday 27 July, the University of South Australia’s Creative People, Products and Places Research Centre (CP3)will host...