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...
Call for Submissions: Recentring the Region JASAL Special Conference Issue The 2023 ‘Recentring the Region’ conference was a collaboration between the Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) and the Association for the Study of Literature, Environment and Culture, Australia (ASLEC-ANZ). Submissions are now invited...
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...
The Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) is the peak body for the teaching and writing of Australian literature. ASAL acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as the country’s first storytellers and pays respect to all past, present and emerging writers, teachers and...
2023 Peter Lang Emerging Scholars Competition in Indigenous Studies. Deadline extended Peter Lang Publishing is delighted to announce the 2023 Peter Lang Emerging Scholars Competition in Indigenous Studies. Proposals are invited from emerging scholars in Indigenous Studies for single-author books to be evaluated by a distinguished editorial board. We are particularly welcoming...
Vale Alf Taylor It is with great sadness that we inform members of ASAL of the passing of Nyoongah poet and author Alfred (Alf) Taylor. Alf was born in Perth in 1947 and as a young child was taken into New Norcia Mission, 130 kilometres north of...
Vale Elizabeth Webby It is with enormous sadness that ASAL mourns the death of Emeritus Professor Elizabeth Webby, AM. Elizabeth did more to build the discipline of Australian literature than anyone else in the field. As a scholar, mentor, teacher, and advocate she was extraordinary, and...
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...
