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A University of Canberra Conference, December 5-7, 2022 C.D. Wright was described in the New York Times as a poet who “belongs to a school of exactly one.” For Randall Jarrell, “The good in poetry is always a white blackbird, an unusual and unlikely excellence.” Poetry seems to...

The Mabo Legacy in Australian Writing: The 2022 Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature4–8 July 2022 nipaluna, lutruwita (Hobart, Tasmania) Registrations are now open for the ASAL2022 Conference, "Coming to Terms, 30 Years On: The Mabo Legacy in Australian Writing." Register soon and catch the Early...

The Mabo Legacy in Australian Writing: The 2022 Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature4–8 July 2022 nipaluna, lutruwita (Hobart, Tasmania)asal2022.org Announcing the newly launched ASAL 2022 conference website! This can be found at: asal2022.org Members and friends are invited to visit the website for information about the conference, and for updates. You can...

5-7pm, 3 December, Hartley Concert Room, University of Adelaide (and online) MC Nicholas Jose with an introduction to the ASAL Patrons Readings by Mandy Treagus. Readings by Matthew Hooton, Kim Kruger, Rachael Mead, Jennifer Mills, Lucy Treloar and Tara June Winch, with sonic art by acclaimed acoustic...

on ‘The Australasian Book Society: Making a Literary Working Class during the Cultural Cold War.’4:30 - 6pm, Thursday 11 November, Zoom Nicole Moore (UNSW Canberra) will be presenting ‘The Australasian Book Society: Making a Literary Working Class during the Cultural Cold War.’Abstract and more details here:https://slll.cass.anu.edu.au/centres/calc/events/australasian-book-society-making-literary-working-class-during-cultural-cold-warFor access...

The 2022 Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature4–8 July 2022 nipaluna, lutruwita (Hobart, Tasmania)  asal2022.org Deadline: 31 January 2022  The 2022 ASAL Annual Conference will be hosted by the College of Arts, Law, and Education Centre at The University of Tasmania in nipaluna/Hobart from 4–8 July...

The ALS Gold Medal is awarded annually for an outstanding literary work in the preceding calendar year. The Medal was inaugurated by the Australian Literature Society, which was founded in Melbourne in 1899 and incorporated into the Association for the Study of Australian Literature in...