ASAL mourns the death of writer Frank Moorhouse. Born in Nowra in NSW, Moorhouse went on to a career as a journalist before making a name as a writer. In the 1970s he became known as one of Australia’s foremost experimentalists in fiction, working with...
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...
Welcome Event (online) | 1:30pm Thursday 19 August 2021, University of Sydney“The Charles Perkins Centre requires a collaborative and multidisciplinary approach, and it has been fascinating to see how our innovative research can intersect with the arts – with powerful and often emotional effect.”Professor Stephen SimpsonAcademic...
It is with sadness that ASAL acknowledges the death of Australian poet and playwright Ania Walwicz. Ania Walwicz (1951-2020) was born in born in Swidnica, Poland and migrated to Australia in 1963, where she was a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, and Deakin...
Indigenous Writing, Art Cover Prize and Students Awards CategoriesThe $3000.00 Borderlands Prize is made up of three smaller prizes: 1 x First Nations Writing Award (prose up to 2000 words)1 x Art Cover Prize (A5)2 x Student Awards (high school and tertiary) Entry to Borderlands Awards & Prizes...
News of the death of Emeritus Professor Laurie Hergenhan AO will be greeted with sadness by the community of scholars of Australian Literature throughout Australia and overseas. A graduate of Sydney University and London, where he completed a PhD on George Meredith, Laurie taught...
