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2018 ASAL Mini Conference (Darwin) 8 – 9 February 2018, Hosted by Charles Darwin University.  The ASAL mini conference webpage is now live and can be accessed here: http://conference-desert-lines.cdu.edu.au/ The Association for the Study of Australian Literature Conference will be held in Darwin, Australia. The conference theme focuses on creative writing...

Call for Papers: 2018 Mini Conference 8 – 9 February 2018, Hosted by Charles Darwin University. The Association for the Study of Australian Literature Conference will be held in Darwin, Australia. The conference theme focuses on creative writing at the borderlands of Australian literature and asks its contributors to...

Thursday 2 November 6.30 pm: ASAL Patrons’ Lecture, Kate Forsyth, followed by conversation with Kelly Gardiner, Donkey Wheelhouse, 673 Bourke St, Melbourne. Kate Forsyth wrote her first novel at the age of seven, and is now an internationally bestselling and award-winning author of almost forty books, ranging...

5 – 6pm, Tuesday 17 October, Law School Foyer, Level 2, Sydney Law School, Eastern Avenue, the University of Sydney In his ASAL Patron’s Lecture, Omar Musa will combine readings from his own work with his thoughts about his writing process, such key themes as migration, belonging...

ASAL Patrons Lecture, Toowoomba March 25 ‘Memory and Amnesia: The Art of Forgetting in Australian Memoir’ delivered by Kristina Olsson 5.30pm, March 25, 2015, Arts Theatre (A112) University of Southern Queensland, West Street, Toowoomba. Award-winning author Kristina Olsson will deliver this prestigious public lecture, followed by an...