The aim of this biennial prize is to celebrate a work of criticism (understood broadly, to include writing about literature published online and in print, in review and scholarly publications) written by a First Nations critic in Australia and published within the period of 30 April 2021...
This Special Issue aims to explore forms of, and approaches to, creativecritical writing: writing which performs scholarly and creative functions simultaneously. Such blended approaches are no longer new—indeed, they are tracking distinct paths and uses in various contexts inside academia and beyond. As such, this...
Conference hosted by South Pacific Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies & Challenging Precarity: A Global Network29 November – 1 December 2023University of Wollongong Sydney Campus, AustraliaSubmission of abstracts: 1 July 2023 In the wake of rising neoliberal extractive processes, contemporary society has reached a crisis point...
Pursuant to section 65 of the South Australian Equal Opportunity Act 1984 and the University of Adelaide’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment Strategy, applications are invited from Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islander people only. The JM Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice First Nations Fellowships support the...
ASAL in collaboration with Copyright Agency CA is delighted to announce the recipients of the writers' fellowships for 2023. ASAL aims to promote the study, discussion and creation of Australian writing, and these fellowships intend to strengthen connections between writers, readers, students, and scholars of Australian literature....
John Barnes was an enthusiastic and beloved teacher and researcher in Australian Literature. John spent much of his career at La Trobe University in Melbourne, but he also taught at Melbourne University, and the University of Western Australia, where he was an editor of Westerly in the...
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...
https://www.asal.org.au/fellowships/ We are pleased to announce a pilot program of Copyright Agency-funded Writers’ Fellowships with the Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL). ASAL aims to promote the study, discussion and creation of Australian writing, and these fellowships intend to strengthen connections between writers, readers,...
Elizabeth McMahonThis is an excerpt from a tribute written for Antigone Kefala on the occasion of the Patrick White Award for her contribution to Australian Literature. The award was made just two week before her death on December 3 2022.The Patrick White Award is given each year...
We are pleased to announce a pilot program of Copyright Agency-funded Writers’ Fellowships with the Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL). ASAL aims to promote the study, discussion and creation of Australian writing, and these fellowships intend to strengthen connections between writers, readers,...
