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Audiobooks and Australian Literary Studies 10-11 February 2026 ANU, Canberra Abstracts due by extended deadline: Friday 3 October 2025 Audiobooks have seen a recent and unexpected surge in popularity among Australian publishers and readers. AustLit began indexing audiobooks as distinct expressions in 2024 and has so far identified over...

Australian literature, literary history, and the environmental humanities: Current perspectives, future possibilities    4–5:30pm AEST, Wednesday 30 July 2025, Online, please register here: https://jcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/7fqNQsDhSJeEyMCDOYofNA You are warmly invited to attend an online Public Seminar by Dr Keyvan Allahyari (University of Jena) and Dr Meg Brayshaw and Dr Dashiell Moore (University of...

Some ASAL events, the keynotes + the ASAL fellowship session, that are a part of the conference will be streamed here and can be accessed by those who would like to see them. These ASAL events will be streamed here: https://video.flinders.edu.au/events20/25/IABA-APxASAL-2025Conference.cfm...

The ASAL AGM will be held at the ASAL/IABA conference at Flinders University, Adelaide. Wednesday 2 July, 1.30- 2.30pm; in Rm 1407. All ASAL members are invited to attend. link to minutes of 2024 AGM: https://www.asal.org.au/download/asal-agm-minutes-2024-2/...

A reminder that conference registrations for ASAL + IABA-AP conference will close on 13 June. The Registration Page is available here: https://events.humanitix.com/international-auto-biography-association-asia-pacific-iaba-ap-association-for-the-study-of-australian-literature-asal-conference...

Event: You are invited to attend an online Public Seminar by Dr Robert Clarke, University of Tasmania, supported by the Roderick Centre for Australian Literature and Creative Writing. Wednesday 18 June 2025, 4–5:30pm AEST Where: Online From Book Clubs to BookToks: Old and new Ways of Engaging with Australian...

The Story and The Self:  Navigating Truth Genres in Literature 30 June -4 July 2025, Flinders University, Adelaide + Online To register follow the link below: Registration page Keynote speakers include: Associate Professor Julieanne Lamond (ANU) (Dorothy Green Lecture) Dr Eloise Faichney (U Melbourne) (ASAL Early Career Researcher Keynote) Dr Chloe Green (ANU) (IABA Asia-Pacific,...

Scholarship on Emerging Writers or Filmmakers Ongoing Call Dec/Jan submissions will be fast-tracked Antipodes invites articles for a new special feature in Antipodes, journal of the American Association for Australasian Studies (AAALS), that provide a scholarly engagement with the work of an emerging writer or film maker from Australia, the Torres...

CFP: Special Topic in Antipodes: A Global Journal of Australian and New Zealand Literature Australia And . . . Priority Deadline 1 Jan 2025 Antipodes invites articles for a special feature section in Antipodes, journal of the American Association for Australasian Studies (AAALS) that considers a literary or cultural work...

conference: The Story and The Self:  Navigating Truth Genres in Literature 1-4 July 2025, Flinders University, Adelaide + Online To register follow the link below: Registration page Keynote speakers include: Associate Professor Julieanne Lamond (ANU) (Dorothy Green Lecture) Dr Eloise Faichney (U Melbourne) (ASAL Early Career Researcher Keynote) Dr Chloe Green (ANU) (IABA Asia-Pacific, Whitlock Early Career Researcher Keynote) Association...