Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature is delighted to announce the appointment of our new review editors, Cheryl Taylor and Lianda Burrows.Before retiring in 2006, Cheryl Taylor lectured in English and other literatures at James Cook University in Townsville. From 2008 to...
to deliver second session in speaker series Writing, Gender and the Natural World5.15pm for 5.30pm to 7pm, Thursday 18 August 2022,Bradley Forum (H5-02), Level 5 Hawke Building, UniSA City West Campus or remotely. On Thursday 18 August, UniSA’s Creative People, Products and Places (CP3) Research Centre and the Copyright Agency Cultural...
ASAL postgraduates are warmly invited to submit an essay for the 2023 A.D. Hope prize. The A.D. Hope Prize is awarded to the best essay based on a paper presented by a postgraduate ASAL member at the 2022 ASAL conference. The essay judged the winner of the A.D. Hope...
Call For Papers ASAL mini-conference April 20-21 2023 at UNSW Sydney “Who Travels?” The Writing of Michelle de Kretser ASAL – “Who Travels?” The Writing of Michelle de Kretser (miniasal2023.org) https://www.miniasal2023.org/ “I don’t sit down to write a cosmopolitan book or say to myself that I’m...
INVITATION TO ASAL POSTGRADUATES ASAL postgraduates are warmly invited to submit an essay for the 2023 A.D. Hope prize. The A.D. Hope Prize is awarded to the best essay based on a paper presented by a postgraduate ASAL member at the 2022 ASAL conference. The essay judged the winner of...
– Six-part speaker series featuring nine of Australia’s top writers5.30pm to 7pm, Wednesday 27 July, Bradley Forum (H5-02), Level 5 Hawke Building, UniSA City West Campus or remotely,Tarndanya,(the University of South Australia). On Wednesday 27 July, the University of South Australia’s Creative People, Products and Places Research Centre (CP3)will host...
The call for entries for the AUHE Prize for Literary Scholarship closes on August 1 For further information please see the following link: https://auhe555190908.wordpress.com/2022/06/17/call-for-nominations-for-the-2022-auhe-prize-for-literary-scholarship/ ...
ASAL notes the passing of scholar and teacher of Australian literature, and President of ASAL from 1987-1988, Brian Matthews. Born in St Kilda in 1936, Matthews went on to teach at Flinders University, University of Exeter, the University of Oregon and several European universities. He...
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...
Tuesday to Friday 11-14 OctoberBermagui on the far south coast of NSW has been a popular place for writers to live and holiday. Situated between Moruya in the north and Bega in the south, it is one of the most beautiful towns on the coast,...
