Ann Vickery – Poetry for Climate Change – Biennale of Australian Art
Staff member Ann Vickery recently gave a live reading of select poems from the anthology Hope for Whole: Poets Speak Up to …
Get Real! – Word for Word Non-Fiction Festival – Geelong, 16–18 Nov
Some big names are set to grace the literary stage at Geelong’s 2018 Word for Word Non-Fiction Festival. Guest speakers include Australian …
David McCooey – Talking Music @ Word for Word Fest – 17 Nov
Writing & Literature Group member David McCooey will appear at the 2018 Word for Word Festival in Geelong, alongside fellow Australian musicians Christopher …
Jodi McAlister – Supanova 2018 – Adelaide & Brisbane – Early Nov
Staff member and YA novelist Jodi McAlister will be a guest author at Supanova in Adelaide (2–4 November) and Brisbane (9–11 November), …
First Fridays seminar – “Trans-species Possibilities”: Eben Kirksey & Tamara Pertamina – 2 Nov
Deakin University’s next “First Fridays” Gender and Sexuality Studies seminar will be held on 2 November. This public seminar – “The CRISPR Sperm …
Maria Takolander – Australian Short Story Fest – 19–21 Oct
In the lead-up to the 2018 Australian Short Story Festival (Perth, 19–21 October), staff member Maria Takolander spoke to The West Australian …
Cassandra Atherton – New poetry book – Pre-Raphaelite
Congrats to faculty member Cassandra Atherton, whose new poetry chapbook, Pre-Raphaelite (Garron Publishing), is out in late October 2018. Cassandra was born …
23 Oct – Marion May Campbell – Poetry Book Launch
In an admirable feat of creative production, Associate Professor Marion May Campbell has two new books coming out in the space of …
16 Nov – Maria Takolander & Helen Garner – Word For Word
Opening night of the 2018 Word for Word festival in Geelong will feature acclaimed Australian author Helen Garner in conversation with Associate …
2 Oct – Seminar: Outlaw Genres – Marion May Campbell
Outlaw Genres: Que(e)rying Testimony through Border-trafficking Associate Professor Marion Campbell This paper will look at poetic practices of the fragment as post-traumatic …
5 Oct – Seminar: Theorising Intimate Security – Gilbert Caluya
Brought to you by the Gender and Sexuality Studies Research Network, Deakin’s “First Fridays” free public seminar series continues on 5 October, …
JASAL Special Edition – Emily Potter & Brigid Magner
Faculty member Dr Emily Potter, working with collaborator Dr Brigid Magner (RMIT), has co-edited a special edition of the literary journal JASAL (the Journal of the …