Gregory Day – Miles Franklin Shortlist
Exciting news for Deakin PhD graduate and tutor Gregory Day, whose novel A Sand Archive (Picador) has been shortlisted for the 2019 …
Sue Chen – New Book – Children’s Literature in China
Congratulations to staff member Sue Chen, whose second book, Children’s Literature and Transnational Knowledge in Modern China: Education, Religion and Childhood, has just been …
Maria Takolander Signs with UQP – Poetry: Trigger Warning
Associate Professor Maria Takolander is thrilled to have signed with UQP, who will publish her next collection of poems, Trigger Warning. Congrats, …
7 May – Book Launch – #MeToo Stories
On Tuesday 7 May, author and feminist commentator Clementine Ford will launch #MeToo: Stories from the Australian Movement at Readings bookshop in …
Scott Pearse – 27 April – Book Launch
A new novel by Deakin alumnus Scott Pearse, Faded Yellow by the Winter (Reading Sideways Press), will be launched on 27 April …
Carrie Tiffany – Novel Praise – Exploded View
Congrats to Deakin Writing and Literature PhD candidate Carrie Tiffany, whose new novel Exploded View (Text 2019) has received glowing reviews in …
Marion May Campbell – third body – Reviews in StylusLit & Cordite
Another wonderful review for staff member Marion May Campbell’s latest poetry collection, third body (Whitmore Press, 2018). Reviewing third body in the …
Poetry Review – Lyn McCredden’s “Wanting Only” – Westerly
Westerly journal recently published a glowing review of Professor Lyn McCredden’s latest book of poetry. The collection, Wanting Only (Ginninderra Press, 2018), …
Maria Takolander & Jane Caro – 4 March – Accidental Feminists
To mark International Women’s Day and the launch of the 2019 Queenscliffe Literary Festival program, writer, social commentator and lecturer Jane Caro …
Jodi McAlister – Misrule – Book Events
February looks hectic for staff member Jodi McAlister, whose new novel Misrule is out this month. The third installment in Jodi’s Valentine YA …
Paul Venzo – Living & Loving in Diversity – New Essay
Hats off to our colleague Paul Venzo, who has a chapter in a new book celebrating multicultural and multi-faith experiences of queerness …
Feeding the Ghost – On Australian Poetry
The Writing and Literature Group is flying the flag for poetry criticism, with three staff members – Cassandra Atherton, Lyn McCredden and Ann …