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Ann Vickery

Ann Vickery
Ann Vickery

Ann Vickery’s research and teaching spans literary studies, creative writing, gender studies, and, more recently, the medical humanities. She has particular interest in poetry and poetics, Australian literature, feminist literary modernism, and how reading and writing practices may enhance experiences and understandings of ageing. Ann is currently working on several projects around Oceanic literature, care and chronic conditions related to ageing. She is co-author of Modernism Beyond the Canon: Women Writers, Global Currents and Local Value (Bloomsbury Academic 2026). Ann recently co-edited The Cambridge History of Australian Poetry (2025) and edited The Cambridge Companion to Australian Poetry (2024).

She has authored extensive research works across literature studies and poetry (see link below for more details). She is the author of three poetry collections. The most recent, Bees Do Bother: An Antagonist’s Care Pack (2021) was shortlisted for the Queensland Premier’s Awards.

Current Deakin position: Professor Writing and Literature; Higher Degree by Research Coordinator