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 …
Ella O’Keefe – Winning Poem in Southerly
Deakin HDR candidate Ella O’Keefe, who won the 2018 David Harold Tribe Poetry Award, has just published her winning poem, ‘warped up …
Deakin University Nonfiction Prize – Submissions Now Open!
Deakin University and Express Media, in partnership with the Word for Word National Non-Fiction Festival, are excited to open submissions for the …
Public Seminar – Jack Halberstam: The Transgender Body – 5 July
Deakin’s Gender and Sexuality Studies Network is thrilled to announce a public lecture by Jack Halberstam on Friday 5 July, as part …
Vale Les Murray: David McCooey & Lyn McCredden Pay Tribute
Following the death of iconic Australian poet Les Murray, two Faculty members reflected on his legacy. Professor David McCooey wrote a piece …
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, …
Gregory Day – 2019 Miles Franklin Award – Longlisted Author
Three cheers for author and PhD graduate Gregory Day, who has been longlisted for Australia’s preeminent literary prize, the Miles Franklin Literary …
Cassandra Atherton – Change Maker – Interview
Faculty member Cassandra Atherton was recently selected to discuss her research for “disruptr”, Deakin’s research-centred online platform. Part of the Change Makers …
1 May – Seminar: Emmett Stinson on Gerald Murnane
The first installment of the 2019 Writing and Literature seminars will be held on Wednesday 1 May, from 1–2pm. You’re invited to …
May – Workshops for Novelists & Poets – Queenscliffe Lit Fest
Attention all higher-degree research candidates in creative writing! Need advice on moving beyond the first draft and finishing that novel? Or perhaps …
3 May – First Fridays – Lisa Samuels & Lyn McCredden
The ‘First Fridays’ series of Gender and Sexuality Studies public events continues on Friday 3 May, at Deakin Downtown (727 Collins St, …