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 …
Deakin University Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers: opens early May
Exciting news: Deakin’s School of Communication and Creative Arts is sponsoring a new prize for young Australian writers. The Deakin University Nonfiction Prize, presented …
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 …
Jodi McAlister – April Events – Supanova & The Wheeler Centre
Author and Deakin lecturer Jodi McAlister is a guest at the upcoming Supanova pop culture conference. She’ll be speaking on panels, meeting …
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 …
Indigo Perry & David McCooey – New Work in Meanjin
Congrats to David McCooey and Indigo Perry, who both have creative work in the latest edition of Meanjin (Autumn 2019). Indigo’s contribution, …
Emily Potter – Mallee Readings + Urban Studies Article
As part of their Reading/Writing the Mallee project, staff member Emily Potter and collaborator Brigid Magner (RMIT) recently ran a special community …
5 April – “First Fridays” Event – Identity Politics + Gender and Schooling
The “First Fridays” series of Gender and Sexuality Studies public events continues on Friday 5 April, at Deakin Downtown (at 727 Collins …
Maria Takolander – Carrie Tiffany, Gregory Day, World Poetry Day – Geelong Events
This past month Maria Takolander has been busy facilitating three events at the Geelong Library and Heritage Centre: an in-conversation event with …
Axon/Poetry on the Move – Call for Papers – Due 29 April
Editors of the journal Axon: Creative Explorations are calling for papers for an upcoming symposium and special journal edition. The special edition …
The Fogging – Luke Horton’s Novel Signed to Scribe
Congratulations to sessional creative writing tutor Luke Horton, who has signed a book contract with Scribe for his debut novel The Fogging. …