Announcing winners in Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2022
The Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards were inaugurated by the Victorian Government in 1985 to honour literary achievement by Australian writers. The awards …
2022 Victorian Premier’s Award – Takolander and Doyle shortlisted!
Congratulations to Briohny Doyle and Maria Takolander, who are on the prestigious Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards shortlist for the 2022 award – …
Maria Takolander at Melbourne Writers Festival
The lockdown overtook the launch, but you can join Maria and Trigger Warning at the State Library in a MWF conversation on …
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 …
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 …
2019 Queenscliffe Literary Festival – 11–26 May
Providing an inspiring opportunity for budding writers, journalists and performers to learn directly from their heroes, the 2019 Queenscliffe Literary Festival showcases …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …