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Lecturer in English & Creative Writing

  • Full-Time, Continuing position
  • Based at La Trobe University’s Melbourne, Bundoora campus
  • Teaching & Research opportunity

About the position

The School of Humanities and Social Sciences is a dynamic community of scholars who research and teach about the human experience, from its earliest beginnings to the latest developments in society, politics and culture.

We are seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Creative Writing, with a strong creative publication record, demonstrated potential for traditional research outputs, a demonstrated ability to teach creative writing to a high standard, supervision or mentoring experience, and a commitment to community and industry engagement.

The primary purpose of the position is to contribute to teaching and research in the English and Creative Writing Programs, ensuring alignment with La Trobe University’s strategic plans, while complementing existing strengths.

Skills and Experience

To be considered for this position, you will have;

  • A PhD in creative writing or equivalent accreditation and standing recognised by the University/profession as appropriate for the relevant discipline area.
  • A substantial creative writing publication record in one or more literary genres.
  • Demonstrated potential for traditional research publication with quality journals and presses.
  • Demonstrated ability to coordinate, develop, and teach creative writing undergraduate units (including fiction and creative nonfiction).
  • Demonstrated ability to supervise, or co-supervise, honours and postgraduate students.
  • High-level analytical, verbal, and written communication skills, including the ability to interact effectively with people from a diverse range of backgrounds.
  • Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and respectfully with staff and students from a diverse range of backgrounds.
  • Experience in the preparation of research proposal submissions to external funding bodies and evidence of success in securing research funding.
  • Demonstrated commitment to building community, professional, and industry relationships at local and national level.

Please refer to the Position Description for other duties, skills and experience required for this position.

What La Trobe University can offer you!

  • 17% employer contributed superannuation
  • On site child care facilities
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Discounts for staff and their family members to study a range of La Trobe courses

How to apply

Closing date:  By 11:55pm Thursday, 10th August 2023.

Position Enquiries:  Tonya Stebbins, Head of Department, Dept of Language and Cultures

Email: T.Stebbins@latrobe.edu.au

Recruitment Enquiries:  Bianca Trajanov, Talent Acquisition Consultant

Email:  B.trajanov@latrobe.edu.au

Position Description below:

 PD – Lecturer, English & Creative Writing.pdf

Only candidates with Full Working Rights in Australia may apply for this position.

Please submit an online application ONLY and include the following documents:

  • Cover letter;
  • An up to date resume; and
  • A separate document addressing each essential and desirable bullet point in the Key Selection Criteria which is located in the position description.

We’d love to stay connected! If you would like to find out more about this School, please follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/89174495

Full job ad: On the La Trobe jobs website

ENTRIES FOR THE 2023 ARA HISTORICAL NOVEL PRIZE NOW OPEN

Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA), in partnership with Australia’s leading essential building and infrastructure services provider ARA Group, is excited to announce that entries for the 2023 ARA Historical Novel Prize opened at 9am on 12 April 2023.

The ARA Historical Novel Prize is the richest genre-based literary award in Australasia, incorporating both an Adult category and a Children and Young Adult (CYA) category. The Prize is worth a total of $100,000 in prize monies. The Prize will award $50,000 to the Adult category winner, with an additional $5,000 to be awarded to each of the remaining two shortlisted authors. In the CYA category, the winner will receive $30,000, while the two short listers will receive $5,000 each.

Key dates:

  • Awards open: 9am (AEST) 12 April 2023
  • Awards close: 5pm (AEST) 14 June 2023
  • Longlist announced (nine books): 13 September 2023
  • Shortlist announced (three books): 27 September 2023
  • Winners announced: 19 October 2023

Winners will be announced at a cocktail party in Sydney on 19 October.

The HNSA supports and promotes the writing, reading and publication of historical fiction across Australia and New Zealand. It is the third arm of the international Historical Novel Society.

To enter the 2023 ARA Historical Novel Prize, visit: https://hnsa.org.au/the-2023-ara-historical-novel-prize/

VI Premium Virtual Edition | European Course for Teachers of Creative Writing

Enrolments are already open until March, 15th, 2023.

From the 21st to the 23rd of March, 2023, the EACWP launches the sixth Premium Virtual Edition of its European Course for Teachers of Creative Writing. Worldwide participants are welcome to join us.

In the spirit of abundance, gratitude and enjoyment of a new rising year to come, EACWP are delighted to announce a course they have longed for that has finally come true: a pedagogical proposal on both the sensual, Dyonisian experience of the body up to the sacred, Apollonian, even mystic experience of the soul approached from the complementary and intertwined disciplines of Food, Drink and Drug Writing. Just as a garden of earthly, literary delights.

The enrolment process for the sixth virtual edition of our Teachers Training Course, which, as in its regular format, will comprise three different workshops that will take place on Tuesday, 21st, Wednesday, 22nd and Thursday, 23rd of March (2023) from 17.00 to 19.00 (CET).

For more details, visit the EACWP website.

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Footage from the Ania Walwicz Symposium

Dear Contributors and Attendees at the Ania Walwicz Symposium,

Here is the raw footage of the symposium, thanks to the inestimable technical oversight of Karen Le Rossignol and all the administrative work of EJ at Deakin Downtown. 

https://deakin.zoom.us/rec/share/YKBziMiUcdqQu_wl1loQb8IvEtp1aX5FsxqhczWvyUqVaYxcTApf15EdbUfXwgYN.V3tkX9Ob7arM1hNS 
Passcode: ?r+C=4S9

I’d like to reiterate my heartfelt thanks to Karen and offer a round of resounding applause to EJ for her amazing support from the beginning of this project. 

You will undoubtedly want to skip quite a bit of the footage, since the camera was rolling from 9.00 am, and right through the breaks.

Congratulations to all for making this a fantastic communal event.

With warm regards

Marion

Applications Open: Visiting Professor of Australian Studies

The Centre for Pacific and American Studies (CPAS) at the University of Tokyo is seeking applications for a Visiting Professor of Australian Studies for 2023-24 and 2024-25. This is a teaching and research position for approximately 10 months duration, and is open to Australian citizens and permanent residents only. CPAS welcomes applications from highly qualified candidates with significant academic or public achievement in the field of Australian Studies broadly defined, including but not limited to cultural studies, history, literature, politics and society, philosophy and ethics, Indigenous issues, migration, foreign policy and international relations and environmentalism. Whilst Australia should remain the main focus, applications are also welcomed from candidates whose field of study covers the broader Pacific regions including Oceania, Polynesia, Micronesia and North America, with an emphasis on issues that are of particular relevance to the changing dynamics in the political economy and cross-cultural interchange in the area.

The Visiting Professor in Australian Studies is required to teach at undergraduate and graduate levels; to present conference papers; to conduct research; and to participate in promoting Australian Studies within Japan. All teaching is conducted in English. An attractive salary package and subsidised accommodation are available. The appointment is for a period of approximately 10 months and will commence in September 2023 or September 2024. Applicants may be considered for either term or both terms.

For details, including application instructions, salary and housing arrangements, and further information, please see the position description. Applications are due 1 February 2023. Enquiries should be directed to Professor Kate Darian-Smith at the University of Tasmania (kate.dariansmith@utas.edu.au), who is managing the selection process on behalf of the International Australian Studies Association (InASA).

Duration: Approximately 10 months
Commencement of position: Late September 2023 or late September 2024. Applicants may apply to be considered for a specific term only or for either term. This must be indicated clearly on your application.
Closing date for applications: 1 February 2023

Winners of the 2022 ARA Historical Novel Prize Announced

Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA), in partnership with Australia’s leading essential building and infrastructure services provider ARA Group, is excited to announce the winners of the 2022 ARA Historical Novel Prize.

The winner of the 2022 ARA Historical Novel Prize – Adult Category is Corporal Hitler’s Pistol by Tom Keneally (Penguin Random House).
The winner of the 2022 ARA Historical Novel Prize – Children and Young Adult (CYA) Category is Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief, by Katrina Nannestad (HarperCollins Australia).

This year’s winners make the past come alive in an astonishing way. Their luminous prose conjures worlds that intertwine history with imagination to explore themes of survival, identity, desire and power. Both novels embody storytelling at its very best.
The ARA Historical Novel Prize is worth a total of $100,000 in prize monies. The Prize will award $50,000 to the Adult category winner, with $5,000 awarded to each of the two shortlisted authors. In the Children and Young Adult (CYA) category, the winner will receive $30,000, while the two shortlisted authors will receive $5,000 each. The ARA Historical Novel Prize has been made possible through the generous patronage of ARA Group. The ARA Group, and its Founder, Executive Chair and CEO, Edward Federman, are committed to supporting the arts and literature.

2022 ARA Historical Novel Prize Shortlists Announced

Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA), in partnership with Australia’s leading essential building and infrastructure services provider ARA Group, is excited to announce the Shortlists for the 2022 ARA Historical Novel Prize.

This year’s Shortlists explore a diverse range of powerful themes, from reinvention, diversity and the meaning of truth, through to self-reliance, confidence and fulfilling one’s dreams. The Shortlists demonstrate the power of historical fiction to bring the past vividly to life, explore often unspoken truths, and illuminate the challenges faced by humankind throughout the centuries.

The ARA Historical Novel Prize is worth a total of $100,000 in prize monies. The Prize will award $50,000 to the Adult category winner, with an additional $5,000 to be awarded to each of the remaining two shortlisted authors. In the Children and Young Adult (CYA) category, the winner will receive $30,000, while the two shortlisted authors will receive $5,000 each.

The Winners of the 2022 ARA Historical Novel Prize will be announced on Thursday 20 October 2022.

For further information, visit: https://hnsa.org.au/


The Shortlist for the 2022 ARA Historical Novel Prize – Adult Category is:

  • Horse by Geraldine Brooks (Hachette Australia)
  • Corporal Hitler’s Pistol by Tom Keneally (Penguin Random House)
  • Cold Coast by Robyn Mundy (Ultimo Press)

The Shortlist for the 2022 ARA Historical Novel Prize – Children and Young Adult (CYA) Category is:

  • Katipo Joe: Wolf’s Lair by Brian Falkner (Scholastic New Zealand)
  • Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief by Katrina Nannestad (HarperCollins Publishers Australia)
  • The Wearing of the Green by Claire Saxby (Walker Books)

AAWP and Ubud Writers and Readers Festival Prizes 2022 Winners Announced

We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2022 AAWP/UWRF Emerging Writers’ Prize and the AAWP/UWRF Translators’ Prize.

The winner of the Emerging Writers’ Prize is ‘This is just to say’ by Karen McKnight.

The winner of the Translators’ Prize is ‘Great Sertão: Meanderings’ by Alison Entrekin.


Congratulations to Karen and Alison, and thanks to everyone who contributed an entry in such a rich collection of work.

You can read more details about these and other AAWP writing prizes, as well as the judge’s reports and winner bios, over on our Prizes page.

ANIA WALWICZ: Call for Papers SYMPOSIUM AND JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUE

To celebrate the legacy of her multi-faceted artistry an Ania Walwicz Symposium will be
held at Deakin Downtown, Collins St, Melbourne, 10th February 2023. ] We are interested
in programming a range of papers that speak to Ania’s work, from papers that engage
the general reader or fictocritical and/or creative presentations, to more traditional
scholarly papers. Creative responses might include other media (film, sound, e-lit etc.).
Symposium presenters will also be invited to submit their creative works and/or critical
papers to be published later in 2023 as part of a special issue of a literary journal (such
as TEXT, to be confirmed at a later date). The special issue will be edited by Marion May
Campbell, Anna Gibbs, and Sneja Gunew.
Please submit to all three: Marion May Campbell (email: angelbeigesang@gmail.com) Anna
Gibbs (A.Gibbs@westernsydney.edu.au); Sneja Gunew (sneja.gunew@ubc.ca) a THREE-
LINE description of the creative or fictocritical piece NOT exceeding 15 minutes that you
would like to present for the symposium. We are looking for work to engage the general
literary reader, rather than specialist scholarly work. After the Symposium, you will be
invited to develop your piece to a 3000 word-limit for a peer-reviewed Special Issue: Ania
Walwicz.

We would like the three-line submissions by Nov 30th 2022.

Decisions will be made by Dec 17th.


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