Description
The China Australia
Writing Centre is a
research and creative
collaboration between
Curtin University and
Fudan University in
Shanghai. The centre showcases Australian writing in China and Chinese writing in Australia, and provides a forum for the exchange of ideas about writing and the teaching of writing in Chinese and Australian universities. It is a focal point for cultural exchange, translation and critical debate designed to develop crosscultural
understandings and relationships through research and creative projects, symposia, conferences and residencies for Chinese and Australian writers. It also hosts exchanges of academic sta ff, higher degree by research students and undergraduates.
The centre encourages novelists, poets, non-fi ction writers,essayists, performance writers, biographers, linguists, translators, historians, journalists, literary scholars and writers on public a airs to meet and collaborate on ground-breaking creative and critical work, and consider ways to advance teaching and learning in the writing disciplines.
At Curtin, we are delighted to celebrate this significant crosscultural expansion of our commitment to writing and the teaching of writing. In the 1970s, Curtin was the first Australian university to offer an undergraduate major in creative writing. The Professional Writing and Publishing major was later added to provide creative writers with an industry-focused professional dimension to their work.
Curtin writing staff members include Miles Franklin Award winner Kim Scott, best-selling novelist and memoirist Liz Byrski, non-fiction writer and crime novelist David Whish-Wilson,
Calibre Prize-winning essayist and creative non-fiction writer Rachel Robertson and distinguished poet John Kinsella. Former
Curtin staff members include the late Miles Franklin Award winning novelist Elizabeth Jolley and Vogel Literary Award winner Julienne van Loon.
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The Centre will be closed from the 9 December 2016 to the 9 January 2017. We wish you all a very merry Christmas and all the best for 2017! Julie, Liz, Danielle and Henry
The novel from Scotland to Shanghai and on to Perth WA
If you missed the broadcast of our Creative Conversations panel discussion, The Novel Through Time, on ABC RN today you can listen to it at the link below. http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/booksplus/the-novel-from-scotland-to-shanghai-and-on-to-perth-wa/8058094
We are delighted to be able to let you know the ABC Radio National broadcast dates for the discussion panels from our Creative Conversations event. All four panels will be broadcast in full in the ‘Best of the Festivals’ program, and will air at 2 pm on the following dates: • Thurs 29 December - The Novel Through Time • Wed 4 January - The Power and the Passion: Writing from the Heart • Thursday 12 January - What is it About Crime? • Wednesday 18th January - Making Waves: Writing that Challenges the Establishment. In addition: The Novel Through Time will be broadcast in Books Plus on Sunday 27th November at 2pm, and an edited version of What is it About Crime? In Books Plus on Sunday 4th December at 2pm. There will also be further edited versions of some panels but these have not yet been scheduled. So watch this space for more news. Liz
Crossing Boundaries New Voices from Indonesia
Not quite China but still well worth reading! Julie Crossing Boundaries: New Voices from Indonesia is an anthology of Indonesian short stories. The collection contains stories from across the archipelago—from Bali, Java, Sulawesi and Sumatra—written by some of the country's most exciting writers. The authors featured include rising literary star Eka Kurniawan, and emerging voices, such as Wa Ode Wulan Ratna and Uda Agus. Each story has been selected for its ability to convey a vivid sense of Indonesian society today—these are stories of city life, love and conflict in small villages, and fantastical goings on. http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/booksandarts/features/crossing-boundaries/
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Please come along and support our colleagues in the Centre for Human Rights Education. Julie The Centre for Human Rights Education invites you to attend their forthcoming seminar that includes a panel of four people who will discuss their experiences of seeking asylum and the critical role that education can play in their settlement. This will be followed by a discussion on the roles that universities can play in this context. The seminar will be held from 6.30pm at Curtin on Thursday 10 November – please see the invitation below for further details.
Unpaid 'Shadow Work' as an Author
Great piece here by the indomitable Hazel Edwards about the hidden 'shadow work' of writers. Liz Byrski
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A very big congratulations to our Director, Liz Byrski, who has just been promoted and is now an Associate Professor. Well done Liz!
What happens to the manuscript slush pile?
There are some tips in this article on how to get published. Julie
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If you attended Creative Conversations and wanted a copy of Nicholas Wong's book Crevasse - Crow books in East Vic Park have some in stock or alternatively they are available through Kaya Press. http://kaya.com/books/crevasse/
Creative Conversations
10 September 2016
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Today we officially welcomed our Visiting Fellow, A/Prof Sam Zhou, from the School of Foreign Languages at the Shanghai University of International Business and Economics. Sam, pictured here with our Deputy Director Henry Li, will be working with the China Australia Writing Centre for the next year. Julie
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Our Director, Liz Byrski, recently won the Major Creative Work of the Year award at the Curtin University Humanities Research Celebration Awards! Well done Liz! Julie
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