Seminars
Jerome Rothenberg spoke as part of the 2017 seminar program on Writing Through: Translation and Othering as Forms of Composition.
Our Next Seminar
Seminar series 2023 - a special in-person event:
Melissa Lucashenko in conversation with Associate Professor Sandra Phillips
Friday 20 October 2023
11:00am – 12:00pm, with morning tea at 10:30am
In this brilliant epic, Melissa Lucashenko torches Queensland’s colonial myths, while reimagining an Australian future.
'A literary epic... The tragedy, injustice and brutality of the British invasion are made visible in the historical setting as well as in the contemporary one, where we see its impact on the present-day characters, but Edenglassie also portrays deep hope, resistance and reverence, and is fierce in its commitment to building a rich life swelling with love'. Books+Publishing
VENUE: Female Orphan School, Parramatta South campus, Western Sydney University- room EZ.G.23 conference room
IN PERSON attendance only, morning tea provided. Free registration here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/732452845177?aff=oddtdtcreator
All welcome!
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MELISSA LUCASHENKO is a Goorie (Aboriginal) author of Bundjalung and European heritage. Her first novel was published in 1997 and since then her work has received acclaim in many literary awards. Killing Darcy won the Royal Blind Society Award and was shortlisted for an Aurealis award. Her sixth novel, Too Much Lip, won the 2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award and the Queensland Premier’s Award for a work of State Significance. It was also shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Fiction, the Stella Prize, two Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, two Queensland Literary Awards and two NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. Melissa is a Walkley Award winner for her non-fiction, and a founding member of human rights organisation Sisters Inside. She writes about ordinary Australians and the extraordinary lives they lead. Her latest book is Edenglassie.
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Our seminars are free and open to visitors from outside the university. If you want to come along to one of our seminars simply register using the links above or send an email to S.Gapps@westernsydney.edu.au