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The National Young Writers’ Festival (NYWF) has announced the team who will develop the 2025 Festival which will be held from 3-6 October 2025 on the land of the Awabakal and Worimi peoples in Newcastle, NSW. The 2025 NYWF team consists of Festival Coordinator Thirangie Jayatilake, Creative Producer Lay Maloney, Creative Producer Huyen Hac Helen Tran and Marketing and Digital Coordinator Monique Wallace. Recruited following the Festival’s hiatus in 2024, the new team will be responsible for bringing this year’s NYWF to life and engaging young writers between the ages of 18 and 35 (inclusive). “We’re delighted to share the 2025 Festival…

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28 September 2021 | #IPEdConf21, October 2021 by Thirangie Jayatilake Presentation by Jodie Lea Martire at the IPEd conference.  Jodie presented the results based on her research involving Spinifex Press and Wild Dingo Press, and multiple authors they have published. She explained that she uses the phrase “writers of difference”, as the term “marginalised writers” emphasises the marginalisation and de-emphasises the writer. The presentation answered the question, “What do writers of difference want from Australian publishing?” 1. Know them (or respect them as they are)  Writers ask for interest in a literature that is plural and growing. “Please do not make all your writers sound like you, or…

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From Editors Victoria Editors Victoria’s event on “Diversity in the Australian publishing industry and how can we support under-represented editors” with Dr Radhiah Chowdhury and Susannah Bowen took place on 19 November. The discussion addressed the factors that may have contributed to high levels of Eurocentrism and low levels of diverse representation in the Australian publishing industry. It touched on the importance of launching children’s authors from diverse backgrounds, the need for in-house publishing professionals to understand cultural and racial nuances in light of Jamie Oliver’s new book, and structures the industry can develop to support and publish more First…

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President’s report by Margaret Trudgeon AE The year is fast coming to a close, and the Editors Victoria committee has been working hard over the past month to get some PD workshops and events underway, while planning for new ones to come. We have just completed running Linda Nix’s “Grammar refresher” workshop, which ran over three sessions and proved very popular. I was fortunate to help out in the first session and it provided a great introduction to the world of grammar. On 14 November, Hilary Cadman’s popular workshop on “Editing tools to boost your productivity” will be held online, where she…

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Tambapanni Academic Publishers cordially invite you to join us for an enriching conversation between Booker winning novelist Shehan Karunatilaka and renowned sociologist Sasanka Perera on how academic research can enhance creative work. Focusing on integrating academic research into creative writing, Shehan Karunathilaka and Sasanka Perera will discuss how to maintain ‘authenticity while blurring the lines between reality and fiction. In 2022, Karunatilaka’s ghost protagonist, Maali Almeida captured audiences worldwide with his Booker prize win.  Karunatilaka spent years working on the book, blending his understanding of character and plot with historical, political and academic research Perera, a sociologist by training, has…

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I’m glad that I was able to contribute in some way to the Emerging Writers’ Festival by joining one of the Focus Groups back in May this year. The Focus Group was an oportunity for literary festival enthusiasts outside of the main program coordinators to share their feedback on the festival program. The festival is now underway with the National Writers Conference happening this weekend. Check out the conference progam here:- https://emergingwritersfestival.org.au/event/national-writers-conference/

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Dr. Stefanie Lotter and Swaraj Chitrakar lead participants in a discussion on critical approaches to the archive. Taragaon Museum, Kathmandu. Photo © Monalisa Maharjan. The summer school was attended by graduate students in social sciences and other fields of study (including heritage studies, archival and museum studies, sociology and anthropology, urban design, art and curatorial studies, and history), as well as heritage professionals and activists. The international and local teaching teams worked closely with participants to identify their requirements to train individual academic or professional skills. The intensive, week-long program was partly research-based, with field visits to heritage sites and…

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