Association for the Study of Australian Literature.

Joined January 2017
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The Magarey Medal for biography shortlist announced:
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ALS Gold Medal 2026 shortlist announced!
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Magarey Medal for Biography longlist announced:
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Mary Gilmore Award shortlist announced!
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ALS Gold Medal Longlist announced!
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2 Dec 2025
Didn't quite manage to get your essay finished in time? Good news - the deadline for the A.D. Hope Prize 2025 has been extended! You now have until the 31st January 2026 to email in your submission 📣
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2 Dec 2025
The A.D. Hope Prize is awarded to the best essay based on a paper presented by an ASAL member at the 2025 ASAL conference. The winning essay will also be considered for publication in the peer-reviewed Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature (JASAL).
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2 Dec 2025
The deadline for submissions to the A.D. Hope prize is 31 January 2026. Please send your essay by email directly to the Chair of the judging panel, Roger Osborne, roger.osborne@jcu.edu.au and any questions to ASAL Prize Coordinator, Monique Rooney, monique.rooney@anu.edu.au
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30 Oct 2025
The online Literary Encyclopedia is seeking new editors for its Australian literature section. Send EOIs to Grace Moore at grace.moore@otago.ac.nz and for further details. litencyc.com/litencycdescrib…
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27 Oct 2025
Upcoming event! Community Publishing in Regional Australia: Writing, Editing, Distributing and Marketing with Alexandra Dane, Beth Driscoll, Sandra Phillips and Kim Wilkins. Register now: jcu.zoom.us/meeting/register…
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23 Oct 2025
Upcoming Event! (De-)colonial Blues: Waterborne Method and the Inter-discipline’s Resource Frontiers with Dr Keyvan Allahyari Register now: jcu.zoom.us/meeting/register…
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18 Sep 2025
You are warmly invited to attend an online Public Seminar by Dr Mykaela Saunders, Macquarie University Stories Accumulate Like Time: First Nations Speculative Fiction Day: Wednesday 24 Sept 2025 Time: 4–5:30pm AEST Where: Online, please register here: asal.org.au/events/event-fir…
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12 Sep 2025
The deadline for abstracts for the upcoming ASAL Mini Conference on Audiobooks and Australian Literary Studies has been extended! You now have until the 3 October 2025 to get your abstracts submitted! asal.org.au/conferences/mini…
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11 Sep 2025
The annual Fryer Lecture celebrates Australian literature and the library's important role in collecting and preserving our literary heritage. Secure your place now: web.library.uq.edu.au/storie…
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ASAL retweeted
The Disabled Peoples' Creative Writing Online Symposium Begins in 1 week, 28-9 August Everyone is welcome and attendance is free, but please register at: events.humanitix.com/disable… Presented by Creative People Products and Places (CP3) @UniversitySA @ASAustLit
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22 Aug 2025
Register now for the Roderick Centre's Public Seminar with Dr Meg Brayshaw! Finding gold in the literary history of mining in North Queensland: The politics and pleasures of reading Sarah Campion’s Burdekin trilogy in place jcu.zoom.us/meeting/register…
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18 Aug 2025
Submissions now open for the A.D. Hope Prize 2025! Full details here: asal.org.au/awards/ad-hope-p…
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7 Aug 2025
CFP: ASAL Mini Conference Audiobooks and Australian Literary Studies Submissions are now open for the Audiobooks and Australian Literary Studies ASAL Mini conference happening at ANU in Feb 2026! asal.org.au/conferences/mini…
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ASAL retweeted
I had the strange experience of presenting online at a conference in my home town from the other side of the world last week - on a niche local literary figure who nurtured the Penguins, literature, drama and the Dionysian in Adelaide: C.R Jury @ASAustLit
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30 Jun 2025
We're thrilled to announce that Highway 13 by Fiona McFarlane is the winner of the ALS Gold Medal 🥳🏅 "Highway 13 is an inventive and dazzling short story cycle that yields the cohesiveness of a novel even while preserving the integrity of its individual stories"
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