ASAL

Association for the Study of Australian Literature.

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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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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, [email protected] and any questions to ASAL Prize Coordinator, Monique Rooney, [email protected]

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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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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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The online Literary Encyclopedia is seeking new editors for its Australian literature section. Send EOIs to Grace Moore at [email protected] and for further details.
https://t.co/jTgWwGD2wr

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Upcoming event! Community Publishing in Regional Australia: Writing, Editing, Distributing and Marketing with Alexandra Dane, Beth Driscoll, Sandra Phillips and Kim Wilkins.

Register now: https://t.co/qXHIKpdbhl

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Upcoming Event! (De-)colonial Blues: Waterborne Method and the Inter-discipline’s Resource Frontiers with Dr Keyvan Allahyari

Register now: https://t.co/Iu8GqFAl3e

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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: https://t.co/lEjdGHIEXU

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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!

https://t.co/pyvdJyzArV

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The annual Fryer Lecture celebrates Australian literature and the library's important role in collecting and preserving our literary heritage.

Secure your place now: https://t.co/KCpnQWeRR9

[Dr Amanda Tink @amandatink]

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:
https://t.co/4fJt3rWkbg
Presented by Creative People Products and Places (CP3) @UniversitySA
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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

https://t.co/sildSSFe80

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Submissions now open for the A.D. Hope Prize 2025! Full details here: https://t.co/j0EYF0TZuv

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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!

https://t.co/pyvdJyzArV

[Samuel Cox @samueljessecox]

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
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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"