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Coetzee Centre hosts gala book launch by poet, novelist and medical doctor, Peter Goldsworthy
On 3 April the Centre hosted a gala book launch of The Cancer Finishing School by poet, novelist and medical doctor, Peter Goldsworthy, in the presence of some 100 guests at the Ern Malley in Stepney.
Masterclass with Dr Christina Thompson
On 15 March Dr Christina Thompson, multi-award winning author and editor of the Harvard Review, gave a masterclass in non-fiction writing and how to draft a book proposal to staff, postgraduate students and members of the JM Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice.
Student performance troupe: Diary of a Magician
The Adelaide Fringe and Festivals are in full swing. Last week a student performance troupe staged an unusual show entitled Diary of a Magician, at the Garage International venue behind the Adelaide Town Hall. The students are all studying at the Graduate Institute of the Performing Arts, Taiwan Normal University in Taipei.
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Maggie Tonkin is shortlisted for the 2019 Hazel Rowley Fellowship
Congratulations for Dr Maggie Tonkin, who has been shortlisted for the 2019 Hazel Rowley Fellowship for a biography on acclaimed Australian choreographer Meryl Tankard.
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Criticism as Intervention Course (ARTS#2004)
This course will focus on J. M. Coetzee’s oeuvre to discuss the politics of critical engagement in regard to the problematic character of contemporary global, neoliberal culture.
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Brian Castro wins Prime Minister's Literary Award (Poetry)
Congratulations to Professor Brian Castro, who has just won the Prime Minister's Literary Award (Poetry) for Blindness and Rage: A Phantasmagoria.
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Lyn Dickens is shortlisted for the 2018 Deborah Cass Prize
Lyn Dickens has been shortlisted for the 2018 Deborah Cass Prize for Writing.
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Tjungu Pakani (Together We Rise)
We are proud to share a video of Tjungu Pakani (Together We Rise), a series of events celebrating Titjikala culture through art and music co-hosted by the JMCCCP.
Eva Hornung wins Premier's Award & Fiction Award
JMCCCP affiliate Eva Hornung has won the Premier's Award and the Fiction Award at the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature for her latest novel The Last Garden (Text Publishing, 2017).
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Gabriella Smart wins 2018 Prelude Composer Residency
JMCCCP member and artistic director of Soundstream New Music, Gabriella Smart, has won one of the 2018 Prelude Composer Residences. Prelude is a national network of residencies for Australian composers, housed in historic buildings that gives recipients the time and space to create new work or conduct research and development. Beneficiaries of the programme also receive financial support throughout the twelve months of the residency. Congratulations Gabriella!
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