Creative Writing at Adelaide

A wealth of published works by students and staff of the University's Creative Writing department within the English discipline.

PhD theses now published as books include: 

Anne Bartlett: Knitting. Anne Bartlett's PhD thesis 'Knitting: A Novel: A Retrospective View' was published by Penguin in Australia and the UK, and by Houghton Mifflin in the US.

Ken Bolton: At the Flash & at the Baci. Ken Bolton's PhD thesis 'At the Flash and at the Baci' was published by Wakefield Press as a collection of poems.

Corrie Hosking: Eating Lolly. Corrie Hosking's PhD thesis was published by 4th Estate (HarperCollins) and launched at Adelaide Writers' Week 2008.

Stephen Kelen: Earthly Delights. Stephen Kelen's PhD thesis 'Writing the Goddess' was published by Pandanus Books as a collection of poems.

Stefan Laszczuk: I Dream of Magda. Stefan Laszczuk won the The Australian/Vogel Literary Award for 2007 for his novel, I Dream of Magda, his PhD thesis. Allen & Unwin published I Dream of Magda in 2008.

Ray Tyndale: Farmwoman. Ray Tyndale's Phd thesis, a verse novel, was published in 2008 by Wakefield Press.

Malcolm Walker's PhD thesis, a novel for young adults called The Stone Crown, was published in Australia 2008 by Walker Books. Publication in the UK and the US will follow in 2009. 

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