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Coetzee Centre hosts gala book launch by poet, novelist and medical doctor, Peter Goldsworthy

Dr 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.

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Masterclass with Dr Christina Thompson

Director of the JM Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice, Professor Anne Pender (left) 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.

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Student performance troupe: Diary of a Magician

Six people sitting together smiling

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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Recent Events of 2023:

Helen Garner delivers a public reading in the Barr Smith Reading Room

Recent Events of 2023 include...

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Perfect Cadence Podcast: Anna Goldsworthy with Adam Page

Perfect Cadence Podcast Series

This interview is an occasional podcast in a series in which writers talk about music and musicians talk about writing.

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Book Launch of Childhood by Dr. Shannon Burns

Welcome address by Centre Director Professor Anne Pender, discussion by Professor Brian Castro and Professor Jennifer Rutherford and reading by Dr. Shannon Burns.

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The Colour of Fire: Sinophone Performance across Australia and Cultural Exchange

Sinophone performance across Australia has a rich history and cultural significance that has not been fully documented or widely appreciated.

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Bedtime Stories: Writers in conversation about the biggest subject of them all

Celebrated Australian author Chloe Hooper joins doctor and writer Peter Goldsworthy in conversation guided by novelist and poet Heather Taylor Johnson about writing about illness and mortality, in the JMCCCP public forum event "Bedtime Stories" on Thursday, 2 June. 

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Congratulations to Anna Goldsworthy

Congratulations to our director, Associate Professor Anna Goldsworthy, and her team on being awarded a linkage grant by the Australian Research Council.

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Congratulations to Jill Jones

Congratulations to Jill Jones, who has been awarded a grant from the Australia Council for the Arts.

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