March 2009


Registration for the Norfolk Island Conference is now open.

Please download the registration form (Word | PDF), fill it out and return it to:

Susan Lever, Honorary Associate,
Department of English,
School of Letters, Art and Media,
Faculty of Arts,
UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY. 2006

Payment can be made by: (more…)

Registration

Registration is now open. Please download the Registration Form (PDF | Word) and return it by email to asal2009@anu.edu.au or by post to:

Kate Horgan
School of Humanities
AD Hope Bldg #14
Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200

Payment may be made by sending a cheque or money order (made payable to ASAL) to the above address, or by credit card payment through paypal: (more…)

You can now register for the Norfolk Island Old Lags conference. Click here for more norfolk-island-rego.doc

We received 73 entries for the ALS gold medal award for a work of outstanding literature published in 2008.  The winner will be announced at the July ASAL conference at ANU.  The shortlist for this award, in alphabetical order is:

Clanchy, John  Her Father’s Daughter  (UQP), Garner, Helen  The Spare Room (Text), Juers, Evelyn  House of Exile (Giramondo), Kinsella, John Divine Comedy: Journeys through a regional geography (UQP), Tsiolkas, Christos  The Slap (Allen & Unwin), Wallace Crabbe, Chris Telling a Hawk from a Handsaw (Carcenet).