Professor Ivor Indyk, Whitlam Chair, Writing and Society Research Group (College of Arts, UWS Bankstown Campus) will speak about writing and publishing at the ZineWest 2008 Launch.
The launch will open with readings from the zine followed by Prof Indyk's talk and announcement of the prizewinners by our judge, Dr Mridula Chakraborty (see earlier post).
Our venue hosts are Kevin and Lisa Crouse at Mars Hill Cafe, 331 Church St Parramatta.
There'll be time for coffee and socialising plus more readings.
NWG Inc members and ZW entrants are invited to bring any self-published works to display (or offer for sale) at our publication table.
Copies of ZineWest will be on sale at $5 each.
Prof Ivor Indyk's current research projects include the history of Australian literary publishing, and the expression of awkwardness and embarrassment in Australian literature. He is the founding editor of Heat Magazine and publisher of the Giramondo book imprint, now housed within the Writing and Society Research Group. The most recent publications of Giramondo include Alexis Wright's Miles Franklin Award winner Carpentaria (2006), Brian Castro's The Garden Book (2005), and Jennifer Maiden's poetry collection, Friendly Fire (2005). A critic, essayist and reviewer, he has written a monograph on David Malouf, and essays on many aspects of Australian literature.
Ivor's areas of postgraduate supervision include Australian literature and literary publishing.
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