Thea Astley: Selected Poems provides admirers of Astley’s fiction with unprecedented insight into an Australian literary legend. Join editor Cheryl Taylor, UQP CEO Jill Eddington, plus readings by a host of UQP poets to celebrate the first published collection of poetry by Thea Astley.
Brisbane Writers Festival 2017
Presented by Queensland Poetry Festival
Thea Astley Tribute
Jill Eddington
Jill Eddington joined University of Queensland Press in March this year as CE0. Jill has a long association with the literary sector nationally. She is particularly known for her seven years as Director at Byron Bay Writers Festival and, most recently, as the Director, Literature at the Australia Council for the Arts.
Cheryl Taylor
Cheryl Taylor, B.A. Hons (Qld), MA (Leeds) Ph. D. (JCU) lectured in English and other literatures in the School of Humanities at James Cook University in Townsville for many years before retiring as an Associate Professor in 2006. From 2008 to 2015 she was a casual lecturer in the School of Humanities at Griffith University, where she is currently an Adjunct Research Fellow. She has edited books and published articles on Middle English, Medieval Latin, and Australian literature, and was was a cofounder of the AustLit subset, Writing the Tropical North.
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