Amelia Walker is the author of four poetry collections and three poetry teaching resource books in Macmillan's All You Need to Teach series. She completed her PhD in 2016 through the University of South Australia, for a thesis about creative writing's value in contemporary higher education and research. In 2015 she won the Australasian Association of Writing Programs Postgraduate Conference Paper Prize in two categories: creative paper and critical paper. Amelia currently teaches courses in creative writing and children's / young adult literature. She is also secretary for the Australsian Association of Writing Programs, co-editor of the book reviews section for peer-reviewed creative writing research journal TEXT, and... Read more
About me
Amelia Walker is the author of four poetry collections and three poetry teaching resource books in Macmillan's All You Need to Teach series. She completed her PhD in 2016 through the University of South Australia, for a thesis about creative writing's value in contemporary higher education and research. In 2015 she won the Australasian Association of Writing Programs Postgraduate Conference Paper Prize in two categories: creative paper and critical paper. Amelia currently teaches courses in creative writing and children's / young adult literature. She is also secretary for the Australsian Association of Writing Programs, co-editor of the book reviews section for peer-reviewed creative writing research journal TEXT, and incoming managing editor for Writing From Below, a peer-reviewed journal of queer writing and research.
About me
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 30/04/2018 |
Waterfall Work, Review of 'Dreamday' in TEXT Journal, by Dominique Hecq, http://www.textjournal.com.au/april18/hecq2_rev.htm |
| 11/03/2018 |
“Art in response to Art”: Rob Walker launches ‘Dreamday’ by Amelia Walker at the 2018 Adelaide Fringe Festival, Article in Rocheford Street Review, https://rochfordstreetreview.com/2018/03/11/art-in-response-to-art-rob-walker-launches-dreamday-by-amelia-walker-at-the-2018-adelaide-fringe-festival/ |
| 11/03/2018 |
“We must dream, and honour our dreams, in order to live actualised lives”- Amelia Walker: Dominique Hecq launches ‘Dreamday’, Article in Rocheford Street Review, https://rochfordstreetreview.com/2018/03/11/we-must-dream-and-honour-our-dreams-in-order-to-live-actualised-lives-amelia-walker-dominique-hecq-launches-dreamday/ |
| 14/02/2018 |
'New Book is Art Inspired', Messenger Eastern Courier Article, https://www.facebook.com/131835960859327/photos/ms.c.eJwtx8kJADAMA8GOgtdCPvpvLBAyv8FGyZotdRzek3FuB~;8sUwr1BeKdCXI~-.bps.a.155132185196371.1073741828.131835960859327/155132218529701/?type=3&theater |
| 31/12/2017 |
Book Review: Dreamday, reviewed by Jaydeep Sarangi, in Setu Journal, http://www.setumag.com/2017/12/Dreamday-by-Amelia-Walker.html |
| 20/06/2017 |
'New Verse in a Poet's Life', Messenger Eastern Courier Article, https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156272788619972&set=p.10156272788619972&type=3&theater |
| 06/07/2016 |
'Power of the Poetic Language' article about poet-in-residence project at St Andrews School, Walkerville, article by James Hetherington, published in City North Messenger, http://messenger.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx |
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of South Australia
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) University of South Australia
Bachelor of Nursing University of South Australia
I have worked at the University of South Australia since 2013, teaching and lecturing in local, offshore and external courses including:
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Member of the volunteer organising committee for 'Intersections', the 2016 SA Gender and Sexualities Postgraduate and ECR Research Conference, 19-20th September, Bradley Forum, Level 5, Hawke Building, University of South Australia, City West, Adelaide SA
Member of the volunteer organising committee for 'Art(i)culations of Violence', the 2017 Gender, Sex and Sexualities Postgraduate and ECR Research Conference, July 13-14 at the Bradley Forum, University of South Australia, City West Campus, Adelaide SA
Organising Committee mentor for 'Space and Place' 2018, the fifth annual South Australian Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher Gender, Sex, and Sexualities Conference: https://sagenderandsexualitiesconf.wordpress.com/
Research
Research since 2008 is shown below.
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31
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| 2019 |
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| 2018 |
Walker, A 2018, 'Nervous', Double Dialogues, no. 20, pp. 1-11.
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| 2016 |
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| 2012 |
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External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
| La Trobe University | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of New England | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
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| 'Coming Out' with your family: portraying LGBTQIA+ ethnic identities in young adult literature | Current |
| Understanding the individual in a fractured postmodern society through examination of micronations | Current |
| Who are the Anthropos? The Philosophical Novel as a Response to Challenges of the Anthropocene | Current |
