Dr Bronwyn Lovell

Dr Bronwyn Lovell coordinates the Professional Writing and Writing & Editing for Publication courses at the University of South Australia. Bronwyn also teaches across creative writing, literature, screen studies, journalism, and cultural studies courses. She has a Doctorate in Creative Writing from Flinders University, a Master of Letters in Creative Writing from the University of Sydney, a Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours in Cinema Studies from the University of Melbourne, and an Executive Certificate in Space Studies from UniSA in partnership with the International Space University.

Bronwyn's research explores the roles of women in science fiction space narratives, as well as non-fictional gender discrimination in the space industry. She was commissioned by the Australian Space Agency to write poetry about diversity and inclusion in the space workforce. Her essays have been published by Science Fiction Film and Television, The Journal of Feminist Scholarship, the National Gallery of Victoria, and The Conversation. She is currently working on an academic monograph.

Bronwyn's poetry has appeared in Borderless: A transnational anthology of feminist poetry, Best Australian Poems, Meanjin, Southerly, Strange Horizons and Cordite. She has won the Val Vallis Award and been shortlisted for the Speculate Prize, Dorothy Hewett Award, Judith Wright Poetry Prize, Newcastle Poetry Prize, Bridport Prize, and Montreal International Poetry Prize. Her debut poetry collection, In Bed with Animals, is published by Recent Work Press and her science-fiction verse novel, Between Worlds, is forthcoming from University of Western Australia Publishing.

Bronwyn has worked as an editor and writer on children's books for Penguin in the UK and lifestyle magazines in Sydney. She has been an arts administrator for non-profits Writers Victoria and Australian Poetry at Melbourne's Wheeler Centre for Books and Ideas, and has taught English literacy in remote Aboriginal communities across Cape York and Arnhem Land. She is passionate about the power of stories, social activism, and education.

Australian Society of Authors

Australian Science Fiction Foundation

Science Fiction Poetry Association

UniSA Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences (HASS) Space and Cosmology Research Group

UniSA Critically Creative Research and Writing Collective (CCRWC)

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy Flinders University

• Master of Arts (Applied Linguistics) (In Progress) University of New England

• Master of Letters in Creative Writing The University of Sydney

• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) The University of Melbourne

• Bachelor Arts The University of Sydney

• Certificate IV in Small Business Management RMIT University

• Graduate Certificate in Space Studies International Space University and UniSA

Work history

University of Adelaide

Macquarie University

Flinders University

Australian Poetry

Writers Victoria

Inkerman & Blunt Publishers

Elite Editing

The University of Sydney

The Book-Studio: A Penguin Company, Pearson Publishing Group

Express Publications

Angus and Roberston