Handbook

This course sets the practice of literature at the centre of our experience of the world. It aims to orient you to the diversity of opportunities open to those who work in literary industries, including writers, publishers, and translators. It draws on a range of practical, theoretical, analytical and creative skills and approaches to examine the ways that literature and the literary are embedded in social, political, economic, and aesthetic realities in a range of global and local contexts. At its heart is a focus on the machinery of writing industries from Australia and the Asia-Pacific to the Middle East and the Americas, which you will examine through a series of case-studies and with the guidance of practitioners from fields such as publishing, translating, community cultural development, and literary festival management. It will equip you to participate in a variety of careers in the field of the arts and humanities.