Current Residents
- Virginia Jealous (WA)
- Kim Huynh (ACT)
- Stuart Cooke (NSW)
- James Laidler (VIC)
- Sally Breen (QLD)
- Ali Donnellan (QLD)
- Gretchen Shirm (NSW)
- Toni Jordan (VIC)
Virginia Jealous (WA), india
Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla
Virginia Jealous's poetry collection, Things Turned Upside Down, was accepted by Picaro Press in 2011. As a poet, freelance travel writer (with Lonely Planet Publications and the Weekend Australian) and former emergency relief worker (with Australian Red Cross and Oxfam), Virginia is preoccupied with how 'outsiders' continue to shape the world of others. At Himachal Pradesh University in Shimla, with its particular Raj connections and other colonial-era endeavours - like the region's apple industry, started by American Quaker Samuel Evans Stokes - she will explore the blurred boundaries between poetry, travel writing and creative non-fiction.
Virginia Jealous's poetry collection, Things Turned Upside Down, was accepted by Picaro Press in 2011. As a poet, freelance travel writer (with Lonely Planet Publications and the Weekend Australian) and former emergency relief worker (with Australian Red Cross and Oxfam), Virginia is preoccupied with how 'outsiders' continue to shape the world of others. At Himachal Pradesh University in Shimla, with its particular Raj connections and other colonial-era endeavours - like the region's apple industry, started by American Quaker Samuel Evans Stokes - she will explore the blurred boundaries between poetry, travel writing and creative non-fiction.
Supported by Department of Culture and the Arts, WA and The Australia Council for the Arts
Kim Huynh (ACT), vietnam
The Gioi Publishers, Hanoi
Kim Huynh is lecturer in international relations at the Australian National University. His book about his parents’ lives during the Indochinese Wars, Where the Sea Takes Us was shortlisted for the Australian Society of Authors Best Book of the Year and the ACT Book of the Year. He co-edited The Culture Wars and has contributed academic articles and essays to various Australian newspapers, the BBC and the ABC. During his residency at The Gioi Publishers in Hanoi, Kim will be Asialinking with a broad cross-section of young people to produce a collection of stories on life, love, and faith in contemporary Vietnam.
Kim Huynh is lecturer in international relations at the Australian National University. His book about his parents’ lives during the Indochinese Wars, Where the Sea Takes Us was shortlisted for the Australian Society of Authors Best Book of the Year and the ACT Book of the Year. He co-edited The Culture Wars and has contributed academic articles and essays to various Australian newspapers, the BBC and the ABC. During his residency at The Gioi Publishers in Hanoi, Kim will be Asialinking with a broad cross-section of young people to produce a collection of stories on life, love, and faith in contemporary Vietnam.
Supported by Arts ACT and The Australia Council for the Arts
Stuart Cooke (NSW), philippines
Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Centre, De La Salle University, Manila
Stuart Cooke is a poet, translator and literary critic. He has published 2 collections of poetry, Edge Music in 2011 and Corrosions in 2010, as well as a work of translation. His book about Australian and Chilean postcolonial poetics, Speaking the Earth’s Languages is forthcoming. At De La Salle University Stuart will research a number of features of major importance to Filipino literature, including colonisation, linguistic hybridity and biological diversity. This research will inform Stuart’s current project, a new book of poems that explores relationships between colonisation, environmental destruction and Spanish and English languages around the Pacific Rim.
Stuart Cooke is a poet, translator and literary critic. He has published 2 collections of poetry, Edge Music in 2011 and Corrosions in 2010, as well as a work of translation. His book about Australian and Chilean postcolonial poetics, Speaking the Earth’s Languages is forthcoming. At De La Salle University Stuart will research a number of features of major importance to Filipino literature, including colonisation, linguistic hybridity and biological diversity. This research will inform Stuart’s current project, a new book of poems that explores relationships between colonisation, environmental destruction and Spanish and English languages around the Pacific Rim.
Supported by Arts NSW and The Australia Council for the Arts
James Laidler (VIC), East Timor
Arte Moris, Dili
James Laidler is an award winning emerging writer, poet and spoken word performer. His first novel, The Taste of Apple won the 2010 IP Picks Award for Best First Book and was published by Interactive Publications. In 2009 the Australian Poetry Centre selected Laidler’s After the Fall for their Poetic Monologue Series, which was later adapted for the stage and performed at the Melbourne Writers’ Festival in 2010. In East Timor James will develop his artistic practice and skills as a writer by immersing himself in Timorese culture, giving him the insight to write about Timorese issues with conviction. www.jameslaidler.net
James Laidler is an award winning emerging writer, poet and spoken word performer. His first novel, The Taste of Apple won the 2010 IP Picks Award for Best First Book and was published by Interactive Publications. In 2009 the Australian Poetry Centre selected Laidler’s After the Fall for their Poetic Monologue Series, which was later adapted for the stage and performed at the Melbourne Writers’ Festival in 2010. In East Timor James will develop his artistic practice and skills as a writer by immersing himself in Timorese culture, giving him the insight to write about Timorese issues with conviction. www.jameslaidler.net
Supported by The Malcolm Robertson Foundation and The Australia Council for the Arts
Sally Breen (QLD), vietnam
The Gioi Publishers, Hanoi
Sally Breen is lecturer in Writing and Publishing at Griffith University and fiction editor of Wet Ink the Magazine for New Writing. She was associate editor of the Griffith REVIEW from 2006 - 2008. Her fiction and non-fiction work have appeared in a variety of publications and collections including Best Australian Stories 2007 and The Australian. In 2011 her memoir, The Casuals was published by Harper Collins who will release her novel Ante Up in September 2012. At the Gioi Publishers Sally will begin a new work of creative non-fiction focusing on the cross generational effects of the Vietnam War.
Sally Breen is lecturer in Writing and Publishing at Griffith University and fiction editor of Wet Ink the Magazine for New Writing. She was associate editor of the Griffith REVIEW from 2006 - 2008. Her fiction and non-fiction work have appeared in a variety of publications and collections including Best Australian Stories 2007 and The Australian. In 2011 her memoir, The Casuals was published by Harper Collins who will release her novel Ante Up in September 2012. At the Gioi Publishers Sally will begin a new work of creative non-fiction focusing on the cross generational effects of the Vietnam War.
Supported by Arts QLD and The Malcolm Robertson Foundation
Ali Donnellan (QLD), indonesia
Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, Ubud
Ali Donnellan is the Cultural Partnerships Manager of Brisbane Powerhouse where she is creating new models of cultural engagement, particularly in the areas of partnerships and collaboration. Ali has worked in the community, arts, and cultural development sectors both in Australia and the Asia Pacific region. Her most recent role was working as Managing Director of an annual three day music, arts and cultural festival where she established an arts and cultural exchange program with the local community. During her residency with the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, Ali will support the development of international networks, partnerships, cultural exchange programs and organisational capacity building.
Ali Donnellan is the Cultural Partnerships Manager of Brisbane Powerhouse where she is creating new models of cultural engagement, particularly in the areas of partnerships and collaboration. Ali has worked in the community, arts, and cultural development sectors both in Australia and the Asia Pacific region. Her most recent role was working as Managing Director of an annual three day music, arts and cultural festival where she established an arts and cultural exchange program with the local community. During her residency with the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, Ali will support the development of international networks, partnerships, cultural exchange programs and organisational capacity building.
Supported by Arts QLD and The Australia-Indonesia Institute
Gretchen Shirm (NSW), japan
Aichi Shukutoku University, Nagoya
Gretchen Shirm's first collection of interwoven short stories Having Cried Wolf was published in 2010, for which she was named one of the 2011 Sydney Morning Herald's Best Young Australian Novelists. Her stories have been published in Best Australian Stories, Southerly, Wet Ink and heard on ABC Radio National. She is currently completing her first novel The Forgetting Curve. She will use her residency at Aichi Shukutoku University, Japan to work on the first draft of her second novel that is partly set in Japan, and to research restraint in Japanese fiction.
Gretchen Shirm's first collection of interwoven short stories Having Cried Wolf was published in 2010, for which she was named one of the 2011 Sydney Morning Herald's Best Young Australian Novelists. Her stories have been published in Best Australian Stories, Southerly, Wet Ink and heard on ABC Radio National. She is currently completing her first novel The Forgetting Curve. She will use her residency at Aichi Shukutoku University, Japan to work on the first draft of her second novel that is partly set in Japan, and to research restraint in Japanese fiction.
Supported by The Australia Council for the Arts
Toni Jordan (VIC), china
Peking University, Beijing
Toni Jordan is the author of Fall Girl and Addition, which was longlisted for the Miles Franklin award and has been published in 16 countries and 12 languages. Toni teaches in RMIT’s acclaimed Professional Writing and Editing program. During her residency at Peking University, Beijing she will research and begin a novel that focuses on non-verbal communication and cultural differences; and collect images, impulses and connections that explore the limitations of language as a vehicle for communication to broaden her future work. www.tonijordan.com
Toni Jordan is the author of Fall Girl and Addition, which was longlisted for the Miles Franklin award and has been published in 16 countries and 12 languages. Toni teaches in RMIT’s acclaimed Professional Writing and Editing program. During her residency at Peking University, Beijing she will research and begin a novel that focuses on non-verbal communication and cultural differences; and collect images, impulses and connections that explore the limitations of language as a vehicle for communication to broaden her future work. www.tonijordan.com
Supported by The Australia-China Council and The Australia Council for the Arts
