AAWP 2026 | 2-4 December 2026 | UNSW Kensington

Conference: Day 2

 
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Day 2 Overview

Thursday 3 December, 2026

Plenary 2: 'Creative Writing Research in the post-ERA era'

Speakers: Paul Dawson (chair), Jen Webb, and Ariella Van Luyn

More details coming soon.

Evening event: StorySALOON: Short Stories, Centre Stage, at The Vanguard, Newtown, 7:00-8:30PM. $50 + bf. Tickets via StorySALOON/Moshtix. Please consider buying your own StorySALOON ticket + one Pay It Forward ticket and help a colleague enjoy a night out at StorySALOON, via our Pay It Forward option.

More here: StorySALOON.

Program details will be released soon. 

Photo credit: StorySALOON

Speakers

A photograph of Jen Webb. She is a middle-aged white woman. She has white hair, dyed pink. She wears a deep pink shirt and pink necklace.
Jen Webb
Distinguished Professor Emerita
University of Canberra
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A photograph of Jen Webb. She is a middle-aged white woman. She has white hair, dyed pink. She wears a deep pink shirt and pink necklace.
A photograph of Jen Webb. She is a middle-aged white woman. She has white hair, dyed pink. She wears a deep pink shirt and pink necklace.

Jen Webb

Distinguished Professor Emerita
University of Canberra

 

Jen Webb is Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of Canberra. Her scholarly books include Gender and the Creative Labour Market(Palgrave 2022), Art and Human Rights (Manchester UP, 2016); and Researching Creative Writing (Frontinus, 2015). Her poetry collections include Moving Targets (2018), Flight Mode (2020), and The Daily News (2024; shortlisted for the ACT Poetry Book of the Year). She is co-editor of the literary journal Meniscus and the scholarly journal Axon: Creative Explorations.

 

A photo of Ariella Van Luyn, a white nonbinary academic with short brown hair and glasses. They are smiling brightly.
Ariella Van Luyn
Senior Lecturer
University of New England
Dialog
A photo of Ariella Van Luyn, a white nonbinary academic with short brown hair and glasses. They are smiling brightly.
A photo of Ariella Van Luyn, a white nonbinary academic with short brown hair and glasses. They are smiling brightly.

Ariella Van Luyn

Senior Lecturer
University of New England

Dr. Ariella Van Luyn is a senior lecturer in writing at the University of New England. Ariella specialises in historical fiction, biofiction and creative writing pedagogy. Ariella is the author of a novel, short fiction, and scholarly works in these fields. Ariella’s current research is on neuroqueer historical fiction.

Explore

Main walkway on the UNSW Kensington campus
Wednesday 2 December
Conference: Day 1
Students relaxing on Library lawn at Kensington UNSW.
Friday 4 December
Conference: Day 3

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