AAWP 2026 | 2-4 December 2026 | UNSW Kensington

Conference: Day 3

 
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Friday 4 December, 2026

Plenary 3: 'Creative Writing and Voice in the Asia Pacific' (Hybrid mode)

Confirmed speakers (online): Arpita Das Founder-Publisher of the independent Indian publishing house Yoda Press, and Associate Professor of Writing at Ashoka University. More details coming soon.

Lunchtime panel: Creative Writing and Publishing in the Age of AI

Speakers: Luke Johnson (Chair), Nathan Hollier, Jennifer Mills, and Chris Conti.

Neither publishing nor creative writing are immune from the effects of artificial intelligence. This panel draws together industry and academic experts to examine the impacts AI has had on the creation and dissemination of literary texts thus far, and to discuss likely future developments in this space.

Evening event: Conference Dinner, from 7:00PM (registration details forthcoming)

Program details will be released soon. 

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Speakers
Arpita Das
Arpita Das
Founder-Publisher | Associate Professor
Yoda Press | Ashoka University
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Arpita Das
Arpita Das

Arpita Das

Founder-Publisher | Associate Professor
Yoda Press | Ashoka University

Arpita Das is the Founder-Publisher of the independent Indian publishing house, Yoda Press and Associate Professor of Writing at Ashoka University. In the past, she has set up and led the Word Lab at IIHS University in Bangalore and the Word to Screen Market at the Mumbai Film Festival. She writes a regular column for the NY-based trade journal Publishing Perspectives.

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A photograph of academic Nathan Hollier. He is a middle-aged white man with short, dark hair. He is wearing a suit and smiling gently.
Nathan Hollier
Manager | Chair
Australian National University Press | Independent Publishers Network Australia
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A photograph of academic Nathan Hollier. He is a middle-aged white man with short, dark hair. He is wearing a suit and smiling gently.
A photograph of academic Nathan Hollier. He is a middle-aged white man with short, dark hair. He is wearing a suit and smiling gently.

Nathan Hollier

Manager | Chair
Australian National University Press | Independent Publishers Network Australia

Nathan Hollier is Manager of ANU Press, Chair of the Independent Publishers Network Australia (formerly Small Press Network), member of the Scholarly and Journals Committee of the Australian Publishers Association and board member of Learned Publishing (UK).  He is a former CEO and Publisher of Melbourne University Publishing, Director of Monash University Publishing, and Editor of Overland. He has a PhD in Australian cultural history and has published widely on culture, politics and economics.

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