There must be a good metaphor. A fresh one. No cooking comparisons. (Soufflés never rising twice, cakes you can’t have and eat, multiple bites of the cherry.) I hate cooking. Grooming, perhaps. I think of a comb running through a head of hair, each stroke gathering up a different combination of strands, a different selection […]

The Melbourne Visiting Poets Program is proud to announce the selection of its 2019 regional resident, Mindy Gill, who has been selected from Australian poets based outside of capital cities. Applicants for the regional round represented emerging, mid-career and senior talents. The applications were assessed by representatives of the program’s partners: non/fictionLab, Rabbit Poetry, Australian Poetry […]

From 1-3 November 2018, members of the non/fictionLab presented at NonfictioNOW in Phoenix, Arizona. The NonfictioNOW Conference is a regular gathering of over 400 nonfiction writers, teachers, and students from around the world in an effort to explore the past, present, and future of nonfiction. Panels and readings highlight the myriad forms of nonfiction, from […]

Congratulations to our Lab members who were recognised in the 2018 Media & Communication Dean’s Awards announced in early December! The School of Media and Communication Dean’s Awards have been established to acknowledge excellent work and to support staff career development with recognition. The Dean’s Awards acknowledge staff contributions to the School culture, work plan agenda […]

Congratulations to Michelle Aung Thin and Ronnie Scott who both received funding in the latest round of VicArts grants from Creative Victoria!

Writing in the Expanded Field kicked off at ACCA on October 17. This three-part public program explores new methodologies for art writing and criticism.

Most scholars are reporting changes in their experience of public speaking, with participants working in targeted ways on how they prepare for as well as how they meet the challenges of the performance.

Dear Diary, In September we went to The Butterfly House for Diarology Camp. It was in Dromana. There were no butterflies so the butterfly bit is a lie but it is because this house has three names. These are Larrakeyeah, The Butterfly House and McCraith House. There were lots of lovely things in the house […]

The Melbourne Visiting Poets Program is a residency-based initiative coordinated out of the RMIT University’s non/fictionLab research group, in partnership with Australian Poetry, Melbourne Spoken Word and Rabbit: A Journal for Nonfiction Poetry. Previous guests of the program include Amanda Stewart, Natalie Harkin, Stuart Cooke, Lionel Fogarty, Ellen van Neerven, Andy Jackson, David Stavanger and […]