Association for the Study of Australian Literature

Association for the Study of Australian Literature Ltd
Founded 1977
Type Literary and educational; Australian public company, limited by guarantee (from date 17 May 1984)
ABN 37 002 755 599
Registration no. ACN 002 755 599
Location
Area served
Australia
Website www.austlit.edu.au/ASAL
Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature  
Former names
Notes and Furphies
Abbreviated title (ISO 4)
J. Assoc. Study Aust. Lit.
Discipline Australian literature
Language English
Edited by Joe Cummins, Helen Groth, Susan Lever, Brigitta Olubas, Tony Simoes da Silva, Jay Daniel Thompson
Publication details
Publisher
Association for the Study of Australian Literature (Australia)
Publication history
1978–present
Frequency Biannually
Yes
License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.1 Australia
Indexing
ISSN 1447-8986
OCLC no. 71365111
Notes and Furphies:
ISSN 0156-806X
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The Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) is an Australian organisation which promotes the creation and study of Australian literature and literary culture especially through the interaction of Australian writers with teachers and students. It administers several awards, holds a yearly conference, publishes a newsletter and journal, and has sponsored several publications.[1][2]

Awards

The Australian Literature Society, which had been formed in Melbourne in 1899, merged into ASAL which, since 1982, has administered the ALS Gold Medal.[1] In addition, ASAL administers the following awards:[3]

History

ASAL held its inaugural conference at Monash University in May 1978 when it adopted its constitution and appointed A.D. Hope and Judith Wright as patrons.[1]

Life members

ASAL has conferred life membership upon Clem Christesen, Mary Lord, Judith Wright, Thea Astley, Peter Cowan, Rosemary Dobson, Gwen Harwood, Eric Irvin, Ken Stewart, Julian Croft, and Ian McLaren.[1]

Publications

From October 1978 until October 2000, ASAL published 43 issues of a bulletin, Notes and Furphies. The bulletin was merged with ASAL's publication of conference proceedings to form the Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature.

ASAL initiated the ASAL Literary Studies Series of specialist monographs on Australian writing. The following volumes have appeared:

Othe publications ASAL has sponsored are:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Association for the Study of Australian Literature" in William H. Wilde, Joy Hooton, and Barry Andrews (eds) (1994) The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature via Oxford Reference Online, Oxford University Press, accessed 20 August 2011.
  2. "Association for the Study of Australian Literature" in AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource, National Library of Australia and Australian Studies Centre, Department of English, University of Queensland, [2002 -]
  3. http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/7819114

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