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Dr David Whish-Wilson
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- Role:
- Lecturer
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- Department:
- Dept of Communication & Cultural Studies
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- Location:
- Building 208 401
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- Telephone:
- +61 8 9266 3531
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- Email:
- d.whish-wilson@curtin.edu.au
David Whish-Wilson is a writer and a lecturer in Creative Writing, most recently at the University of the South Pacific, Fiji. He is currently Area Co-ordinator of Creative Writing in the School of Media, Culture & Creative Arts at Curtin University, and a lecturer in the Indigenous Australian Cultural Studies program at the Centre for Aboriginal Studies. He has a BA in Philosophy and English & Comparative Literature from Murdoch University (VC’s Award for Academic Excellence), an MA in English (Creative Writing) from the University of Western Australia, and a PhD in English & Comparative Literature (Creative Writing) from Murdoch University.
David has published short stories in Australia (anthologised in Pascoe Publishing’s Best Fifty Stories Collection) and had a longer piece short-listed for the Vogel/Australian Literary Award. He has received ARTSWA, Australia Council and Film Victoria grants, and had his first literary fiction novel ‘The Summons’ published in 2006 (Vintage - Random House). He has been interviewed by Radio Australia, Radio New Zealand, Radio Bula Fiji, Fiji 1 Television, and has published articles in The Griffith Review and for the popular media in Fiji. David has performed his work at writer’s festivals in Australia and Fiji, at conferences, reading nights and at SLAM poetry events.
Over a twelve year period David has tutored, lectured and coordinated courses in Creative Writing, Literature and Communications in the West Australian prison system (Casuarina and Canning Vale Prisons), at the Centre for Aboriginal Studies, Curtin University, at the School of Communications & Cultural Studies, Curtin University, and in the School of Language, Arts & Media at the University of the South Pacific. David's next novel, 'Line of Sight', will be published by Penguin Australia in 2010.
Research Interests
Creative Writing, Screenwriting, Australian and New Zealand Literature, Indigenous Australian Literature & Film, Pacific Literature, Children’s Literature, Community Development, Critical Thinking, Identity & Representation
Research Projects
Currently working on two novels and researching in the following areas - identity theft & self-actualisation; imagination and the failures of belief; the ‘freedom blogs’ of post-coup Fiji
Teaching - Undergraduate
Creative Writing & Performance 110
Writing Short Fiction 210
Creative Writing 393-2 Advanced Prose Fiction workshop
Media & Indigenous Issues 213/513
Teaching - Postgraduate
Teaching - Administration
Area Co-ordinator Creative Writing
Memberships
Awards
Whish-Wilson, D. (2006) ‘The Summons’, Vintage/Random House, Sydney.
Whish-Wilson, D. & Prasad, M. (eds) (2006) ‘Saraga! Contemporary Pacific Writing’, Pacific Writing Forum, Suva, Fiji.Whish-Wilson, D (ed.) ‘Dreadlocks Volume 4 - The Literary Journal of the School of Language, Arts & Media’, Pacific Writing Forum, Suva, Fiji.
Whish-Wilson, D. ‘Going Home’ in Griffith Review 10 – Family Politics, Summer 2005/2006, ABC Books
'The Lake', Australian Short Stories, Number 36. 'Under Slow Fans', Australian Short Stories, No. 38. 'The Mixed Crew', Australian Short Stories, No. 43. 'The Cage', Australian Short Stories, Number 45. 'Prodigals', Australian Short Stories, Number 49. 'Tide', Australian Short Stories, Number 50. 'Under Slow Fans' in Pascoe Publishing’s 'Fabulous at Fifty Anthology' – Best Fifty Short Stories, 1995.
Publications
Refereed Articles (Scholarly Journals)
- Whish-Wilson, D. 2011. The Year's Work in Fiction. Westerly 56(1): 167-188.
- Whish-Wilson, D. 2009. Trance, Text & The Creative State. Creative Writing: Teaching Theory & Practice 1(1): 85-99.
Major Creative Works
- Whish-Wilson, D. 2010. Line of Sight. Melbourne: Penguin Australia Ltd.
- Whish-Wilson, D. 2006. The Summons. Australia: Random House.
Minor Creative Works
- Whish-Wilson, D. 2011. Line of sight - Return to the Scene. http://www.crimefactoryzine.com: Crime Factory.
- Whish-Wilson, D. 2005. Griffith Review. Sydney: ABC Books.
