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Dr Julienne van Loon

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    • Role:
    • Senior Lecturer
    • Department:
    • Dept of Communication & Cultural Studies
    • Location:
    • Building 208 401
    • Telephone:
    • +61 8 9266 3255

Julienne van Loon holds a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Queensland, a Masters of Arts (Hons) and a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Hons) from the University of Wollongong. Her first novel, Road Story (Sydney: Allen & Unwin 2005) won The Australian/Vogel Award (2004) and was short-listed for the First Book category of the Commonwealth Literature Prize 2006 (SE Asia & Pacific Region) & the WA Premier’s Book Awards (Fiction) 2005.

Julienne has taught creative writing at several Australian universities, including the University of Western Sydney, Griffith University and the University of Queensland. She joined the staff at Curtin in 1997 and is currently is the Managing Editor of the online journal Sitelines (sitelines.curtin.edu.au).

Research Interests

My current research interests are:

  • Contemporary narrative fiction
  • Contemporary narrative theory
  • Australian, American & South East Asian literature
  • The novella
  • The short story
  • Teaching and learning in creative writing

Publications

Refereed Articles (Scholarly Journals)

  • Van Loon, J. 2007. Buddhist Understandings of Subjectivity in Fiction. dotlit: The Online Journal of Creative Writing 6.
  • Van Loon, J. 2007. Narrative Theory/Narrative Fiction. New Writing: The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing 4: 18-25.
  • Van Loon, J. 2007. What is the Self?: Subjectivity and Narrative Progression in Richard Powers' "The Echo Maker". The International Journal of the Humanities 5: 19-25.
  • Dibble, B, and Van Loon, J. 2004. The Higher Degree Research Journey as a Three-legged Race. Text Vol 8 No 2 October: 1-15.
  • Van Loon, J. 2004. This book exercised some type of hypnotical [sic] powers over my descriptive-starved [sic] brain. Text 8(1).
  • Van Loon, J. 2003. Galah Session: Writing With (and Amongst) the Voices of Home. Postscript 1: 45-55.
  • Van Loon, J. 2003. Having it out with Robert. Text 6(1).
  • Dibble, B, and Van Loon, J. 2000. Writing Theory and/or Literary Theory. Text 4(1).

Fully written papers (Refereed Conference proceedings)

  • Van Loon, J. 2002. Consumer Capital has No Boundary Riders. Australian and South Pacific Association for Comparative Literature Studies Conference, 01/12/1997. Fremantle, Western Australia: Black Swan Press.

Major Creative Works

  • Van Loon, J. 2008. "Beneath the Bloodwood Tree". Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin.
  • Van Loon, J. 2005. Road Story. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin.

Minor Creative Works

  • Van Loon, J. 2008. Joy-riding. Sydney, NSW: ABC Books.
  • Van Loon, J. 2007. Griffith Review 15: Divided Nation. South Brisbane; Sydney: Griffith University; ABC Books.
  • Van Loon, J. 2006. Encounters Modern Australian Short Stories. Rowville, Victoria: The Five Mile Press Pty Ltd.
  • Van Loon, J. 2006. Grffith Review 13: The Next Big Thing. South Brisbane/Sydney: Griffith University/ABC Books.
  • Van Loon, J. 2005. The Monthly. Australia: Schwartz Publishing Pty Ltd.
  • Van Loon, J. 2004. Sitelines: New Series. Bentley WA: Curtin University of Technology.
  • Van Loon, J. 2004. Weekend Australian. New South Wales: News Limited.
  • Van Loon, J. 2003. dotlit The Online Journal of Creative Writing. Queensland: Queensland University of Technology.
  • Van Loon, J. 2003. eternal return. Kathmandu, Nepal: Spiny Babbler.