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Slipperiness of being:A conversation between Ian Wedde and Jen Webb
No full textJen Webb and Ian Wedde met in Ian’s office at the University of Auckland on 21 June 2012 to discuss Ian’s approach to the making of poems and connected issues, such as the rhythms of making work, the importance of visualisation and the relationship of poetry to knowledge
Slipperiness of being:A conversation between Ian Wedde and Jen Webb
No full textJen Webb and Ian Wedde met in Ian’s office at the University of Auckland on 21 June 2012 to discuss Ian’s approach to the making of poems and connected issues, such as the rhythms of making work, the importance of visualisation and the relationship of poetry to knowledge
Cath Raby in conversation with Jen Webb on research higher degree examination administration
No full textThis paper is the edited transcript of a conversation between Cath Raby (ResearchStudents Office) and Jen Webb about an administrator’s perspective of the process ofexamining creative arts doctoral theses. Cath has been central to the process since 2000,and has overseen the carriage of examination for creative arts theses in design,architecture, media production, sound production, creative writing and visual art. Cathexplains the ‘fit’ between these theses and those in more conventional forms, andspeculates on the value of creative arts doctorates to candidates and the institution
Cath Raby in conversation with Jen Webb on research higher degree examination administration
No full textThis paper is the edited transcript of a conversation between Cath Raby (ResearchStudents Office) and Jen Webb about an administrator’s perspective of the process ofexamining creative arts doctoral theses. Cath has been central to the process since 2000,and has overseen the carriage of examination for creative arts theses in design,architecture, media production, sound production, creative writing and visual art. Cathexplains the ‘fit’ between these theses and those in more conventional forms, andspeculates on the value of creative arts doctorates to candidates and the institution
Gardner-Webb Student Publishes First Novel
Full text linkGardner-Webb University senior Jen Guberman has released her debut novel, Eos. It is available for purchase online through Barnes & Noble or Amazon. Eos is a dystopian story set in a future where criminals are exiled to towns designated for different types of crime.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/1680/thumbnail.jp
Bête à chagrin
No full textJen Webb lives in Canberra, and is the author of a number of works including the poetry collection, Proverbs from Sierra Leone
Gardner-Webb University Student to Host Book Release Party on April 6
Full text linkGardner-Webb University Senior Jen Guberman will host a release party and autograph signing for her second book, Fortitude, on April 6 in Gardner-Webb’s Tucker Student Center lobby, beginning at 6:30 p.m. A meet and greet, book signing, raffle, photo booth and pudding bar will be included in the festivities. “I’m excited to see everyone come out to celebrate the release of the second book, and I’m looking forward to speaking with the people who enjoyed the first book and meeting people who haven’t read the series yet,” Guberman said.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/1649/thumbnail.jp
Researching Creative Writing
No full textCreative writing and academic research can seem uncomfortable bedfellows. But in this learned, practical book, Jen Webb shows how 'research practices can invigorate writing; creative practices can invigorate research; and - if properly organised and managed - creative writing can operate as a mode of knowledge generation, a way of exploring problems and answering questions that matter in our current context'. Researching creative writing enables writer-researchers to craft a toolkit that will help them produce better creative work and more rigorous research work. Jen Webb is Distinguished Professor, Creative Practice, at the University of Canberra. Researching creative writing is the sixth title in the Creative Writing Studies series
Chief Investigator’s Introduction
No full textOf all literary modes poetry is perhaps the one least committed to instrumentality: it has a very minor presence in the Australian curriculum, and there is neither a popular audience nor large-scale market-oriented production for contemporary English-language poetry.Despite this apparent condition of deficit in the art form, there is a substantial population of poets across the world, possessed of substantial social, intellectual and cultural capital
Publishing and its Discontents:Authors, Incomes and Alternative Models
No full text(Introductory paragraph only)Australian cultural economist David Throsby has committed several decades to examining the economic context in which creative practitioners operate, and the findings are not encouraging. Report after report has found that, on average, writers make little more than pocket money from their writing. It is, however, rare for a larger publisher, at least, to contract any manuscript that is unlikely to make a profit for the company; publishing profits do not typically find their way to the authors. Further, since few major publishers are willing to invest in non-commercial work—poetry, literary fiction—such writers often turn to alternative modes to reach an audience. Sometimes this means adopting the tradition of self-publishing, whether in print or electronic media, in which case the author does all the work of production and distribution and retains any profits from sales. In other cases, it means signing with small presses, which may not generate much financial return, but provides membership of a literary community and, for those who sign with recognised small presses, a degree of literary consecration
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