OzWallace

Getting an early start on packing the OzWallace 2017 conference bags...

Little kangaroos getting ready for bed ❤️

Submission Deadline Extended!

That's right folks, submissions for OzWallace 2017 will now be accepted until June 30. For all those who missed the first deadline, now's your chance!

OzWallace 2017 is now on the world wide interwebs. Go to www.dfwsociety.org/ozwallace to register, download a program (once they're ready), and to keep up with all the happenings from Australia's first David Foster Wallace conference. ... See more

More exciting news for OzWallace 2017, with the announcement that arguably Australia's leading Wallace scholar, Lucas Thompson, will deliver the plenary address at the Melbourne conference.
Lucas Thompson is a Research Fellow at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, Australia. His first book, "Global Wallace: David Foster Wallace and World Literature," was published by Bloomsbury USA in December, 2016.
He has published articles in Texas Studies in Literature and Language, Journal of American Studies, The Cormac McCarthy Journal, and Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction. Forthcoming book chapters appear in The Cambridge Companion to David Foster Wallace, MLA Approaches to Teaching: David Foster Wallace, and MLA Approaches to Teaching: Jewish American Fiction. His reviews have appeared in US Studies Online, The European Legacy, and Philament, and he has also written for The LA Review of Books. ... See more

Some pretty exciting news today, with RMIT's non/fictionLab coming on board as a co-badging sponsor of OzWallace 2017. The non/fictionLab, based in the School of Media and Communication, is an innovative experimental hub for creative arts research in the key fields of creative writing, nonfiction poetry, interactive documentary, and media production. ... See more