The Parkville campus of the University of Melbourne is situated on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri people & we acknowledge and respect their continuing connection with Country.

This year’s conference is on the theme of Movement & Stasis and our program of academic keynotes, plenaries, papers, panels and allied events reflects consideration of movement & stasis, including notions of physical, social, political, communal or artistic movement, but also arrivals, departures, walking on country, transformation, mobility and change. Placing movement alongside stasis, conference attendees will consider the two themes in relation: ambiguities, contradictions, tensions, as well as productive entanglements enabled by both/and thinking. The theme of stasis spans periods of inactivity or equilibrium through to stoppages and civil strife.  Stasis might also mean slowing down; it might mean stability.

Our conference program engages these themes in a manner relevant to the creative writing discipline, creative and professional writing practices and processes, research in creative writing, the teaching of writing and related issues.

Enquiries

Please send your enquiries to AAWP-conference2025@unimelb.edu.au including any support requirements in order to participate fully.

For more information please visit the 2025 AAWP Conference webpage.