School of Creative Communication

A page about the writing course.

FIRST is an anthology of creative writing produced by students at the University of Canberra.

Students have the opportunity to submit creative work for consideration for publication to this anthology each year. Interested students also have the opportunity to work on the small editorial committee alongside teaching staff, experienced in editing and publishing, who act as guides and mentors. In this environment students have the chance of producing a professional anthology of quality work, increasing their skills base and knowledge about the publishing industry.

Ingrid invites adults and children alike to the official launch of her children's novel The Frank Frankie

The Frank Frankie by Ingrid Jonach

Ingrid invites adults and children alike to the official launch of her children's novel The Frank Frankie. Ingrid graduated from the University of Canberra in 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Writing and a Bachelor of Communication (Honours).

The University of Canberra has established an agreement with the internationally renowned School of Literature and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia.

Celebrated graduates of East Anglia’s Master of Arts in Creative Writing include Booker Prize winners Ian McEwan and Kazuo Ishiguro and novelist Tracey Chevalier. Teachers in the program have included Angela Carter, Rose Tremain and Andrew Motion, current Poet Laureate of Great Britain.

Francesca Rendle-Short
A Book of Breathing— Rubbing 47 bones (detail). 2007
pencil, watercolour pastels from stationery shop in Chur, water from Rhine River, Haldenstein, tracing paper from Manor department store in Chur
10.5 x 14 cm each

© Francesca Rendle-Short 2007

Francesca Rendle-Short
A Book of Breathing—Touch (detail). 2007
Gelatine leaves from village shop (Dorflada), watercolour pastels from stationery shop in Chur, plates from Kulturatelier, Pocket Oxford Dictionary from the Amnesty Bookshop, Cambridge, water from Schloss Haldenstein
variable sizes

© Francesca Rendle-Short 2007