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Published for the first time by Juvenilia Press: Early Writings by David Williamson
Based on original manuscript material archived in the National Library of Australia, this collection of early stories, poems and plays by David Williamson offers a new insight into the early life and work one of Australia's most successful and prolific playwrights. Launched at Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney, by Dr Paul Burgis (Principal) on 11 May 2023. Christine Alexander (Director and General Editor) spoke about the valuable work of the Juvenilia Press project with PLC Sydney students over the years. Editor Pamela Nutt and PLC student editors were delighted to welcome Juvenilia Press, PLC students and teachers, and their family and friends to this event, which was recorded for the College's YouTube channel and viewed by David Williamson who sent a message of congratulations and support.
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Early Writings by David Williamson
Juvenilia Press
publishes early works by a variety of writers such as
Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Lewis Carroll, Charles Dickens, Philip
Larkin and Margaret Atwood. Its scholarly editions of early writings by
children and adolescents (up to the approximate age of twenty) provide
a window on the writer's development and engaging glimpses of the young
genius at work.
Combining scholarship with pedagogy, Juvenilia Press involves students in the work of editing, annotating, designing and illustrating, under the supervision of established scholars from Britain, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, the United States, and Australia. Juvenilia Press is proud to showcase this work. Student essays on the editing and publication process, as well as collections of illustrations, can be accessed from the links at left. Juvenilia Press is a non-profit international initiative hosted by the Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, UNSW.
Juvenilia Press has been instrumental in establishing the new International Society of Literary Juvenilia
Margaret Atwood speaks about her early writings published by Juvenilia Press
The Seventh International Literary Juvenilia Conference was held virtually at UNSW Sydney in July 2022. This year's theme was Literary Juvenilia, material imagination and 'things'
2022 International Literary Juvenilia Conference Report
Nominated for William MB Berger Prize for British Art History
Juvenilia Press is proud to announce that our edition, Waterloo Diary: Woman Battle Artist in Training by Elizabeth Thompson Butler (2016), has been nominated for the prestigious William MB Berger Prize for British Art History. The prize was established in 2001 by the Berger Collection Educational Trust and The British Art Journal for excellence in the field of British art history. We are delighted to receive this recognition, which is a great encouragement for our non-profit scholarly project of introducing students and others to the early creativity of artists and writers! Congratulations to Emeritus Professor Juliet McMaster, and to her postgraduate students at the University of Alberta for producing this wonderful edition.
L-R: Postgraduate Student Editor Adela Burke; JP Canada Assistant Amy Stafford; Emeritus Professor Christine Alexander (UNSW); Mentor Editor and Emeritus Professor Juliet McMaster (University of Alberta). Absent Student Editors: Sarah Bezan, Brandi Goddard, Yifan Li, and Kaarina Mikalson.
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