Emmett Stinson at the 2016 Sydney Festival
Dr Emmett Stinson
Dr Emmett Stinson, of the School of Humanities and Social Science will take part in 'Forest for the Trees: Writers and Publishing in 2016' at this year's Sydney Writers Festival. 'Forest for the Trees' is a one-day seminar looking at the current state of publishing in Australia. It brings together writers, publishers and industry representatives to discuss prospects for authors in 2016. The conversation will cover mainstream, digital and independent publishing and end with a panel of industry experts who will shine some light on the year ahead. Forest for the Trees gives an industry perspective on the outlook for the writing world in 2016.
Dr Emmett Stinson is a literary critic, who lectures in English at the University of Newcastle, Australia. His research covers two main fields of inquiry. The first field is modern and contemporary literature. His work in this area has examined satiric novels after modernism, the influence of romantic aesthetics on modernism, and the persistence of modernist aesthetics in 'late' or contemporary forms. His other field of research is contemporary Australian publishing, which has been informed by involvement in the publishing industry in both the US and Australia since 1998. He was a member of the Federal Book Industry Strategy Group created by Senator Kim Carr. He was also a co-founder and former president (2009-13) of the Small Press Network, Australia's only advocacy body for small and independent publishers, where he established the annual Independent Publishing Conference.
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