• Asialink Events
    • Video
    • Archive of Transcripts from Past Public Events
    • Archive of Transcripts from Past Corporate Events
  • Media
    • 2008
    • 2005-2007
    • Media Releases
  • Publications
    • The Asialink Essays
    • PricewaterhouseCoopers Melbourne Institute Asialink Index
    • MAPPs
    • Asialink News
    • Arts News
  • About Asialink
    • History
    • Structure
    • Opportunities
    • Asialink Staff
    • Asialink in Asia
    • Asia at the University of Melbourne
  • Support Us
    • Our Partners
    • Become a Corporate Sponsor
    • Join Asialink Chairman’s Circle
    • Individual Membership

Asialink, The University of Melbourne

  • Corporate & Public Programs
  • Arts
    • Arts Residency Application Information
    • Arts Management
    • Writing
      • Writing Residencies
      • Touring Program
    • Performing Arts
    • Visual Arts
    • Cross Art Form
    • Arts Events
    • Publications
    • Partners
  • Leaders Program
  • Community Health
  • School Education
  • Contact Us
  • Contact Us
  • |
  • Search our Site
You are here: Home  |  Our Work  |  Arts  |  Writing  |  Residencies

Writing Residencies

 

The Asialink Writing Residency Program, which began in 1997, is a unique opportunity for Australian writers of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, history, essays, playwriting, young adult fiction, blogs, new media and interactive content to live and work for an extended period in Asia. As well as giving talks, workshops and media interviews residents have worked on themes as diverse as Merle Oberon's mysterious origins, Jewish communities in Calcutta, foreign journalists in Beijing, historical fantasy in Japan, the politics of unification in Korea, multiculturalism in Malaysia, mythology in Vietnam, and connections between Australian Aboriginal communities and Indonesia.

Grants of up to $12,000 go towards travel, living and project expenses, and afford recipients a unique opportunity for international cultural exchange, in-depth research and sustained time on creative work.

Hosts vary from Australian Studies Centres and University Literature departments to artist retreats, writers centres and publishers. Applicants also have the option of proposing their own host organisation.

Please note: 2010 Writing Residency Applications have now closed. Information about the 2011 residency program will be posted mid-2010.

  • Application Information [pdf, 236kb, 5 pages]
  • Briefing document for applicants sourcing their own host organisation. [pdf, 94kb, 1 page]

Residency Profiles

  • Current Residents
  • Past Residents

Arts managers who work in the writing and literary sector, including festivals, publishing and libraries, are invited to apply through the Arts Management Residency Program.

For more information contact:

Nic Low

n.low@asialink.unimelb.edu.au,
T: 61 3 8344 3581 (wed - fri) F: 61 3 9347 1768

  • Home
  • Site Map
  • Printer Friendly
  • Text Only
  • Exit text only/printer friendly version

Created: 21 May 2007 3:11pm
Last Modified: 08 January 2010 11:48am
Authorised by: CEO, Asialink
Maintained by: asialink-webmaster@unimelb.edu.au