Contemporary modes of self-representation and life narrative studies (auto/biography, first-person media, “reality television”, documentary, blogs/on-line life narratives, narratives of trauma and social justice, narratives of nostalgia)
Cultural memory and commemoration
Twentieth and twenty-first century literatures in English
Post-colonial literature and theory
Australian literature
Australian Studies
“Young Writers”
The literary market/trends (the production, promotion and consumption of twenty-first century literature; reading practices, book clubs, book reviewing, authorship)
