Susan Hawthorne

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Susan Hawthorne (born 30 November 1951) is an Australian writer, poet, political commentator and publisher.[1] Together with Renate Klein, she is co-founder and director of Spinifex Press,[2] a leading independent feminist publisher that celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2016 in Melbourne with a festival of radical feminism.[3] She and Klein were named winners of the George Robertson Award, which recognises publishers with 30 years or more service to publishing.[4]

Career

Hawthorne is an expert in feminist publishing as well as independent publishing generally. She is the English language co-ordinator of The International Alliance of Independent Publishers (based in Paris).[5] Hawthorne has a doctorate in Women's Studies and Political Science from the University of Melbourne,[6] as well as post graduate qualifications in Ancient Greek and Sanskrit and a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Philosophy from La Trobe University. She is an Adjunct Professor in the Writing Program at James Cook University.[7]

Hawthorne is also an

aerialist and circus performer. She has performed solo and in the Performing Older Women's Circus as well as in the Melbourne's Women's Circus.[8]

Writing

Hawthorne's writing includes poetry, fiction and non-fiction books.[9]

Her poetry collection Cow was shortlisted for the 2012

Judith Wright Poetry Prize.[10]

Her novel The Falling Woman was selected as one of The Australian's Year's Best Books (1992) and a Top Twenty Title in the Listener Women's Book Festival (NZ).[11]

The Spinifex Quiz Book was a finalist in The Australian Educational Publishing Awards (1993)[12] and Wild Politics: Feminism, Globalisation and Biodiversity was included in Australian Book Review's list of Best Books for 2002.[13]

Hawthorne has been the recipient of two international residencies: in 2013 from the

Australia Council for the Arts for six months to write Lupa and Lamb in Rome and in 2009 a four-month residency for Arts Queensland and the Australia Council to Chennai, India to write Cow.[14]

Hawthorne's work has been published in Australia and internationally in anthologies and literary magazines, in the annual Best Australian Poems (three times) and broadcast on Radio National's Poetica.[14]

Bibliography

  • Hawthorne, S & Klein, R. Angels of Power, 1991
  • Hawthorne, S, The Spinifex Quiz Book, 1993
  • Hawthorne, S & Klein R., Australia for Women: Travel & Culture, 1994
  • Hawthorne, S & Dunsford, C., Car Maintenance, Explosives and Love, 1997
  • Hawthorne, S & Klein R., Cyberfeminism, 1999
  • Hawthorne, S., Bird, 1999
  • Hawthorne, S, Wild Politics: Feminism, Globalisation and Biodiversity, 2002
  • Hawthorne, S & Fook, J., Cat Tales: The Meaning of Cats in Women's Lives, 2004
  • Hawthorne, S & Fook, J., Horse Dreams: The meaning of Horses in Women's Lives, 2005
  • Hawthorne, S, The Butterfly Effect, 2006
  • Hawthorne, S, The Falling Woman, 2006
  • Hawthorne, S & Winter, B., September 11, 2001: Feminist Perspectives, 2007
  • Hawthorne, S, Cow, 2011
  • Hawthorne, S, Valence: Considering War through Poetry and Theory, 2012
  • Hawthorne, S, Earth's Breath, 2012
  • Hawthorne, S, Limen, 2013
  • Hawthorne, S., Bibliodiversity: A Manifesto for Independent Publishing, 2014
  • Hawthorne, S., Lupa and Lamb, 2014
  • Hawthorne, S., Dark Matters: A Novel, 2017
  • Hawthorne, S., Vortex: The Crisis of Patriarchy, 2020[15]
  • Klein, R. & Hawthorne, S., (eds.) Not Dead Yet: Feminism, Passion and Women’s Liberation, 2021

References

  1. ^ Melbourne, National Foundation for Australian Women and The University of. "Hawthorne, Susan - Woman - The Australian Women's Register". www.womenaustralia.info. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Spinifex Press". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Spinifex to host 25th-anniversary celebration". Books+Publishing. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Congratulations to the winners of the 2015 George Robertson Award". Australian Publishers' Association. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Governance". Alliance Internationale des Éditeurs Indépendants. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  6. ISBN 978-1-74219-220-8
  7. ^ "Humanities and Creative Arts staff". James Cook University. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Dr Susan Hawthorne". Here She Is – Directory of Women. Archived from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Amazon.com: Susan Hawthorne: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  10. ^ Press, Spinifex. "Spinifex Press » Susan Hawthorne". www.spinifexpress.com.au. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  11. ISBN 978-1-875559-04-6
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  12. ISBN 978-1-875559-15-2
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  13. ^ Patience, Allan (1 December 2002). "Best Books of the Year 2002". Australian Book Review. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  14. ^ a b "Susan Hawthorne". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  15. ^ Cleckley, Donovan (16 June 2021). "Woman and Nature: A Review of 'Vortex'". Women Are Human. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

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