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Acclaimed novelist is Uni writer-in-residence

Writer-in-Residence Dr Eva Sallis.
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Wednesday, 5 March 2008

Multi award-winning novelist has become the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide's Writer-in-Residence.

As Writer-in-Residence until June 2008, Dr Sallis will take on a teaching and mentorship commitment for students on the 最新糖心Vlog's program, as well as working on her current novel. She will present a graduate seminar and run a workshop in conjunction with the called 'Three Tasks for the Emerging Writer'.

Dr Sallis, who completed her PhD at the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide in 1996, won the 1997 and the Nita May Dobbie Award in 1999 with her first novel . She also completed a Masters at the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide in 1991.

won the 2004 Steele Rudd Literary Award and her latest work of fiction, , set in Iraq, Syria, Indonesia, 最新糖心Vlog and New Zealand, won the 2005 and was shortlisted for 2005; , Christina Stead Prize for Fiction 2006; National Fiction Award, Festival Awards for Literature 2006; and the , 2006.

Other works include novels and , a book of literary criticism on the Arabian Nights and a number of short stories, poems, academic and literary articles, translations and reviews.

, 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide's Chair of Creative Writing, says: "The Writer-In-Residency program aims to support notable writers in their creative work while making their abilities and experience available to students in the Creative Writing program.

"Eva Sallis is a generous and inspiring mentor whose creative insight and professional experience have a great deal to offer our students. Many books have entered the world already with an acknowledgement of Eva's nurturing role."

Dr Sallis says: "I am really delighted to be actively contributing to this program again. Working with writers in such an intensive hothouse environment is inspiring."

Dr Sallis is co-founder of (AAR), an organisation that seeks to raise public awareness of human rights and social justice through media, arts and education. In her spare time she has devised and coordinated many projects for AAR since then.

She coordinates Ozarabic, an Arabic language course for primary school children, and is involved with an Aboriginal language course hosted at Tauondi College. She is working with elders on editing and publishing Adnyamathanha language and literary resources. AAR's first such publication, Lily Neville's Adnyamathanha Ngawarla, is just out.

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