“Something about this job and many other kinds of jobs is essentially rotten”: Autofiction in the Amazon Fulfilment Centre

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In German novelist Heike Geissler’s Seasonal Associate (translated into English in 2018), the author details her time working as a temporary labourer in an Amazon fulfilment centre. As a work of autofiction, Geissler’s novel offers an unconventional twist: the novel is written in the second person…

'Each book, in a word, carries a history': New Insights from First Fleet Association Copies

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The First Fleet sailed from England on 13 May 1787, carrying more than 1,500 people. What books they read, owned or carried with them remains a subject of great historical and research value for understanding Early European settlement in Australia. This paper examines surviving books of First Fleet…

Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities (LCNAU) Colloquium 2026

LCNAU Colloquium 2026Languages at the Crossroads: Imagining Futures, Bridging DividesAustralian National University, Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country23–25 November 2026The Languages and Cultures Network of Australian Universities (LCNAU) invites proposals for the 2026 National Colloquium, to be held…