Projects

Reading for Nature: Nonhuman Representation in Australian Ecofiction

From 2018 to 2022, I completed a PhD in literary studies at Deakin University that investigated the representation of the nonhuman in Australian ecofiction and the potential impact that such fiction has on the reader’s relationship with nature. My research sits within the environmental humanities and is largely concerned with speculative and science fiction, Australian crime fiction, multispecies studies, and the intersection of reader response theory and nature connection. I am currently in the process of adapting my thesis for publication as a monograph and have been extending my research to encompass more Australian crime and other genre fiction.

For more information on my research, please see here.

Talking to the Shoreline: An Ecopoetry Trail

As part of my work for environmental charity Remember The Wild, I managed and completed an ecopoetry trail installation in 2018 for the Point Leo Foreshore Park and Reserve Committee. Written by Melbourne poet Michelle Leber, ‘Talking to the Shoreline’ is a poetic sequence that acknowledges the cultural identity and natural environment of Point Leo, located on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria. The signs are constructed from corten steel with the letters of each word laser-cut, creating a fusion between the evocative words of Michelle’s poem and the surrounding coastal vegetation.

For more information on this project, please see here.

Banyule Community Conservationists

The Banyule Community Conservationists magazine is another project that formed part of my work for Remember The Wild. Funded by Banyule City Council in 2018, this publication celebrates eight community groups working within the Banyule region of Melbourne that dedicate their time to a range of environmental and sustainability projects. As Remember The Wild’s publications manager at the time, I was responsible for applying for funding and managing the project, as well as interviewing the groups in question and writing their stories.

For more information on this project and to read the magazine, please see here.