Partnered with its matching Twitter identity @AustLiterature, AustLiterature.net (ALN) is an experiment in leveraging social media within an educational and disciplinary context, currently in its beta stage of development. Upon the completion of development, approved members will be able to post directly to the Twitter account and help promote the field to an ever expanding community of people around the world who are interested in Australian Literature. Promoting the field includes (but is not limited to): posting news items regarding Australian publishing, writing and researching; links to new articles, essays, blogs and PhD completions; links to new releases of Australian novels, anthologies and journals; and links to literary culture-themed conferences and competitions. Independent Australian publishers and writers are particularly welcome to experiment using this platform to create blogs for their own publications (or, if you already have a website, to create a profile page).
As a not-for-profit space to collate news and views exploring themes, concepts, political and theoretical approaches underpinning the contemporary study and reading of Australian literature, AustLiterature.net (ALN) is an online literary networking community for lovers of Australian Literature. Primarily (and in no particularly order), it exists for researchers, writers, publishers, readers, reviewers, scholars, booksellers and students of Australian Literature. Not affiliated with any key disciplinary stakeholders, institutions or retailers, ALN is an attempt to drive awareness of Australian Literature from the ground up, by creating networking opportunities between people interested in various aspects of Australian publishing, writing and reading, and by growing a community around the Twitter identity. For more information about the ALN developer and administrator, please visit here.
The one requirement for members who wish to post content to ALN (other than a profile) is that you must fall into at least one of the following groups: an Australian publisher (authorised staff member or organisation representative), an Australian writer (fiction and non-fiction, published and self-published, print and electronic), an Australian bookseller (authorised staff member or organisation representative, independent or national), a researcher of an aspect of Australian Literature or literary cultures (academic, student or postgraduate of any nationality), or an Australian literary organisation (authorised committee member or organisation representative). For all other uses of AustLiterature.net, anyone is welcome to join and contribute to the community of Australian Literature. Just be sure to read the terms and conditions before using this website.
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