Organisations and journals
We subscribe to many creative writing journals. Here are some highlights:
Monash University is located in Melbourne, a UNESCO City of Literature. We have a rich literary culture, which includes its vibrant publishing industry, a strong network of libraries and book clubs, world-renowned literary festivals, a thriving spoken-word scene, and a strong presence of both established and emerging writers.
Here are some local creative writing organisations:
Here are some databases that contain scholarship concerning creative writing, and authors more generally.
- Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online – Authoritative biographical essays on writers worldwide.
- Twayne’s Authors Series – Concise critical introductions to key literary figures.
- Scribner Writers Series – Analytical essays on major authors from various global traditions.
- Something About the Author Online – Biographies of authors and illustrators of children’s and YA literature.
- Literary Encyclopedia – Peer-reviewed entries on authors, texts, and critical contexts.
- Contemporary Literary Criticism – Critical excerpts on modern and contemporary authors.
- Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800 – Historical criticism of early modern and Renaissance authors.
- Nineteenth-Century Literary Criticism – Critiques and essays on authors from the 1800s.
- Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism – In-depth analysis of 20th-century authors and movements.
