Overview

This unit explores the Australian literary industry for authors and industry practitioners. Students are offered opportunities to build professional skills by working within the literary industry or producing a creative artefact of their choosing. Students will explore literary culture through the relationships between writers, readers, editors, publishers, sales outlets, festivals, literary events, literary magazines, prizes and funding bodies. Critical analysis includes First Nations perspectives. Students present creative and critical work using industry standard media creation applications.

Requisites

Prerequisites
LIT30004 Literary Industry Practice

Rule 
50 credit points of Level 2 units

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
29-July-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
11-August-2024
Census date
31-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
04-August-2025
02-November-2025
Last self-enrolment date
17-August-2025
Census date
31-August-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
19-September-2025
Results released date
09-December-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Investigate and analyse the Australian literary industry and its stakeholder relationships, including First Nations perspectives
  • Research and apply industry standard skills in literary production and practice
  • Strategise, develop and manage a creative output or literary industry project for an industry partner
  • Use professional collaboration practices to evaluate and critically reflect on their own work and the work of others

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Live Online
Lecture
1.00  6 weeks  6
Online
Lecture
1.00  6 weeks  6
On-campus
Class
2.00  12 weeks  24
Specified Activities
Various
3.00  12 weeks  36
Unspecified Activities
Various
6.50  12 weeks  78
TOTAL     150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Assignment 1 Individual  20%  1,2,3,4 
Assignment 2 Individual  50%  1,2,3,4 
Class Exercises Individual  30%  1,2,3,4 

Content

  • Industry projects and collaboration
  • Creative projects
  • Critical reflective analysis 
  • Practice-led research
  • Professional practices for applying for industry roles
  • Transferable skills
  • Publishing strategies
  • Publishing outlets and organisations
  • Literary entrepreneurship
     
  • Graduate Attribute – Communication Skills: Verbal communication
  • Graduate Attribute – Communication Skills: Communicating using different media
  • Graduate Attribute – Teamwork Skills: Collaboration and negotiation
  • Graduate Attribute – Digital Literacies: Information literacy
  • Graduate Attribute – Digital Literacies: Technical literacy

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.