Literary Industry Practice
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
02-November-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.