Graduate Certificate in Food Writing - The University of Adelaide
Graduate Certificate in Food Writing - The University of Adelaide
Graduate Certificate in Food Writing - The University of Adelaide
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
Teach<strong>in</strong>g Staff<br />
Dr Barbara Santich<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Barbara Santich is an <strong>in</strong>ternationally renowned<br />
scholar and food writer, and the author <strong>of</strong> six books<br />
<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g <strong>The</strong> Orig<strong>in</strong>al Mediterranean Cuis<strong>in</strong>e:<br />
Medieval Recipes for Today and In the Land <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Magic Pudd<strong>in</strong>g: A Gastronomic Miscellany. At the<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Adelaide</strong> she teaches the history and culture <strong>of</strong> food and<br />
dr<strong>in</strong>k <strong>in</strong> the Le Cordon Bleu <strong>Graduate</strong> Program <strong>in</strong> Gastronomy.<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Brian Castro<br />
Brian Castro is the author <strong>of</strong> n<strong>in</strong>e novels, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the multi award-w<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g Double-Wolf and Shanghai<br />
Danc<strong>in</strong>g. He has also published a volume <strong>of</strong> essays.<br />
His latest novel is <strong>The</strong> Garden Book. <strong>The</strong> Bath Fugues<br />
will be published <strong>in</strong> 2009. He has been a Pr<strong>of</strong>essorial<br />
Research Fellow <strong>in</strong> Creative Writ<strong>in</strong>g at the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Melbourne.<br />
Currently he is the Chair <strong>of</strong> Creative Writ<strong>in</strong>g at the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Adelaide</strong>.<br />
Jill Jones<br />
Jill Jones won the Kenneth Slessor Poetry Prize <strong>in</strong><br />
2003 for her fourth full-length book, Screens Jets<br />
Heaven. Her latest book, Broken/Open, was short-listed<br />
for <strong>The</strong> Age Book <strong>of</strong> the Year 2005 and the 2006<br />
Kenneth Slessor Poetry Prize. In 2007 she was a<br />
featured poet at the 23rd Festival International de la Poésie <strong>in</strong> Trois-<br />
Rivières, Canada. She is currently Senior Lecturer, Creative Writ<strong>in</strong>g, at the<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Adelaide</strong>.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>University</strong> at a Glance<br />
• Established <strong>in</strong> 1874 (third oldest university <strong>in</strong> Australia)<br />
• More than 20,000 students<br />
• More than 5,000 <strong>in</strong>ternational students from 80 countries<br />
• Associated with 5 Nobel Prize w<strong>in</strong>ners<br />
• Government-funded lead<strong>in</strong>g research university<br />
• Located <strong>in</strong> <strong>Adelaide</strong> Central Bus<strong>in</strong>ess District<br />
• Barr Smith Library hold<strong>in</strong>gs now exceed 2 million<br />
• High quality student accommodation<br />
www.adelaide.edu.au<br />
For Further Information<br />
Creative Writ<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Discipl<strong>in</strong>e <strong>of</strong> English<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Adelaide</strong><br />
SA 5005 Australia<br />
http://www.hss.adelaide.edu.au/creativewrit<strong>in</strong>g/program/<br />
postgrad/#GradCert<br />
Email: creativewrit<strong>in</strong>g@adelaide.edu.au<br />
Phone: +61 8 8303 8132<br />
<strong>Graduate</strong> <strong>Certificate</strong> <strong>in</strong><br />
<strong>Food</strong> Writ<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Information correct at time <strong>of</strong> pr<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g. August 2008<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Adelaide</strong> CRICOS Provider Number 00123M<br />
Life Impact <strong>The</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Adelaide</strong>
<strong>Graduate</strong> <strong>Certificate</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Food</strong> Writ<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>Food</strong> writ<strong>in</strong>g, from restaurant reviews and cookbooks to memoir and<br />
social history, is a dimension <strong>of</strong> both pr<strong>of</strong>essional and creative writ<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
recognised <strong>in</strong> its own right and <strong>in</strong> conjunction with other k<strong>in</strong>ds <strong>of</strong> writ<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
from travel articles to fiction and poetry. This program, build<strong>in</strong>g on the<br />
expertise developed <strong>in</strong> the creative writ<strong>in</strong>g and gastronomy postgraduate<br />
programs currently <strong>of</strong>fered by the <strong>University</strong>, is the first <strong>in</strong> Australia.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Program aims to develop pr<strong>of</strong>essional expertise and encourage<br />
creative experiment <strong>in</strong> food writ<strong>in</strong>g; to promote an awareness <strong>of</strong> the<br />
various forms <strong>of</strong> contemporary food writ<strong>in</strong>g; to promote appreciation<br />
<strong>of</strong> the craft <strong>of</strong> writ<strong>in</strong>g; and to produce graduates with skills that are<br />
directly transferable to the workplace.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Penny’s Hill/<strong>Adelaide</strong> Review <strong>Food</strong> Writ<strong>in</strong>g Prize is awarded<br />
annually to the top student. For an example <strong>of</strong> a past w<strong>in</strong>ner, see<br />
http://www.hss.adelaide.edu.au/creativewrit<strong>in</strong>g/program/postgrad/<br />
MooreLastLunch.pdf.<br />
Program Structure<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Graduate</strong> <strong>Certificate</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Food</strong> Writ<strong>in</strong>g is designed to <strong>in</strong>troduce students<br />
to the varieties, contexts and issues <strong>of</strong> food writ<strong>in</strong>g and, through<br />
discussions, workshops and writ<strong>in</strong>g exercises, to develop food writ<strong>in</strong>g<br />
skills <strong>in</strong> a range <strong>of</strong> styles and approaches. It is based on one week’s<br />
<strong>in</strong>tensive face-to-face study on campus at the <strong>University</strong>, with workshops<br />
and presentations by both <strong>University</strong> staff and specialist lecturers.<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g this week students will also be <strong>in</strong>troduced to the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Adelaide</strong> library, which has the largest and most up-to-date collection<br />
<strong>of</strong> cul<strong>in</strong>ary and gastronomic literature <strong>of</strong> any university library <strong>in</strong><br />
Australia, and to onl<strong>in</strong>e resources and research strategies. <strong>The</strong>y will<br />
visit <strong>Adelaide</strong>’s famous Central Market on assignment, encounter local<br />
gastronomic traditions and engage with some <strong>of</strong> Australia’s lead<strong>in</strong>g<br />
literary and cul<strong>in</strong>ary figures.<br />
<strong>The</strong> second stage <strong>of</strong> the Program will be delivered by the <strong>University</strong>’s<br />
onl<strong>in</strong>e service, MyUni. Dur<strong>in</strong>g the residential week students will have<br />
the opportunity to become familiar with onl<strong>in</strong>e learn<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
‘Virtual Classroom’ which allows students and <strong>in</strong>structors to <strong>in</strong>teract<br />
with one another as if <strong>in</strong> a ‘real’ classroom sett<strong>in</strong>g. In the semester <strong>of</strong><br />
onl<strong>in</strong>e study students will be required to submit written assignments,<br />
both free-choice and <strong>in</strong> response to set topics, for different purposes<br />
and readers, and <strong>of</strong> vary<strong>in</strong>g lengths. Students’ work will be assessed<br />
by a variety <strong>of</strong> assessors, both academic (with<strong>in</strong> the Faculty) and<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>essional (practis<strong>in</strong>g food writers and editors).<br />
On successful completion <strong>of</strong> this course students are eligible for the<br />
award <strong>of</strong> <strong>Graduate</strong> <strong>Certificate</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Food</strong> Writ<strong>in</strong>g. <strong>The</strong>y can also apply for<br />
admission to the <strong>Graduate</strong> Program <strong>in</strong> Creative Writ<strong>in</strong>g at the <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Adelaide</strong>.<br />
Resources<br />
Students will read and exam<strong>in</strong>e a variety <strong>of</strong> examples <strong>of</strong> different styles<br />
and genres <strong>of</strong> food writ<strong>in</strong>g, selected from anthologies such as Banquet<br />
<strong>of</strong> the M<strong>in</strong>d and In the Land <strong>of</strong> the Magic Pudd<strong>in</strong>g, from memoirs such<br />
as Madhur Jaffrey’s Climb<strong>in</strong>g the Mango Tree: A Memoir <strong>of</strong> a Childhood<br />
<strong>in</strong> India, and from non-fiction such as Best <strong>Food</strong> Writ<strong>in</strong>g, Marion Halligan’s<br />
A Taste <strong>of</strong> Memory and Barbara Santich’s Look<strong>in</strong>g for Flavour. Examples <strong>of</strong><br />
contemporary journalism and poetry will also be chosen for critical study.<br />
Entry Requirements<br />
Students should apply for admission through the South Australian<br />
Tertiary Admissions Centre. Applicants should have a bachelors<br />
degree or equivalent, or relevant pr<strong>of</strong>essional experience, and an<br />
excellent portfolio <strong>of</strong> creative or journalistic writ<strong>in</strong>g. <strong>The</strong> portfolio<br />
should conta<strong>in</strong> a representative selection <strong>of</strong> work, published and/or<br />
unpublished, and should be 10-20 pages <strong>in</strong> length.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>University</strong> will assess all applications and make recommendations<br />
on the basis <strong>of</strong> merit with<strong>in</strong> the constra<strong>in</strong>ts <strong>of</strong> the number <strong>of</strong> places<br />
available. Students will be notified <strong>of</strong> the result <strong>of</strong> their application by<br />
early January.<br />
Australian residents may apply for a FEE-HELP loan (for further<br />
<strong>in</strong>formation, go to http://www.adelaide.edu.au/faq/view.pl?<br />
qid=319).<br />
Students are responsible for travel, accommodation and <strong>in</strong>cidental<br />
expenses for the residential week. S<strong>in</strong>gle room accommodation at<br />
the nearby Residential W<strong>in</strong>g can be arranged for approximately $13<br />
per night.<br />
Gay Bilson<br />
Gay Bilson’s name is synonymous with the<br />
revolution <strong>in</strong> Australian cook<strong>in</strong>g and restaurant<br />
life that began <strong>in</strong> the 1970s. From 1977 - 1995 she<br />
owned, and cooked at Berowra Waters Inn, one <strong>of</strong><br />
Australia’s most <strong>in</strong>fluential and acclaimed restaurants.<br />
She has written extensively about food and gastronomy<br />
over many years. In 2004 her book, Plenty: Digressions<br />
on <strong>Food</strong> was awarded the Nita B Kibble Prize for women<br />
writers <strong>in</strong> the field <strong>of</strong> memoir and also won the 2005<br />
Age Book <strong>of</strong> the Year Prize. Her recent book, On Digestion<br />
(2008) is one <strong>of</strong> a series <strong>of</strong> extended essays published by Melbourne<br />
<strong>University</strong> Press.<br />
Dr Kerryn Goldsworthy<br />
Dr Goldsworthy is a former lecturer <strong>in</strong> literature,<br />
now a writer, reviewer, essayist, columnist and<br />
blogger. She has written a collection <strong>of</strong> short<br />
stories and a critical study <strong>of</strong> the Australian writer<br />
Helen Garner, has edited four anthologies <strong>of</strong><br />
Australian writ<strong>in</strong>g, and is a Section Editor <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Macquarie PEN Anthology <strong>of</strong> Australian Literature,<br />
due for publication <strong>in</strong> 2009. She is currently a<br />
regular weekly reviewer <strong>of</strong> fiction for the Sydney<br />
Morn<strong>in</strong>g Herald.<br />
Marion Halligan<br />
Marion has published ten novels, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g Lovers’<br />
Knots, <strong>The</strong> Golden Dress, <strong>The</strong> Fog Garden, <strong>The</strong> Po<strong>in</strong>t,<br />
and the Apricot Colonel mysteries, as well as collections<br />
<strong>of</strong> short stories, books <strong>of</strong> autobiography, travel and<br />
food, and a children’s book. <strong>The</strong> Taste <strong>of</strong> Memory, an<br />
autobiography <strong>in</strong> food and gardens, was published <strong>in</strong><br />
September 2004. Her most recent novel is Valley <strong>of</strong><br />
Grace (Allen and Unw<strong>in</strong>, March 2009). She has<br />
been shortlisted for most <strong>of</strong> the prizes on <strong>of</strong>fer, and has<br />
won some.<br />
David Sly<br />
Guest Lecturers<br />
After more than 25 years <strong>in</strong> pr<strong>in</strong>t journalism,<br />
David Sly is presently food and w<strong>in</strong>e editor <strong>of</strong> SA<br />
Life magaz<strong>in</strong>e. As a former food and w<strong>in</strong>e editor <strong>of</strong><br />
the Advertiser and hav<strong>in</strong>g written for national and<br />
<strong>in</strong>ternational magaz<strong>in</strong>es, he has focused <strong>in</strong>tently on<br />
the specialised regional produce and w<strong>in</strong>es <strong>of</strong> South<br />
Australia. He has also written extensively about many <strong>of</strong><br />
his other consum<strong>in</strong>g passions: music, theatre, comedy,<br />
snow ski<strong>in</strong>g and travel.