Contact the Writing Centre
Address
Writing Centre for Scholars and Researchers
Melbourne School of Graduate Research (MSGR)George Browne Room, Level 1, 1888 Building
The University of Melbourne
Parkville Campus
Phone
+61 (3) 8344 4722
Contact form
Staff
Simon Clews is the Director of the Writing Centre for Scholars and Researchers. Before taking on this role, he was the Festival Director and CEO of The Age Melbourne Writers' Festival, and its sister event Writers at Como, for fourteen years Simon was also the Artistic Director of Stories Alive, an annual celebration of writing for children.
Simon is Creative Program Director for Melbourne's Writers at the Convent and Crime & Justice.
He is an occasional book reviewer and writer of articles and once even ventured into the world of guidebooks with Let's Go Shopping , a tongue-in-cheek international mail order shopping directory.
His background is originally in theatre, having worked in the UK with Triple Action Theatre and T.N.T. – The New Theatre and having lectured at the American College in Paris. However, since coming to Australia he has worked principally in the areas of books and writing, and festivals and large-scale public events.
Cassandra Lovejoy,
Programs Co-ordinator
Telephone:
+61 3 8344 4722
Email:
writing-centre@unimelb.edu.au
Advisory Board
A distinguished and representative Advisory Board steers the centre's activities.
Professor Kate Darian-Smith (Chair), The Australia Centre
Louise Adler Publisher & CEO, Melbourne University Publishing
Simon Clews Director, Writing Centre for Scholars & Researchers
Laureate Professor Peter Doherty AC FAA FRS, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Clare Forster Literary Agent, Curtis Brown
Associate Professor Michelle Gee School of Chemistry
Dr Jennifer Kloester
Professor Alison Lewis School of Languages and Linguistics
Dr Helen MacDonald Senior Fellow, The Australia Centre
Professor Keith Nugent School of Physics
Jason Steger Literary Editor, The Age
Jenny Stephens Executive Director, Knowledge Partnerships