Dr Kerrie Davies

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I am the author of A Wife's Heart (2017), an auto / biography of Henry Lawson's wife, Bertha Lawson and single parenting. My areas of research are life writing; literary journalism / creative non-fiction and I teach new media such as Virtual Reality Documentaries. My research has been published in Literary Journalism Studies, the Australian Journalism Review, Meanjin, the Conversation, as well as forthcoming articles and chapters in international publications.
My research has attracted national media impact, and I have appeared at the Sydney Writers' Festival; the Brisbane Writers Festival and the National Folk Festival. In 2021, I interviewed author Kate Grenville for SWF.
I currently supervise thesis projects in literary journalism and life writing.
My teaching and research is underpinned by a decade's professional practice in national media publications including the Weekend Australian and Vogue Australia.

E-mail

k.davies@unsw.edu.au

Location

311C Robert Webster

Books | 2017

Davies K, 2017, A Wife's Heart, University of Queensland Press, Brisbane
Book Chapters | 2022

Davies K; McDonald W, 2022, 'Catherine Hay Thomson: female vagabond or stunt reporter', in Reynolds B; Bak J (ed.), Routledge Companion to World Literary Journalism., Routledge, pp. 289 - 300, https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-World-Literary-Journalism/Bak-Reynolds/p/book/9780367355241?gclid=EAIaIQobChMInsmqifmo_QIVza2WCh2sHg52EAQYASABEgJFJfD_BwE

Book Chapters | 2022

Davies KM; McDonald W, 2022, 'Female "vagabond" or stunt reporter? The undercover literary journalism of australian colonial journalist catherine hay thomson', in The Routledge Companion to World Literary Journalism, pp. 289 - 299, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429331923-26
Journal articles | 2023

Davies KM, 2023, 'Aunt Becky goes rogue: de-celebrification and de-mothering in the college cheating scandal, Operation Varsity Blues', Celebrity Studies, 14, pp. 280 - 292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19392397.2021.1965894

Journal articles | 2022

Davies KM, 2022, 'Crowd Coaxing and Citizen Storytelling in Archives of Crisis', Life Writing, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14484528.2022.2106611

Journal articles | 2020

Davies K, 2020, 'Miles Franklin Undercover: Domestic Service and Gonzo Advocacy in Literary Journalism', Literary Journalism Studies, 12, pp. 62 - 83, http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ufh&AN=150034428&site=ehost-live&scope=site

Journal articles | 2019

Davies K, 2019, 'Hearing Maud', Southerly: a review of Australian literature, 79, pp. 210 - 213, http://southerlyjournal.com.au/project/79-1-southerly-80-2/

Journal articles | 2019

Davies K, 2019, 'The flâneur as a motif of timelessness in auto / biography', TEXT: Journal of Writing and Writing Programs, 23, http://www.textjournal.com.au/

Journal articles | 2018

Davies K, 2018, ''An eye in the eye of the hurricane': Fire and fury, immersion and ethics in political literary journalism', Ethical Space: the international journal of communication ethics, 15, pp. 86 - 92, http://www.communicationethics.net/journal/v15n3-4/v15n3-4.pdf

Journal articles | 2018

Davies K, 2018, 'Hearing Bertha Lawson', Meanjin, 77, pp. 181 - 187

Journal articles | 2017

Davies K, 2017, 'Book Review Stan Grant Talking to My Country', Ethical Space: the international journal of communication ethics, 14, pp. 47 - 47

Journal articles | 2017

Davies K, 2017, 'Divorce - Have Attitudes Really Changed?', Law Society of NSW Journal, 36, pp. 41 - 44, https://www.lawsociety.com.au/resources/journal/LSJOnline/index.htm

Journal articles | 2016

Davies K, 2016, 'Revisiting Bertha Lawson, Henry Lawson's Wife', Davies Revisiting Bertha Lawson Writing the Ghost Train: Refereed conference papers of the 20th Annual AAWP Conference, 2015, pp. 1 - 11, http://www.aawp.org.au/publications/writing-the-ghost-train-rewriting-remaking-rediscovering/

Journal articles | 2015

Davies K; MCDONALD W, 2015, 'Creating History: Literary Journalism and Ned Kelly's Last Stand', Australian Journalism Review, 37, pp. 33 - 49

Journal articles | 2015

McDonald W; Davies K, 2015, 'Creating history: Literary journalism and Ned Kelly’s last stand', Australian Journalism Review, 37, pp. 33 - 50
Creative Written Works | 2023

Davies K, 2023, "The problem is that my success seems to get in his way": The fraught terrain of literary marriages, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-the-problem-is-that-my-success-seems-to-get-in-his-way-the-fraught-terrain-of-literary-marriages-206190

Other | 2021

Davies K; Nelson C, 2021, 'What makes a good hoax?' A political point, for starters.', The Conversation, Melbourne / online, , https://theconversation.com/what-makes-a-good-literary-hoax-a-political-point-for-starters-170538

Other | 2021

Davies K, 2021, Foiled Expectations [Review] Great Expectations: Emigrant Governesses in Colonial Australia, Inside Story, , https://insidestory.org.au/foiled-expectations/

Other | 2021

Davies K, 2021, [Review] Is David Williamson a reformed 'Bad Art Friend'?, The Conversation, Melbourne, , https://theconversation.com/home-truths-review-is-david-williamson-a-reformed-bad-art-friend-169942

Other | 2020

Davies K; McDonald W, 2020, Friday Essay: how a 'gonzo' press gang forged a Ned Kelly legend, theconversation.com.au, , https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-how-a-gonzo-press-gang-forged-the-ned-kelly-legend-136232

Other | 2020

Davies K; McDonald W, 2020, The Conversation Hidden women of history: Catherine Hay Thomson, the undercover journalist who went inside asylums, The Conversation, online, , https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/art-architecture-design/hidden-women-history-catherine-hay-thomson-undercover-journalist-who

Other | 2020

Davies K, 2020, Review: Kate Grenville's A Room Made of Leaves fills the silence of the archives, The Conversation, Melbourne, , https://theconversation.com/review-kate-grenvilles-a-room-made-of-leaves-fills-the-silence-of-the-archives-141985

Creative Written Works | 2017

Davies K, 2017, Behind the Myth, Review, The Australian, https://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/henry-lawsons-marriage-a-dark-tale-of-drink-and-domestic-violence/news-story/9231066f3db506de4c230d215fb9038d

Creative Written Works | 2017

Davies K, 2017, Separation and Single Parenting: The Tribulations of Henry Lawson's wife, Separation and Single Parenting: The Tribulations of Henry Lawson's wife, The Conversation, http://theconversation.com/separation-and-single-parenting-the-tribulations-of-henry-lawsons-wife-75614

Other | 2015

McDonald W (ed.), 2015, Colonial Australian Literary Journalism, Australia, , http://www.auslitjourn.info/

Books

Davies, K. 2017. A Wife's Heart. Brisbane: University of Queensland Press.

Book Chapters

Journal Articles

Other

My Research Supervision

PhD Creative Practice (Life writing)

Cathy Perkins: Three Scarlet Women: The Lives of Betty Roland, Catherine Duncan and Oriel Gray.

My Teaching

I currently teach Multiplatform Journalism, News Fundamentals and Masters Online Publication Practice.

I'm available to supervise across literary journalism / creative non fiction, life writing such as memoir and biography, and other forms of creative writing.

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Dr Kerrie Davies

PhD Creative Practice (Life writing)

Cathy Perkins: Three Scarlet Women: The Lives of Betty Roland, Catherine Duncan and Oriel Gray.