Life Writing
Life Writing is one of the leading journals in the field of biography and autobiography, and publishes scholarly articles, critically informed creative personal essays, and book reviews.
We have a special interest in interdisciplinary approaches, cross-cultural experience, and non-Anglophone contexts, though our themes have ranged widely, such as: illness and disability, philosophy and autobiography, the 'limits' of life writing, South African life narrative, women and ageing, and more.
We make sure that work entrusted to us receives expert and sensitive reviewing, and prioritise handling it with speed and efficiency.
Books that have resulted from Life Writing themed editions: Gillian Whitlock & Kate Douglas, Trauma Texts (2009); Jo Gill and Melanie Waters, Poetry and Autobiography (2011); Paul Longley Arthur, International Life Writing: Memory and Identity in Global Context (2013); Anne Collett and Tony Simoes da Silva, Dissenting Lives (2015); G. Thomas Couser, Body Language: Narrating Illness and Disability (2017); Astrid Rasch, Life Writing After Empire (2017); Felicity James & Julian North, Writing Lives Together: Romantic and Victorian Auto/Biography (2018); David McCooey and Maria Takolander, The Limits of Life Writing (2018).
Academic Articles:
If you would like to submit an academic article or suggest a theme for a special edition, please contact the editor, Dr Maureen Perkins, at maureenperkins@iinet.net.au
Essays:
If you have a submission for our Essay section, please contact Dr Kylie Cardell, at kylie.cardell@flinders.edu.au
Essays differ from academic articles in that a high level of analysis and referencing is less important, but the reflexive 'I' should filter the subject matter. On the continuum from discursive/analytical to creative, this work will fall somewhere in the middle. In other words, we do not publish purely creative essays, ficto-criticism, or memoir, but we do include essays that fall into the genre of autoethnography. For examples of different ways in which this approach might be expressed, see Sue Eckstein's 'A Private Life Made Public' (LW 10.4, 2013) or Vinh Nguyen's 'Mẹ-search, Hauntings, and Critical Distance' (LW 12.4, 2015). If you are unsure if the particular form of creative writing that you have in mind would suit Life Writing, please contact the Essays Editor, Dr Kylie Cardell, Flinders University (kylie.cardell@flinders.edu.au).
We have a special interest in interdisciplinary approaches, cross-cultural experience, and non-Anglophone contexts, though our themes have ranged widely, such as: illness and disability, philosophy and autobiography, the 'limits' of life writing, South African life narrative, women and ageing, and more.
We make sure that work entrusted to us receives expert and sensitive reviewing, and prioritise handling it with speed and efficiency.
Books that have resulted from Life Writing themed editions: Gillian Whitlock & Kate Douglas, Trauma Texts (2009); Jo Gill and Melanie Waters, Poetry and Autobiography (2011); Paul Longley Arthur, International Life Writing: Memory and Identity in Global Context (2013); Anne Collett and Tony Simoes da Silva, Dissenting Lives (2015); G. Thomas Couser, Body Language: Narrating Illness and Disability (2017); Astrid Rasch, Life Writing After Empire (2017); Felicity James & Julian North, Writing Lives Together: Romantic and Victorian Auto/Biography (2018); David McCooey and Maria Takolander, The Limits of Life Writing (2018).
Academic Articles:
If you would like to submit an academic article or suggest a theme for a special edition, please contact the editor, Dr Maureen Perkins, at maureenperkins@iinet.net.au
Essays:
If you have a submission for our Essay section, please contact Dr Kylie Cardell, at kylie.cardell@flinders.edu.au
Essays differ from academic articles in that a high level of analysis and referencing is less important, but the reflexive 'I' should filter the subject matter. On the continuum from discursive/analytical to creative, this work will fall somewhere in the middle. In other words, we do not publish purely creative essays, ficto-criticism, or memoir, but we do include essays that fall into the genre of autoethnography. For examples of different ways in which this approach might be expressed, see Sue Eckstein's 'A Private Life Made Public' (LW 10.4, 2013) or Vinh Nguyen's 'Mẹ-search, Hauntings, and Critical Distance' (LW 12.4, 2015). If you are unsure if the particular form of creative writing that you have in mind would suit Life Writing, please contact the Essays Editor, Dr Kylie Cardell, Flinders University (kylie.cardell@flinders.edu.au).
Peer Review Policy
All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and blind refereeing by two anonymous referees.
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