Susan Hawthorne (born 30 November 1951) is an Australian writer, poet, political commentator and publisher.[1] Together with Renate Klein, she is co-founder and director of Spinifex Press,[2] a leading independent feminist publisher that celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2016 in Melbourne with a festival of radical feminism.[3] She and Klein were named winners of the George Robertson Award, which recognises publishers with 30 years or more service to publishing.[4]
Hawthorne is an expert in feminist publishing as well as independent publishing generally. She is the English language co-ordinator of The International Alliance of Independent Publishers (based in Paris).[5] Hawthorne has a doctorate in Women's Studies and Political Science from the University of Melbourne,[6] as well as post graduate qualifications in Ancient Greek and Sanskrit and a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Philosophy from La Trobe University. She is an adjunct professor in the Writing Program at James Cook University.[7]
Hawthorne is also an aerialist and circus performer. She has performed solo and in the Performing Older Women's Circus as well as in the Melbourne's Women's Circus.[8]
Writing
Hawthorne's writing includes poetry, fiction and non-fiction books.[9]
Her novel The Falling Woman was selected as one of The Australian's Year's Best Books (1992) and a Top Twenty Title in the Listener Women's Book Festival (NZ).[11]
The Spinifex Quiz Book was a finalist in The Australian Educational Publishing Awards (1993)[12] and Wild Politics: Feminism, Globalisation and Biodiversity was included in Australian Book Review's list of Best Books for 2002.[13]
Hawthorne has been the recipient of two international residencies: in 2013 from the Australia Council for the Arts for six months to write Lupa and Lamb in Rome and in 2009 a four-month residency for Arts Queensland and the Australia Council to Chennai, India to write Cow.[14]
Hawthorne's work has been published in Australia and internationally in anthologies and literary magazines, in the annual Best Australian Poems (three times) and broadcast on Radio National's Poetica.[14]
Bibliography
Hawthorne, S & Klein, R. Angels of Power, 1991
Hawthorne, S, The Spinifex Quiz Book, 1993
Hawthorne, S & Klein R., Australia for Women: Travel & Culture, 1994
Hawthorne, S & Dunsford, C., Car Maintenance, Explosives and Love, 1997
Hawthorne, S & Klein R., Cyberfeminism, 1999
Hawthorne, S., Bird, 1999
Hawthorne, S, Wild Politics: Feminism, Globalisation and Biodiversity, 2002
Hawthorne, S & Fook, J., Cat Tales: The Meaning of Cats in Women's Lives, 2004
Hawthorne, S & Fook, J., Horse Dreams: The meaning of Horses in Women's Lives, 2005
Hawthorne, S, The Butterfly Effect, 2006
Hawthorne, S, The Falling Woman, 2006
Hawthorne, S & Winter, B., September 11, 2001: Feminist Perspectives, 2007
Hawthorne, S, Cow, 2011
Hawthorne, S, Valence: Considering War through Poetry and Theory, 2012
Hawthorne, S, Earth's Breath, 2012
Hawthorne, S, Limen, 2013
Hawthorne, S., Bibliodiversity: A Manifesto for Independent Publishing, 2014
Hawthorne, S., Lupa and Lamb, 2014
Hawthorne, S., Dark Matters: A Novel, 2017
Hawthorne, S., Vortex: The Crisis of Patriarchy, 2020[15]
Klein, R. & Hawthorne, S., (eds.) Not Dead Yet: Feminism, Passion and Women’s Liberation, 2021
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