ian irvine (hobson) - extensive bio/resume

7/30/2019 Ian Irvine (Hobson) - Extensive Bio/Resume

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Publications, Performances,Teaching Experience, etc. as at

2013[Ian Irvine also writes as Ian Hobson & Ian Irvine

(Hobson)]

Ian is a poet/song-writer, fiction and non-fiction writer,cultural psychologist and writing teacher currently based inBendigo, Australia. Born in the UK, Ian has also lived for

long periods in Australia and New Zealand. Areas of Interest/Activity include: 'Contemporary Australasian and

International Poetry', 'Ennui in History', Creativity andCulture , 'Transpersonal Relational Poetics', 'the Quantum

archetypes', 'Contemporary Jungian Psychology', 'Relational-Cultural psychology', 'Eco-poetics', 'Contemporary Fiction','Biosemiotics & Creativity', 'Groffian Psychology', Cultural

Psychology , 'Scintillae 2012', 'The Animist', ' Interstitium '(band) & 'Goya's Child 1 (band)'.

A) Published and Partially Published Full Length Worksand Chapbooks

Poetry Collections

1) 'The Alchemical Sequence' (a digital chapbook) (55 pages) .Mercurius Press and Scribd online, 2013.

2) The Vietnamese Sequence (a digital poetry chapbook).Mercurius Press and Scribd online, 2013

3) 'Coral Reveries: Pt.1 of 'Darwinian Poetics' (a digital poetrychapbook). Mercurius Press and Scribd online, 2013.
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4) 'Poems of the Interstitium' (a digital chapbook) 23 poems.Mercurius Press and Scribd online, 2013.

5) Hermes and the Philatelic Construction of the Multiverse (adigital poetry chapbook) . Mercurius Press and Scribd online,2013.

6) Facing the Demon of Noontide: Poems by Ian Irvine , print,Booksurge (c) 2000.

Non-Fiction Academic and Creative N/F

1) The Angel of Luxury and Sadness: the Emergence of the Normative Ennui Cycle, print, Booksurge (c) 2001.2) Muse of the Long Haul , (extracts published Mercurius Press/Scribd,2013).3) Hermes (Unheralded) God of the Postmodern Transition , (extracts

published Mercurius Press/Scribd, 2010-2013).

Novel1) Dream-Dust Parasites , by Ian Hobson, I-Universe (c) 2003.

B) Inclusion in Victorian, National and InternationalAnthologies and Compendiums

* Australian Poets :' Agenda ' Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poets(2005, UK ) [Note: The Australian edition is detailed about half way down thepage]. [Poem]* Australian Poets: 'Best Australian Poems, 2005' , by Black Ink Books (edited

by Les Murray). [Poem]*International Poets: ' Fire ' (UK) 'Special International Double Issue' (March,2008, Nos. 29/30). This anthology features poetry by contemporary,modernist and canonical poets (many in translation) from over 60 nations(available through Amazon, UK). [Poem]* Scintillae 2012 : 52 Central Victorian Writers, Poets and Creative Thinkers'. Published August 2012 and launched at the Bendigo Writers Festival.[ Introduction , 2 poems (Europe After the Rain & Hiroshima Dance) &'Interview with Clayton Eshleman'].* The Price of Experience , a compendium of poems, interviews, translations,reviews, essays, etc. by US National Book Award winning poet, ClaytonEshleman. Contains: 'An Interview with Clayton Eshleman' conducted in2007-08 by Ian Irvine. Black Widow Press, US, November 2012.

C) Internet and Magazine Publications

1) Poetry

i) Ozlit (Australia, online). Three poems: 'The Poppies of Forgetfulness', 'The Giant' and 'The Giant Two: Women Who Smell of Dead Flowers.' ii) Gravity 22 (US, Online). 'Notes Scribbled on a Supermarket Bag'(poem)

iii) Grape Poetry (US, Online) 'After the Winter a Marriage'. BinSelect Poem of the week for week #83.
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iv) Apollo Onlin e (US, Online). 'Sex - Do Not Feel Guilty' -(poem)v) 'Sex is an Unparalleled Darkness' and 'Courtly Love be Damned'were performed and recorded at a Central Victorian radio station in1996.vi) Paradigm Shi ft (US, Online). Three poems: 'Triple Whiskies',

'Persephone's Flowers' and 'Naive' vii) F li es on the Ceil in g (US, Online) 'Onlooker to the Body' (poem).viii) The Rose and Thor n (US, Online) 'Passion is a Dying Bird ' (poem)ix) Conspire (New York, Online). Three poems: 'The Cemetery by theCoast (Robe South Australia 1995),'After the Winter ...' and 'TheOcean: Maladies of the Postmodern Soul ' November 1998 issue.x) Oblique M agazine (US, online) 'Nu-Clear Mind' (poem) in its

November 1998 edition.xi) Chaos Theory (UK, online) . Three poems: 'Birth,' 'Letters' and'Dibbuk and Man'.xii) Ki nte Space (US/UK/Australia, online) Two poems: 'Insecure Sex'and 'Too Many Times' (November 1998).xiii) Eclectica M agazin e (US, online) published 'The Dragon Sleeps','The Ghost of Sanur Beach', 'Tuyul (Bali Mother)', 'On Bali: ThirdWorld Blues', 'The Weeping Idol' and 'Bird of Memory' for itsOctober-Nov 1998 edition.xiv) L otus M agazin e (Australia, print) published a number of poems invarious editions.xv) The Australi an Wr iters' Jour nal (Australia, Print) ( poem)'Unfettered' in its November 1998 edition.xvi) Bonfire (Scotland/UK, Online). Four poems: 'La Neant', 'TheMethod', 'Mr. Newton's Universe' and 'Newtonian Physics' in itsFebruary 1999 edition.xvii) Freezone (US online). Four poems: 'Womb Decay', 'New AgeQuacks', 'They Wanna Jab Her Full of Drugs' and 'X - Administered toDeath' in its March 1999 edition.xvii) Papyrus: A Post-Contemporary Jour nal of Poetry and Ar t (US,Online). 'Fluid Nightmares' May 1999 edition.xviii) A special edition of Salt (edited by John Kinsella) included a

poetic contribution to the I nteractive Geographi es Project, 1999.xix) ACM E Poetry and Plumbing Suppli es (Kansas City, online) Four

poems: 'Sex is an Unparalleled Darkness ', ' The Giant (I&II)','Inspiration' and 'The Poppies of Forgetfulness' in its 1999 revamp. xx) Bluff [formerly Island Life ] (Milwaukee, online). 'The Circular House' (poem) in its October 1999 edition.xxi) Wor ks on Paper , (Australia, print). 'Triangles and the AvantGarde' (poem) October 1999 edition.xxii) Riot M agazin e , (Australia, print). 'Narcissism and Simulacra'(poem), October 1999 edition.xxiii) Wri ter' s H ood (US, online). 'Postmodern Pioneers' (poem) June2000 edition.xxiv) Vernacular , (South Australia, print). 'The True Colonial' (poem)

June 2000 edition.xxv) Sunshi ne Coast Writers' Gr oup (Australia, print/competition).
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45) Takahe (New Zealand) (poem) edition 63, April 2008, 'The Neo-liberal book of Fairytales'46) Penn in e Platform (United Kingdom): two poems - 'VividTurquoise Leaves' & 'McKenzie Falls, 2007', edition 63, 2008.47) Envoi (including Coffee H ouse Poetr y ) (Wales, UK): two poems -

'But Our Ocean was Dark That Night' and 'Europe after the Rains',150th edition, June, 2008.48) The M ozzie (Australia) poem - 'To Rest Your Ghost', July 2008edition.49) Fire (UK) Nos. 29/30, 'Special International Double Issue', March2008. Anthology of contemporary and twentieth century global

poetries. Poem - 'The Refugee Fund'.50) Poetry New Zealand (NZ) poem - 'The Fifth Eye of Dharma',September, 2008.51) Verandah 23 (Australia) poem - 'Proud Tilt of the Masses', August2008 (launched at the 2008 Melbourne Writers' Festival ).52) The New England Review (Australia) poem - 'The Giant II:Women Who Smell of Dead Flowers', Summer 1998-1999, No.9,

pg.12.53) Bendigo Writers Council website (Australia) poem - 'Words Froma 22nd Century Poetry Machine ...'54) The Seventh Quar ry (Swansea, Wales) poem - ' The TrueColonial', Summer/July 2009, Issue 10 [in conjunction with Cross-Cultural Communications Publishers (US) and The PoetryLibrary (London )].55) Scin ti ll ae 2012 (Anthology of Central Victorian Writers, Poets andCreative Thinkers). Published (Bendigo, Australia ) - 2 poems EuropeAfter the Rain & Hiroshima Dance , August 2012. 56) Artvilla.com (UK/Spain). Three poems from Coral Reveries:Darwinian Poetics (A Power Denuded the Granite, The Devil'sConfervae and the Work of Minute and Tender Animals) . Textversion: Text of Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle. Audio recording of the poems is at: Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle Revisited. (2013)57) Poetry L if e and T imes (UK/Spain). Three poems (plus Audiofile) from 'Coral Reveries: Darwinian Poetics' (To Inhabit the Fields of Time, The Noble Love of Freedom and Their Massive God). (2013).

2) Essays, Articles, Reviews and Interviews

i) Cougar Webworks (now Alternative Culture) (Canada) published'The Cyber Editor: Musings on a Citizen of the World' in September 1998.ii) Dead Letter s (US) published Human Rights for Artists. iii) H ealing Arts M agazin e (US) recently published 'Primal TherapyInto the New Millennium'.iv) Ozlit (Australia) published Ian's review of Peter Goldsworthy's

book Navel Gazing: Essays, Half-truths and Mystery Flights in May of this year.

v) VI CE magazine (Vic, Australia) published 'The GreatQuestionnaire' in its combined Victorian Universities 1996 publication.
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vi) Amazon Books Five Reviews: Cheyne The English Malady , Healy Boredom, Self and Culture , Kuhn The Demon of Noontide: Ennui inWestern Literature , Patricia Spacks Boredom and Morris Berman The

Re-enchantment of the World , May 1998.vii) Th e Resistance (NY) published 'The Metaphysics of Money' in its

January 1998 combined online/hardcopy edition.viii) L otus M agazine (Australia) published an interview with Ian andan interview by Ian with Sean Stanyer in its 1st (Dec 1993) and 4theditions (1994) respectively .ix) A Wri ter' s Choice L iterary Journ al (US) published 'Rethinking thePoetic in a Postmodern World: Sacrality, Marginalisation and theRevitalisation of the Poetic' in its November 1998 edition.x) Cyber Oasis (US) which is both a literary e-zine and a writer'sresource site, published Parts 1 and 2 of 'Modern Literary Criticism asa Symptom of Cultural Ennui' in its November 1998 and January 1999issues.xi) 'Postmodern Ennui and the Maladies of the New Fin de Siecle',gained the award of Certificate of Commendation in the 1998,Todhunter L iterary A ward (sponsored by Victoria Park Public LibraryInc., Perth, Western Australia).xii) The An tigonish Review (TAR) (Canada) published 'PostmodernEnnui and the New Maladies of the Psyche' in its Summer 1999 (116)edition.xiii) Babushka contained an interview with Ian entitled 'Window tothe World' in its Winter 1999 edition.xiv) A review of Sandra Bloom's book 'Creating Sanctuary: Towardthe Evolution of Sane Societies ', was published by Amazon Books (August 1999).xv) The Australian cultural studies magazine M edia and Cultur e (Qld.) features an interview with Ian in its September 1999 edition.xvi) Riding the Meridian (US), featured an interview with Ian (amongother poets and writers) in its October 1999 edition - see "Round RobinDiscussion Series".xvii) Humanitas (put out by the National Endowment for theHumanities, Washington D.C.) published the essay ' Acedia, Tristitia and Sloth: Early Christian Forerunners to Chronic Ennui' in its late-1999 edition of the journal. To go to National Humanities Institute

(Washington D.C.) and to Humanitas .] NB: This essay is also availablefor download for around $6US from Amazon.comxviii) An interview with Ian entitled "Dennis Lillee, Spinal Tap and the

Nomadic Life: An Interview with Ian Irvine" was published by theBooksurge/GU publishing site in Sept. 2000.xix) 'Reassessing the Jindyworobaks', an essay, was accepted for

publication in Tirra Lirr a literary journal - unfortunately the journalfolded before the piece was actually published.xx) The Bendigo Magazin e published an interview with Ian in itsDecember 2006 edition.xxi) US religious group published ' Acedia, Tristitia and Sloth: Early

Christian Forerunners to Chronic Ennui' as part of a monk's workshop,California, US, 2003.
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xxii) Jacket M agazin e published an interview conducted by Ian withUS poet Clayton Eshleman in its late 2008 edition (online).xxiii) The Pri ce of Exper ience , a compendium of poems, interviews,translations, reviews, essays, etc. by US National Book Award winning

poet, Clayton Eshleman. Contains: 'An Interview with Clayton

Eshleman' conducted in 2007-08 by Ian Irvine. Black Widow Press,US, November 2012.

3) Short Stories/ Anecdotal Non-Fiction Stories

i) Ngapartj i Wr iters Site (South Australia), featured the short storyThe Orpheus Plague (currently being extended as a novel) .ii) Cur iosity' s Escape (US) featured 'The Artist and the Phoenix' in its

November 1998 edition.iii) Southern Ocean Review (NZ) featured Theresa Jones in its July1999 edition [print and online].iv) Baacchor M agazin e (Los Angeles), featured 'The Phantom Library'in its November 1999 edition [print].v) The anecdotal story 'Dennis Lillee, Robert Burns and the Big CentreForward', featured in the print anthology Dad Stories published byDokter Press, August 2007.vi) Southern Ocean Review (NZ) featured 'Trevor Franklin Refuses toAllow me to Impress my Teacher', January 2008, edition 46. [print andonline].

D) Conference Papers, Public Talks/Performances,

Symposia , etc. (sample)

* Judge of 'Bendigo Poetry Slam' (with Tru Dowling, Kevin Brophyand Emilie Zoey Baker), at the Bendigo Writers Festival Aug. 12th2012.* Launch of Scintillae 2012 at the Bendigo Writers Festival, Aug 11th2012.* 'Interview with grunge writer and poet, Neil Boyack', BendigoWriters Festival, Aug 11th 2012.* 'Trickster Gods and the Quantum Muse: Creativity in a QuantumUniverse (Philosophy in the Library series, Central Goldfields LibraryCorp.) - June 2012.* 'Poetry Performance' Newstead Short Story Tattoo [With Dr. SueKing-Smith], 2011.* Poetry contributor to 'Tongue-a-torium' a symposia of visual artists,

poets, writers, etc. held at the Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsfordon February 7th 2010. [Organiser berni m janssen].* Contributor to 'Contemplating Gold' (in conjunction with Punctum

Inc. ) a multimedia performance featuring images of the landscape of the Central Victorian goldfields as well as reflections by local peopleon the role of money in their lives. Venue & Date: Castlemaine, on theevenings of Saturday, December 5th and Sunday, December 6th (4

public performances/screenings), 2009.* 'Undue Voice: Tremor' - a conversation in poetry and sound
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between: Emilie Collyer, Ian Irvine, John Jenkins, berni m janssen & Daniel Buess and James Hullick (Buggatronics,Switzerland). Organised by Punctum : Undue Voice. Castlemaine,August 2009.* Poetry Performance - 'Static' (part of the Going Down Swinging

launch) - with Alicia Sometimes, Nathan Curnow, Sean M. Whelanamong others. November 2008.* 'Hermes Leads the Way: Active Imagination and the Philosopher'sStone' (Bendigo Writers Council) - August 2008.* 'The Jindyworobaks' ('Spectres, Screens, Shadows, Mirrors, ASALconference, University of Western Australia, Perth) - July 2006* Chair for the panel: 'Music and Traditions in Australia' (Panel

participants: Gerry Gill, Kutcha Edwards, Therese Virtue). Partof 'Music, Community & Justice' conference hosted by La TrobeUniversity (Bendigo) and convened by Dr Sue Gillett. September 2006.* 'Ghost Poem: A Case of Upper Paleolithic Deja Vu': talk and

performance meditating on the work of US poet Clayton Eshleman,(Melbourne University, for 'Antithesis' 'Deja Vu' conference) - July,2006.* Performance of the poem 'A Poet Shakes the Silver Branch' at theSpud Poetry Awar d announcement night held at Koroit, Victoria,Australia, January 2006. The poem was short-listed for the award.* 'How Universal the Rights of Humans? - Politics and Poetics in John

Kinsella's Seven Essays on Linguistic Disobedience' ('Alchemy'conference, organised by the AAWP, as well as Edith CowanUniversity, Murdoch University and Curtin Univerity. Perth WesternAustralia) - November 2005.* 'Writing and the Unconscious' (Bendigo Writers Council) -

November 2005.* 'Panel of Writers [Discussing various genres]' (Bendigo WritersCouncil - 2003) [with Dianne Dempsey, John Holton, LorraineMarwood and Estelle Randall.* 'Publishing on the Internet' (Ballarat Writers Council 2001 &Bendigo Writers Council, Sept. 2000). [With Dr Sue King-Smith]* 'The Impact of the Digital Revolution on the Humanities' (for TheBendigo Shakespeare Society) [With Dr Sue King-Smith] 2000.

E) Music and Radio

i) Recording of 6 new songs with experimental band Interstitium:Golem, See How Still She Sleeps, Red-brick Graveyard,Cosmic Suicide, Fallen Woman & Gift of Pace.

ii) Recorded performances of around fifty songs with thealternative rock band Goya's Chil d . In 1993 the tape/albumGoya's Child (Self Titled) was released, and featured the songs'Haunted Lullaby', 'Evil', 'With the Muse' and 'The Arabian'.Recordings of 'She Must be Sleeping' and 'Words of Warning'

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featured a sound track by Goya's Child (recorded after Ian leftthe band) - 5 or so reworked versions of songs Ian had

previously co-written and performed live with the band appear on the movie soundtrack distributed internationally in Videoand DVD editions.]

iii) Along with Di Dempsey Ian appeared a number of times(between 2001- 2002) on ABC Regionals Drive Time Show discussing such diverse topics as Postmodernism, Literary

Movements , Can People be Taught to Write? and so on.iv) Phoenix FM Central Victoria (89.5FM) - January 2008 (8pm-

9pm), 'Experimental Literatures', test broadcast for possibleradio show hosted by Ian Irvine. Pilot featured discussion of theL=a=n=g=u=a=g=e Poets and an interview with Victorian poetSue King-Smith.

v) Phoenix FM Central Victoria - (89.5FM) October 2008 (12am-4am) James Roberts (on his show Crazy Words: talking writing ) interviewed Ian. 2 songs with music and/or lyrics byIan were played during the interview: 'Haunted Lullaby' (1993recording by Goya's Child ) and 'Cosmic Suicide' (by Ian

Irvine/Lethe ). Ian also read his poems 'Karuna' and 'Stall theEnigma' during the show as well as poems by a number of

poets. Another of his songs, 'The New Australia', was playedseveral times on the Crazy Words show during October.

vi) Phoenix FM Central Victoria - (89.5FM) July 2009 (10pm-1am) James Roberts (on his show Crazy Words: talking writing ) interviewed Ian who read a number of his poemsincluding: 'Josephus Speaks of the Christ' and 'The WhiteGoddess in the Sybil's Cave' from Translating the Classics , aswell as 'Literary Theory', 'Poem for Georg Trakl', 'InfinitePoetry in Full Manifestation', 'What is Poetry? Poetry is ...'and'The End of the World'.

vii) Phoenix FM Central Victoria - (89.5FM) several appearanceson Crazy Words leading up to the inaugural Bendigo Writers Festival. Discussions re: Trickster Gods and the QuantumMuse talk, the Bendigo Writers Festival line-up &

performance of poems from Coral Reveries: DarwinianPoetics (June and July 2012).

F) Journal Co-Editor

* Co-editor of Scintillae 2012 Literary Anthology - launched at the inauguralBendigo Writers Festival (August 2012). Contains 75 works by 52contributors. The journal celebrates innovative writing in Central and NorthernVictoria. Co-editors: Dr. Tom McWilliam, Tru Dowling and Peter Wiseman(Designer).

* Coeditor 'Painted Words' (2005-2012) - poetry, short stories and creativenon-fiction by students studying towards the Cert IV PWE or the Diploma of PWE at Bendigo TAFE. There have been seven editions to date. Ian hasshared coeditor duties over the 8 editions - most recently with: Dr

Tom McWilliam, Peter Wiseman (also the journal's Designer), Tru Dowling,Penny Sell & Sharon Kemp. Ian also co-edited of 'Brit Bits' (2002) an earlier


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PWE journal.

* Co-editor of the international literary ejournal 'The Animist', 1998-2001 (7Editions). Note: The Animist is archived by the Australian National Library,Canberra under the Pandora e-text preservation program. Co-editors: Dr SueKing-Smith& John Holton.

G) Published Articles, Reviews, Poems and Stories for The An imi st (1998-2001 7 editi ons)

(Archived by The Australian National Library Canberra under the Pandora e-text preservation program)

i) 'Notes Toward a New Paganism', April 1998, (article/essay).ii) 'A Sympathetic Critique of Reichian Theory', April 1998(article/essay).iii) 'Clouds Over Indonesia: Political Change and the Asian EconomicCrisis', April, 1998 (anecdotal piece).

iv) 'The Australian Disease', April, 1998 (article).v) 'The Problem With the Word Culture in a Postmodern Age', April,1998 (article).iv) Review of Boredom: The Literary History of a State of Mind byPatricia Spacks, April 1998.vii) 'How Haggis of Karunga Became an Artist', April 1998 (anecdotal

piece/story).viii) Three poems: 'Seymour Krim's Madness: Apple Sauce and Pork with Attitude', 'Coming Down from Borobudor' and 'Golden Angels',April, 1998.ix) 'Towards an Ethnopoetics of Multimedia Writing', July 1998(editorial/article).x) Review of Bernard Cohen's novel Snowdome, July, 1998.xi) 'Fantasies of a Postmodern Feudal State: Of Chickens, Eggs andTurnips', July, 1998 (article).xii) Five Reviews (Reworked): Cheyne The English Malady , Healy

Boredom, Self and Culture , Kuhn The Demon of Noontide: Ennui inWestern Literature , Klapp Boredom and Overload and Berman The

Re-enchantment of the World , July, 1998.xiii) 'The Jungian Archetypes as Projected Anthropomorphic NeedsExpectations', July 1998 (article).xiv) 'An Interview with Sherry Anne Jacobs (Shannah Jay)', July 1998(interview).xv) 'Unfinished Business: Notes Toward a new Utopianism', October 1998 (editorial/article).xvi) Various social/anecdotal pieces including: 'The Mother of allEpiphanies', 'Stocking up on Compassion: Avoiding the Blood Tide','Do Not Tresspass in the Dragon's Lair', and 'Twenty Five Year OldChildren', October 1998 (anecdotal/articles).xvii) 'The Vision Quest in a Postmodern World', February 1999(editorial)xviii) 'Interview with Australian Writer and Academic Sara Douglass',February, 1999 (interview).xix) 'Black Melancholy: Medieval Premonitions of the Modern World'.


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February, 1999 (essay).xx) 'The Age of the Geeks', a review of Damien Broderick's The Last

Mortal Generation (July 1999).xxi) 'Notes Toward a General Theory of Alienation: Alienation as aform of Chronic Ennui'. July 1999 (essay).

xxii) Text to accompany 'Parts is Parts' - images by David Wagenfeld.(July, 1999).xxiii) 'Vertigo: Staring Into the Abyss of a New Millennium'. July1999 (editorial).

H) Miscellaneous Longer Academic Works andUnpublished Works in Progress

1) Academic Works (Completed for Assessment Purposes):

i) Uncomfortably Numb: The Emergence of the Normative EnnuiCycle , Phd. Thesis/ Non-fiction book, copyright (c) 1994-1998 allrights reserved. [Copies available from University Library, La TrobeUniversity, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.]ii) The Fall of the Sacred Poet , non-fiction work (longish essay),copyright (c) 1993 all rights reserved. (Honors thesis Grade: FirstClass).iii) The Development of the Witch Archetype in Medieval Europe .Longish essay, begun 1992. 3 rd Year research paper.

2) Current Print Work in Progress

* N.E.F. Therapy: A Relational-Quantum Approach to Psychology,non-fiction academic . * The Isle of Ruins , novel, copyright (c) 1996- all rights reserved.* The City of Quartz, a novel.* Lovina Beach, play, copyright (c) 1996-98 all rights reserved.* Objects , play, copyright (c) 1996-98 all rights reserved.* Selected Poetry of Ian Irvine 1984-2013 , poetry collection.#An article about e publishing and Ians book , by Dianne Dempsey,appeared in The Sunday Age (Melbourne Victoria) in September 2000.

I) Employment - Lecturer/Teacher Creative Arts,Humanities and Social Sciences [1994 to present]

* Qualifications Coordinator (Assistant Head of Department) for various courses in the Department of Creative Arts,Music and Writing, Faculty of Design and Sustainability, BendigoTAFE (Bendigo and Castlemaine campuses). Also teacher in PWE

program. [Date: 2010-present].* Part-time teacher in the Professional Writing and Editing program atVictoria University (St Albans campus, Melbourne, Australia). [Date:from July 2012]* Teacher Diploma of Community Services (Subjects: Psychology 1 &2) Bendigo TAFE. [Date: 2000-2012].


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*Program Director/Teacher, Professional Writing and Editing(Advanced Diploma, Diploma and Cert IV levels). Subjects taught:

Novel, Poetry, Culture and Creativity, Myths and Symbols for Writers,Creative Non-Fiction, Popular Fiction, Short Story, Editing, etc. BRIT,Bendigo and Castlemaine campuses. [Date: 2000-2010].

*Course coordinator (Assistant to the KLO) and teacher variouscourses to Cert IV level - BRIT Koorie Unit. [Date: 1999-2003].*Lecturer/Tutor in Medieval History, Early Modern History andContemporary Social Issues, La Trobe University (Bendigo, Mildura &Shepparton). [Date: 1994-1999].* Festival Organising Committee member (representing BendigoTAFE) for the inaugural and highly successful (after 160years) 'Bendigo Writers Festival', August 10th to 12th, 2012 [Fellowcommittee members: Rosemary Sorensen (of the Bendigo Weekly ), Dr.Sue Gillett (La Trobe University), John Charalambous(writer/novelist), Dawn Rasmussen (Bendigo Writers Council), Dr.Sarah Mayer-Coxs (La Trobe University) and Dianne Dempsey( Bendigo Advertiser ).* Member statewide 'PWE Coordinators Committee' (2009-2012)advising to Skills Victoria etc. on curricula for various ProfessionalWriting and Editing courses (Cert IV PWE 21674VIC, Dip PWE21675VIC and new Dip. PWE 22091VIC) delivered by VictorianTAFES and Uni-Tafes.* Has assessed numerous PhDs, MAs and Honors Theses onHumanities and Creative Writing topics (2000-2012).* Extensive list of many of the lectures, presentations and public talks I've delivered since 1994. Disciplines: Medieval History, Psychology,Fiction Writing, Poetry Writing, Creativity and Culture, MythologicalMotifs for Contemporary Writers, Origins of Postmodern Ennui, etc.

J) Qualifications

Holds: PhD in Human Relations/Cultural Studies (La Trobe University, 1999),BA Humanities - Honors (First Class) (LTUB 1994) and BA Humanities(LTUB,1993 with credits from Auckland University, 1982-83). Alsopossesses: Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing; Diploma of VETTeaching Practice; Cert IV TAA; Cert IV PWE and a Cert IV Small BusinessManagement.

K) CRICKET CAREER (1980-1985)

See international Cricket Archive listing for Ian Irvine to access variousrepresentative games I played in between 1980 and 1984 (covers NewZealand, UK and Australian matches).

Representative Teams (Province, County and International 1980-1985)(selected as an opening bowler)

Auckland Province, Under-19s national competition (NZ) 1981-1982New Zealand Under-19s (Kookaburra Shield tour to Canberra, Australia 1981-1982).

Auckland Province, Under-19s national competition (NZ) 1982-83New Zealand Under-19s (Barclay's Bank tour to Perth Western Australia 1982-83)

Auckland Province Under-22s national competition (NZ) 1983-1984 Auckland Province 2nd 11 National Championship, (NZ) 1983-1984Worcestershire 2nd 11, National Championship (UK) 1984
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Worcestershire Under 25s 40 over 1 day national championship (UK) 1984 Auckland Province (NZ) summer 1985 (1 match v Northern Districts 11)

L) Miscellaneous Biography

* Ian was recently interviewed for 'Into the Middle of Things: a Timecapsule of

Australia in 2012' by two Brisbane documentary makers David Ridley andMartin Inglis. Extracts from the interview made on October 4th 2012 atBendigo TAFE (as well as dozens of other interviews related to thedocumentary and details of the trip undertaken by David and Martin) are dueup online in 2013.* See also The Bendigo Weekly feature article (online version): A Man of hisWords , Friday September 3rd 2010 by Ben Cameron.

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