Gerry Turcotte

Gerry Turcotte is a writer and critic. He is currently Professor of English and the Dean of Arts & Sciences, at the University of Notre Dame, Sydney. He is Past President of the Association for Canadian Studies in Australia and New Zealand (ACSANZ), Past Secretary of the International Council for Canadian Studies (ICCS) and Founding Director of the Centre for Canadian–Australian Studies (CCAS) at the University of Wollongong. He is the author and editor of numerous publications including Jack Davis: The Maker of History (Harper Collins), Writers in Action (Currency), Masks, Tapestries, Journeys (CRITACS), Canada-Australia: Towards a Second Century of Partnership with Kate Burridge and Lois Foster (Carleton University Press) and Compr(om)ising Post/colonialisms: Challenging Narratives & Practices, with Greg Ratcliffe (Dangaroo).

His creative writing includes three collections of poetry: Neighbourhood of Memory (Dangaroo), Winterlude (Brandl & Schlesinger) and Hauntings: the ‘Varuna’ Poems (Five Islands Press). His novel, Flying in Silence, was published in Canada and in Australia and was shortlisted for The Age Book of the Year in 2001. He was one of four writers chosen to perform, with a live Jazz Ensemble, at the Sydney Opera House in 2002. He also held his first solo photographic exhibition at the Wollongong City Gallery in the same year. His most recent book, Border Crossings: Words & Images, was published by Brandl & Schlesinger in June. He is the winner of the 2000 OCTAL/Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching & Learning, an inaugural winner of the 2001 New South Wales Government/ACE Teaching Excellence Award, and a recipient of the 2006 Carrick Award for Australian University Teaching Excellence.

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