2002: In a Cool Blue Light

In this exciting collection thirty of Australia’s talented writers explore sex and marriage, travel and stability, childhood and parenthood. Each voice is new and unique. From snappy and urbane to passionate and divine, the writing from tomorrow’s novelists is set to redefine the landscape of Australian literature.

The student-teacher dynamic in the classrooms of UTS transcends any kind of didacticism or imitative admiration as the work in this collection clearly illustrates. The thirty voices here are original and range widely in terms of form, subject matter, settings and aesthetic mode…each one takes risks, proving that the UTS  program is a valuable vehicle through which students are developing both their craft as practicing writers and their unique, personal voices. – Mandy Sayer, Foreword

Cover of UTS Anthology 2002

The foreword is by the award-winning novelist and non-fiction writer, Mandy Sayer who was also the Non-Fiction Writer in Residence at UTS.

Contributors

Contributors to In A Cool Blue Light include Manisha Amin, Ligaya Eve Avery, Michelle Baddiley, Skye Bouvier, Lorin Blumenthal, Ellie Campbell, Ross Duncan, Prue Foster, Cate Furey, Nicola Gray, Michelle Haines Thomas, Jane Hanley, Anna Lamont, Michelle Lee, Debbie Lim, Neil McKinnon, Michelle Moo, Kay Nankervis, Karen Penning, Virginia Peters, Simon Roptell, Nicky Rowe, Frank Russo, Paul Somerville, Emma. Sorensen, Niobe Syme, Jo Virgona, Ross Watkins, Jessica White, and Daniel Williams.

Editorial Committee

The Editorial Committee of 2002 consisted of Skye Bouvier, Debbie Lim, Tina Miskelly, Frank Russo, Gabriella Sterio, and Michelle Webster.

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.