Short Stories
2024 – The Sealskin, published in Voices of the Southern Ocean, a nipaluna/Hobart Anthology – you can access it here
2021 – Elysium, published in Corvid Queen magazine, a journal for feminist fairytales – https://corvidqueen.com/stories/elysium-arianne-james
2019 – Touched, a thesis written as part of my Creative Writing Honours degree, comprising three interconnected short stories and an exegesis.
2016 – Prelude to the Dawn, published in Backstory journal – http://www.backstoryjournal.com.au/2016/09/05/prelude-to-dawn/
2016 – A Collection of Micro-fiction, published in Other Terrain magazine – http://www.otherterrainjournal.com.au/issues/one/a-series-of-microfiction/
2015 – The Secret Art of Grieving published in The Hunter Writers Centre Grieve anthology. Print only.
Articles
2021 – Writing in Tasmania published in Spirited Devonport, a RANT Arts publication. https://spiriteddevonport.com.au/articles/arianne-content
Interviews for Platform Magazine
2016 – Interview with Christopher Leon published in Issue 8 of Platformhttps://issuu.com/platformyouthartsandculture/docs/web_version_platformmag_issue8_fina
2016 – Interview with Sam Tooker published in Issue 9 Platform https://issuu.com/platformyouthartsandculture/docs/1web_platformmagazine_issue9_final
2017 – A night at Faux Mo with Arianne James, a review of the Dark Mofo festival, published in Issue 9 of Platform https://platform-youthculture.com/2017/06/02/a-night-at-faux-mo-with-arianne-james/
Interviews for TasWriters
Arianne hosts The Book Shelf, a conversations style show on Edge Radio, 99.3 FM, where she interviews writers, teachers, librarians, readers and students, discussing all things books and writing, and the secret lives of writers – you can listen here – https://www.edgeradio.org.au/shows/the-book-shelf/
The Book Shelf was nominated for a CBAA Community Radio Award in 2023
Grants and Awards
2021 – Awarded a RANT Arts Quick Response Grant
2021 – Awarded a Creative Support Small Grants Fund from Arts Tasmania
2021 – Awarded a Tasmanian Residencies Grant from Arts Tasmania for a month long writing residency at Glover House
2022 – Shortlisted for the Margaret Scott Young Writers Fellowship at the Tasmanian Literary Awards
2023 – Awarded an Upcoming Writer Fellowship residency at the Katherine Susannah Prichard Retreat
2024 – Awarded a Residential Fellowship at the Chateau d’Orquevaux Artists and Writers Retreat in Champagne-Ardenne, France
2024 – Awarded a RANT Arts Quick Response Grant
2024 – Shortlisted for the ASA/HQ Fiction Prize
Writing Experience
- 2015 – Writer in residence at Varuna, The National Writers House
- 2016 – Assisted in facilitating creative writing workshops for children as part of the Commissioner for Children’s Creative Writing Awards
- 2016 – Returned to Varuna
- 2016- present –Facilitated workshops at the Tasmanian Writers Centre
- 2017 – Awarded a place in a Varuna Short Story Focus Week with Tegan Bennett Daylight, after which I was invited to join the Varuna Alumni Association. I have been a member ever since.
- 2017 – Sub-editor of Platform Youth Arts and Culture Magazine
- 2020 – Judge for the TasWriters Digital Writers Residency
- 2021 – Delivered two workshops on the Psychology of Character to students at Fahan School
- 2023 – Delivered two workshops to students at Huonville High School on Place and Character in Gothic Horror stories
- 2023 – Interviewed authors at local community events as part of Tasmania Reads Week
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