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Australian Popular Fictions is the umbrella term for a number of ongoing, related projects, led by Dr Kim Wilkins, Professor Van Ikin, and Dr Toni Johnson-Woods, that explore popular fiction and fiction genres.
It aimed to collect and expand the available information and scholarship relating to all forms of popular fiction including crime, fantasy, horror, pulp, graphic novels and comics, and lesbian- and gay-themed popular works and their authors. The project supports research into the long, prolific and profitable industry of mass market genre fiction publishing.
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Australian Popular Medievalism,
Kim Wilkins
(editor),
website
bibliography
biography
The Australian Popular Medievalism project was established in 2009 to gauge the extent and importance of medieval images and ideas in Australian popular fiction. Recent work in the field of Australian medievalism has not yet investigated Australian popular fiction closely. This research project demonstrates how strongly Australian popular fiction engages with the medieval.
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Pulp Fiction : The Australian Pulp Fiction Industry,
Toni Johnson-Woods
(lead researcher),
Kevin Patrick
(researcher),
Michelle Dicinoski
(researcher),
website
bibliography
biography
This collection includes biographical details on more than 100 authors and cover artists and bibliographic detail and cover art from 2,000 titles and their translations.
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Speculations : Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction in Australia,
Kim Wilkins
(lead researcher),
Van Ikin
(lead researcher),
Toni Johnson-Woods
(lead researcher),
archive
bibliography
The Speculations research project, established in 2011, is a substantial study of Australian popular fiction. The research – which defines speculative fiction as including science fiction, horror, and fantasy – is focused on expanding the recognition of the important place 'popular' fiction has in Australian storytelling culture. It includes some young adult material.
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