Stuart Glover grew up in the northern suburbs of Brisbane, where his family has resided since the mid-nineteenth century. He has worked as a freelance journalist and as an assessor for Australian publishing houses and literary prizes. As a researcher, Glover has published on Brisbane's cultural identity, the history of Australian publishing, and literary institutions.
Glover's roles in the arts include: founding Director of the Brisbane Writers Festival, Manager for Writing at Arts Queensland, inaugural Director of QPIX (the Queensland Screen Development Centre), Deputy Chair of the
Queensland Writers Centre, founding Chair of Multi-Media Art Asia-Pacific, Chair of Q Music (the Queensland Music Industry Association), member of the
Queensland Theatre Company Board, and member of the Management Committee of the
National Young Writers Festival.
He is currently (2011) a member of the
Literature Board of the Australia Council and of the management committee of
Island literary magazine, and a Senior Lecturer in the School of English Media Studies and
Art History at the University of Queensland; he has a special interest
in non-fiction writing and print culture.
Source: Stuart Glover's blog, http://www.stuartglover.com.au/
Sighted: 27 March 2012.