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Beth Driscoll Beth Driscoll i(A115810 works by)
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Beth Driscoll is an academic working in the field of contemporary fiction, including Australian genre fiction.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2015 joint winner Romance Writers of America Academic Research Grant For a project entitled The Genre World of Romance in 21st Century Australia.

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Genre Worlds : Popular Fiction and Twenty-first-century Book Culture Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press , 2022 23592762 2022 multi chapter work criticism

'Works of genre fiction are a source of enjoyment, read during cherished leisure time and in incidental moments of relaxation. This original book takes readers inside popular genres of fiction, including crime, fantasy, and romance, to reveal how personal tastes, social connections, and industry knowledge shape genre worlds. Attuned to both the pleasure and the profession of producing genre fiction, the authors investigate contemporary developments in the field—the rise of Amazon, self-publishing platforms, transmedia storytelling, and growing global publishing conglomerates—and show how these interact with older practices, from fan conventions to writers’ groups.

'Sitting at the intersection of literary studies, genre studies, fan studies, and studies of the book and publishing cultures, Genre Worlds considers how contemporary genre fiction is produced and circulated on a global scale. Its authors propose an innovative theoretical framework that unfolds genre fiction’s most compelling characteristics: its connected social, industrial, and textual practices. As they demonstrate, genre fiction books are not merely texts; they are also nodes of social and industrial activity involving the production, dissemination, and reception of the texts.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2023 shortlisted ASAL Awards Walter McRae Russell Award
y separately published work icon Genre Worlds : Australian Popular Fiction in the Twenty-First Century 2016 16429960 2016 website criticism

‘Genre Worlds: Australian Popular Fiction in the Twenty-First Century’ is a research project funded by an ARC Discovery Project Grant between 2016 and 2018 (DP160101308). 

The research project aims to systematically examine 21st-century Australian popular fiction, the most significant growth area in Australian trade publishing since the turn of the century. Its three areas of investigation are: the publishing of Australian popular fiction; the interrelationships between Australian popular fiction and Australian genre communities; and the textual distinctiveness of Australian popular novels in relation to genre. Research will centre on thirty novels across three genres (fantasy, romance and crime), building a comprehensive picture of the practices and processes of Australian popular fiction through detailed examination of trade data, close reading of texts, and interviews with industry figures.'

Source: Project website.

2018 joint winner Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction Peter McNamara Convenors' Award
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