Anitra Nelson Anitra Nelson i(A5963 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 As Happened on the Day Anitra Nelson , 2014 single work prose
— Appears in: Unusual Work , no. 17 2014;
1 Productive Creative Writers' Relationships : A Communities-of-Practice Framework Anitra Nelson , Catherine Cole , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: New Writing , November vol. 9 no. 3 2012; (p. 396-407)

'The notion of a ‘community of practice’ offers fruitful ways to frame and assess literary activities for the producers of literature, creative writers. Referring to Woody Allen's film Midnight in Paris (2011), the experiences of two Australian writers and the Australian Seven Writers’ community of practice, we discuss gaps that our research approach aims to fill through investigating the significance of specific writers’ literary relationships in developing their creative writing skills and work. Framing such relationships as professional ‘communities of practice’, we argue that studying the functions of contemporary writers’ relationships as working environments has the potential to inform both creative writing learning and arts policy-making. As such, advocating for a community-of-practice conceptual framework is the main aim.' (Publication summary)

1 Servant of the Revolution : The Creative Art of Serving History and the Imagination Anitra Nelson , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 36 no. 1 & 2 2010; (p. 137-152)
'Servant of the Revolution premiered at the Mechanics Institute Performing Arts Centre in Brunswick in 2009 (21 July -1 August). The play draws on the spare historical 'facts' about Helene Demuth, aka 'Lenchen', a loyal and long-time servant in the household of Karl Marx...The challenge of researching and writing creative non-fiction involving such material is the subject of this article.' (p. 137)
1 Literary Communities : Writers' Practices and Networks Anitra Nelson , Catherine Cole , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Strange Bedfellows or Perfect Partners Papers : The Refereed Proceedings of the 15th Conference of the Australasian Association of Writing Programs 2010;

'This paper discusses a new direction for research on creative writing: exploring the formative contexts within which writers develop, receive recognition and

are celebrated, our approach centres on literary networks and activities that characterise well-recognised literary communities. By studying the UNESCO Cities of Literature network, our research aims to identify and analyse key formative experiences for contemporary creative writers, although in this paper we simply refer to one of those cities—Melbourne.

'We hypothesise that the notion of a ‘community of practice’ has potential to be a

constructive way to interrogate writers’ practices within literary communities to inform arts policy making and university creative writing programs. In this discussion we try to show how our approach promises to deliver a variety of findings, such as showing the practical links between creative writing and literary studies, as well as between creative writing processes and products.'

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1 3 Servant of the Revolution Anitra Nelson , 2009 single work drama
1 Robyn Colman and Lee White in Conversation with Anitra Nelson Anitra Nelson (interviewer), 2007 single work interview
— Appears in: Editors in Conversation 2007; (p. 29-59)
1 Sheila Allison and Pamela Ball in Conversation with Anitra Nelson Anitra Nelson (interviewer), 2007 single work interview
— Appears in: Editors in Conversation 2007; (p. 5-27)
1 Laurence Johnston : 'Once a Queen' Anitra Nelson , Brenda Addie , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: Metro Magazine , no. 148 2006; (p. 42-45)

'International award winning Australian filmmaker Lawrence Johnston describes his new documentary, 'Once a Queen' and his work at the Australian Film Commission. He states that good filmmakers must have a vision to a degree and although the US is becoming more visually literate, much of the material is still incomprehensible and hence there is a need to be bring more rigour with story presentation in the US, irrespective of genre.'

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1 Disability ... Disabled ... Discovery Anitra Nelson , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: Metro Magazine , no. 149 2006; (p. 204-208)

'The details of the 5th annual 'Picture This Film Festival', 6-10 February 2006 are reported. The short film, Mercury Stole My Fire (2005) drew its inspiration from a prolonged and unusual experience that many people urged her to write a book about, but she wanted to produce something more like a poem.'

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1 National Identity in Australian Documentaries Anitra Nelson , Brenda Addie , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: Metro Magazine , no. 143 2005; (p. 76-80)
1 Lawrence Johnston : The Dream of Love Anitra Nelson , Brenda Addie , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: Metro Magazine , no. 146-147 2005; (p. 74-78)
1 1 form y separately published work icon Mercury Stole My Fire Anitra Nelson , Australia : 2005 8410984 2005 single work film/TV
1 Collaboration : A Conversation with Karin Altman and Michael Brindley Anitra Nelson , Brenda Addie , 2004 single work interview
— Appears in: Metro Magazine , no. 140 2004; (p. 112-117)
1 Mercury Stole My Fire Anitra Nelson , 2004 single work prose
— Appears in: Protecting the Future : Stories of Sustainability from RMIT University 2004; (p. 129-136)
1 A Day in the Life Anitra Nelson , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , October/November no. 25 1996; (p. 53-54)

— Review of 24 Hours TT. O , 1996 selected work poetry
1 Ourstory : A Simple Guide to the Presentation of History Anitra Nelson , 1993 single work essay
— Appears in: A Sense of Place : Shaping Oral Histories 1993; (p. 1-28)
1 Making Revolution i "We have talked long into the night", Anitra Nelson , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: Arena , no. 98 1992; (p. 55)
1 In Absentia i "I tried to think of some smart question", Anitra Nelson , 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: Angry Women : An Anthology of Australian Women's Writing 1989; (p. 168-169)
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