Literary résumé

Linden Hyatt
MA (Writing) UTS — By-thesis research degree (2003)

BA (Communications) UTS — Majors: writing, textual studies (1989)

Master of Arts thesis

The Book of Wildflowers: A documentary novel of the subject of cultural inheritance, UTS MA (Writing) 2003

Grants, Residential Fellowships and Awards

Recipient of Australia Council emerging writer grants (1992, 2003)
Varuna, The Writer’s House, fellowships (2009, 2011, 2016)
Goethe Institut German Language Scholarship (Berlin, 2001)

Publications

‘Boat Building Underground’ — in Island magazine online (forthcoming 2026)
‘Lux’, short story — in Island magazine online, May 2024
‘Writing a River’ memoir — in Meanjin, Autumn vol. 76 no. 1, 2017; (pp. 69-71)
‘Decent Men’, short story — in Meanjin, [Autumn] vol. 70 no. 1 , 2011; (pp. 199-204)
‘The Stone Ghost’ short story —in Heat, no. 21 (New Series) 2009; (pp. 165-176])
‘The Gift of Art’, short story — in Meanjin, Autumn vol. 68 no. 1, 2009; (pp. 179-189)
‘Reinventing’ Adam, short story —in Southerly, vol. 66 no. 1, 2006; (pp. 84-90)
‘Points of Departure: A Student View of Creative Writing Courses’ criticism —in: Island, Summer no. 88 2002; (pp. 10-18)
‘Sea-Piece’ ‘You have painted time itself,’ poem —in: Island, Summer no. 88, 2002; (pp. 61-62)
‘Reading the Mountain’ (from The Promised Island, a Work-in-Progress), extract — in: Island, Winter no. 86 2001; (pp. 48-52)
‘The Forest at the Edge of the Field’, memoir — ‘in Meanjin, vol. 59 no. 3, 2000; (pp. 14-17)
‘The Dancing Child’, short story — in Heat, no. 12 1999; (pp. 104-111)
‘A Place in the Heart’, short story — in My Look’s Caress: A Collection of Modern Romances 1990; (pp. 9-13)
‘Billy’, short story —in Meanjin, Autumn vol. 48 no. 1, 1989; (pp. 27-30)
‘Dirt on the lens’, autobiographical short story — Between U and S, UTS Writers Group, 1988 (pp, 26–31)
‘A small Town by the Sea’, poem — Between U and S, UTS Writers Group, 1988 (pp. 37)
As editor with Bruce Pascoe (1988). Australian Short Stories, Issue 18. Pascoe Publishing.

Works currently submitted to publishers and elsewhere include a hybrid memoir titled The Buried Telephone, a novella comprised of linked stories with a prelude and five acts, titled Scenes from the Scent of Time, with a collection of short stories and a poetry collection in manuscript.

Writing projects underway include work towards a creative nonfiction book and podcast series supported the the State Library of NSW and UTS Impact Studios, titled Voices from the Writers in the Park Archive.

Teaching

2003, UTS, Humanities, Lecturer, postgraduate creative non-fiction

Recent completion of a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment with TAFE NSW, qualifies me to teach nationally recognised qualifications in Editorial and Writing at Certificate IV and Diploma Level within the Culture and Arts training package.

Extra-literary (arts admin and event management)

My paid work and voluntary contributions to the field of writers and writing has involved the conception, direction, coordination and management of literary events and programs, including all aspects of creative programming and project management. It also involved learning around creative and policy evolution (via successful grant applications and acquittals, and from having a comprehensive industry and ‘book-machine’ overview) with associated publishing, publicity and media liaison, as well as funding, marketing and sponsorship experience.

2023 – Assessment panel member, Varuna, The National Writers’ House. Project appraisal for selection of residential fellowship applications.
2003 – 2004, Satellite: fortnightly public seminars, Katoomba Founder and organiser
1993 – 1996, NSW Writers Centre, Steering Committee member, Founding secretary
1994 – 1995, Spring Writing Festival (NSW Writers’ Centre) Founding Festival organiser
1989 – 1990, Carnivalé Writers’ Week Coordinator
1989 – 1992, Sydney Writers’ Festival Coordinator (1989–91) and Director (1991–92)
1990 – 1994, NSW Writers’ Centre Inc (founding public officer) Secretary/Treasurer
1989 – 1990, Aloud in the Park (Glebe), weekly reading series Treasurer
1987 – 1999, Writers in the Park (Glebe), weekly reading series Major co-organiser, Secretary

Cross-over (with publishing and educational support background)

2013 — Reading Australia. Design, CSS, templates, information architecture and project methodology to establish Reading Australia website (Copyright Agency, Cultural Fund, based on Australian Society of Authors’ advocacy). Consultant for project initiation and build.