Previous Appearances:
- Presenter, Institute of Professional Editors, October 2021
- Presenter, Bachelor of Arts Advisory Board, The University of Queensland, September 2021
- Workshop presenter, Terror Australis Festival, November 2019
- Chair, “Crime writing in the #metoo era”. Brisbane Writers Festival 2019
- Special guest presenter, Rainforest Writing Retreat, June 2019
- Special guest presenter, Boonah Writers Festival, May 2019
- Panellist, “The Art of the Thriller”, Avid Reader Bookshop, March 2019
- Presenter, Peripheral Visions, Australasian Association of Creative Writing Programs 2018
- Introduction to Crime Writing Workshop, Queensland Writers Centre 2018
- In Conversation with Jane Harper, October 2017
- Panel Guest, GenreCon 2017
- Presenter, Genre Worlds Academic Symposium 2017
- Moderator, Adelaide Writers Festival 2016
- Presenter and Moderator, Brisbane Writers Festival 2010 – 2016
- Keynote Speaker, National Association of Australian University Colleges National Conference 2014
- Presenter, National Writers Congress 2013
- Presenter, Darwin Wordstorm 2013
- Presenter, Queensland Writers Centre Whispers Reading Salon 2012
- Presenter, Avid Reader Bookseller author events: 2012, 2015
- Presenter, Melbourne Writers Festival 2009-2011
- Presenter and Mentor, Bundaberg Writers Festival 2010
- Keynote Speaker, National Judicial College Australia Phoenix Magistrates Program, Gold Coast 2010
Articles and interviews:
- “The Menace of Intimacy: Domestic Noir and Feminist Criminology in Emily Maguire’s An Isolated Incident”, Australian Literary Studies, Special Edition: Genre Worlds, 2018
- “Strong Female Characters: Kicking Stereotypes, Not Arse”, WQ Magazine, March 2018
- Featured in “Sensitivity Readers” by Cassandra Hamer, Australian Author Magazine, November 2017, The Australian Society of Authors
- ABC Radio interview 3 June 2107:
- http://www.uq.edu.au/uqcontact/docs/UQContactWinter2014.pdf – feature article “Emerging Leaders” pp26-27
- http://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2016/02/12/41337/qwc-announces-new-fellowship-for-women-writers/
- http://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2015/10/08/34180/queensland-writers-on-the-international-stage-program-releases-first-multimedia-project/
- http://www.austcrimefiction.org/category/meg-vann
- http://www.sistersincrime.org.au/provocare-a-new-digital-story-exploring-female-agency-and-violence-against-women/
- http://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2012/09/13/24981/vann-appointed-qwc-ceo/
- http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A147725
- https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/future-publishing-looks-rosy-toowoomba/1651790/
Awards:- Dr Melanie McKenzie Teaching Award, The University of Queensland, 2018
- Varuna House for Writers Fellowship Residency 2013
- Hachette Australia/QWC Retreat 2011
- Copyright Agency/Queensland Society of Editors Mentorship 2009
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