Griffith University

PhD, B Arts (Hons)

Lecturer, School of Humanities

Contact details for Dr Sally Breen

Research expertise

• Creative writing
• Literary studies
• Creative practice as research
• Cultural policy
• Urban studies

Current teaching areas

• Creative writing
• Popular culture
• Contemporary arts

Awards

• 2008 The Casuals. Winner - Varuna Manuscript Development Program. Varuna Writers Centre.
• 2006 The Casuals. Emerging Author Literature Grant. The Australia Council for the Arts. November.
• 2005 Ante Up Shortlisted – Queensland Premiers Literary Awards Emerging Queensland Author Category.
• 2001 Winner. Overall Service to Griffith University.
• 1998 Surfers Royale Highly Commended. Margaret Connah Poetry Award, Young Adult Poetry Competition.
• 1998 The Rose and Crown. Runner Up. Nick Shand Poetry Slam. Festival Bar. Byron Bay Writers Festival, August

Publications/Appearances

• Breen, S. ‘Sunny Lodge’ in Julianne Shultz (ed) Griffith REVIEW Annual Fiction Edition, 34. Summer 2011.
• Breen, S. ‘The Casuals.’ Sydney, Harper Collins, August. 2011
• Breen, S. ‘Getting Published’ with Robyn Sheehan Bright. Gold Coast Literati Festival. Robina Community Centre, May 2010. [Guest Speaker]
• Breen, S. (ed) Talent Implied New Writing from Griffith. School of Humanities, February, 2010.
• Breen, S. ‘A Swipe at Self Service.’ The Courier Mail. November 11th: 33 2009.
• Breen, S. ‘Tales from Our Town.’ The Courier Mail. December 18th: 76 2009.
• Breen, S. Breen, S. ‘Hate Street’ in Hugh Behm-Steinberg (ed) Eleven Eleven A Journal of Literature and Art. California College of Arts, San Fransisco. Issue 7, 2009.
• Breen, S. Writing The Fringe Festival. Fox Hotel South Brisbane. September 10-11th 2009. [Director]
• Breen, S. in collaboration with the BURN Writers Collective ‘Moxy’. Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts. Queensland Poetry Festival.  August 22nd 2009. [Original creative work/performance]
• Breen, S. in collaboration with the BURN Writers Collective ‘TTYN – Talk To You Never’. Queensland Terrace. State Library of Queensland. July 2nd 2009. [Original creative work/performance]
• Breen, S. ‘Well it’s Technically Not About You’ with .Ben Law, & Krissy Kneen. Newcastle Young Writer’s Festival. Royal Exchange Hotel, October: 2nd 2009. [Guest Speaker]
• Breen, S. (ed) ‘Talent Implied New Writing from Griffith 2009. School of Humanities, February, 2009.
• Breen, S. ‘Cities on the Edge: The Urbanisation of the World’s Population’ with Kate Fitzpatrick and Brendan Gleeson. Queensland Terrace. Brisbane Writers Festival. September 21st 2008. [Guest Speaker]
• Breen, S. Writing The Fringe Festival. Sling Bar West End. September 19-21st 2009. [Director]
• Breen, S. ‘Cultural Cringe’ in Time Off. September 6th: 66 2008.
• Breen, S. ‘Viewpoint – Writing the Fringe Festival’ in Writing Queensland. Queensland Writers Centre, Brisbane. Issue 177, September: 20 2008.
• Breen, S. ‘Landscape Practice in the UAE’ with Simon Drysdale, Esther Dickens, Leonard Lynch, Stuart Bowden. Tuscalum House. Australian Institute of Landscape Architects, Sydney. 27th August 2008. [Guest Speaker]
• Breen, S. ‘By Design’ interview with Alan Saunders. ABC Radio National, Saturday 31st May 2008 [Guest Speaker]
• Breen, S. ‘Desert Field of Dreams’ in Julianne Shultz (ed)Griffith REVIEW Cities on the Edge Edition 20, Winter 2008.
• Breen, S. ‘Cities on the Edge’ with Marcus Westbury, Chris Womersley and Gabrielle Gwyther. Wharf 2, Sydney Writers Festival. 22nd May 2008. [Guest Speaker]
• Breen, S. ‘Mac Attack’ in Robert Drewe (ed) The Best Australian Stories 2007 Melbourne, Black Inc Press. November 2007. 
• Breen, S. ‘Talking About My Generation.’ The Courier Mail. October 16th: 14 2007.
• Breen, S. ‘A Revealed Life: The Contemporary Memoir’ with Gideon Haigh, Bille Brown, Georgia Blain & Joanna Mendlesson. The Mint, Sydney Writers Festival. 31st May 2007. [Guest Speaker]
• Breen, S. ‘Mac Attack’ In Julianne Shultz (ed) A Revealed Life: Australian Writers and their Journeys in Memoir. Sydney: ABC Books. May 2007. 
• Breen, S. ‘The Valley’ In Phillip Edmonds & Dominique Wilson (eds). Wet Ink: Literary Journal. Adelaide: University of Adelaide. March, 2007.
• Breen, S. ‘High Rise to Heaven’ The Weekend Australian Review: November 11-12: 12-13. 2006.
• Breen, S & Pechey, S. (eds) The Rumours Are True: New Writing from QUT. QUT Publications, November 2006.
• Breen, S. ‘The Hanging Garden’ in Julianne Shultz (ed) The Griffith Review: The Trouble with Paradise Edition 14: Summer 2006.
• Breen, S. ‘Rockstars’ In Michael Wilding & David Myers (eds). Confessions and Memoirs. Rockhampton: Central Queensland University Press: September 2006.
• Breen, S. ‘The Next Big Thing’ With Tara June Winch, Daniel Wynne, and Will Elliott. Green Marque, Brisbane Writers Festival, September 2006 [Guest Reading]
• Breen, S. “The Meal Thing” The Age August 5: 12-13 2006.
• Breen, S. “Mac Attack” in Julianne Schultz (ed) The Griffith Review: The Next Big Thing Edition 13 Spring 2006.
• Breen, S. ‘Hollywood Made Me’ Extract from Future Frontier. In Paula Burnett (ed). Citing Cities. EnterText. London: Brunel University. Vol. 5 No. 2. (March 2006)
• Breen, S. ‘Hate Street’ In Phillip Edmonds & Dominique Wilson (eds). Wet Ink: Literary Journal. Adelaide: University of Adelaide. December, 2005.
• Breen, S. ‘Vertical Vegas’ In Michael Wilding & David Myers (eds).Travellers Tales. Rockhampton: Central Queensland University Press. November, 2005.
• Breen, S. ‘Megan’ In Philament: On-line Journal of the Arts and Culture. Sydney: Department of English, University of Sydney. December 2005.
• Breen, S. ‘McDonalds.’ Swingin’ Safari, Salon Noir, September, 2005. [Guest Reading]
• Breen, S. ‘Coming of Age.’ With Chiasmus: Griffith University Creative Writing Collective. Elsewhere Bar, Surfers Paradise. August 2005. [Guest Reading]
• Breen, S. ‘Rockstars.’ With Chiasmus: Griffith University Creative Writing Collective. Elsewhere Bar, Surfers Paradise. June 2005. [Guest Reading]
• Breen, S. 'From Ante Up.' In Michael Wilding & David Myers (eds). Best Stories Under The Sun. Rockhampton: Central Queensland University Press. 2004.
• Breen, S. From 'Best Stories Under the Sun.' Readers Marquee. BrisbaneWriters Festival, September 2004 [Launch Reading]
• Breen, S. 'The Concrete Corridor ' Strategising Impermanence in the New Frontier City.'In Tom O'Regan, Lisanne Gibson & Paul Jeffcut (eds).Creative Networksol. 112 August 2004.
• Breen, S. 'From Ante Up.' In Brian Dibble (ed). Anthology of Australasian Stories. Perth and Katmandu: Australian Association of Writing Programs in Association with Spiny Babbler Publications. 2003.
• Breen, S. 'This Puzzled Rupunzel' In (ed). Veranda 14. Literary Journal. University of Melbourne. August 1999.
• Breen, S. 'This Puzzled Rupunzel' Melbourne Writers Festival, 1999. [Guest Reading]
• Breen, S. 'Starbucks, Anger is What Makes America Great & Buslines'. In Sally Breen (ed) Perturbances. Post Hoc Performing Word Company Anthology. School of Arts Griffith University Gold Coast in Association WIP Writers In Profile, October 1999.