Eye of a rook
Author Identifier (ORCID)
Non-Traditional Research Output
Original Creative Work
Document Type
Non-Traditional Research Output
Date of Publication
1-1-2021
Research Statement
Research Background
The work was competitively selected to début as part of the 2020 Perth International Jazz Festival. Reviews are ongoing. It was also selected to be featured on ABC Jazz, heard both nationally and internationally.
Research Contribution
Drawing upon the author’s PhD thesis and subsequent research, Eye of a Rook contributes to a newly burgeoning field in literature detailing female disorder. It also contributes to the existing literature on vulvodynia (chronic vulvar pain) in medical journals and informational texts. The book’s innovation is twofold: it communicates the experience of chronic female disorder in the form of fiction as opposed to memoir, thus engaging a broader readership; and it communicates the lived experience of the disorder rather than offering information or advice, constituting an example of embodied knowledge for clinicians. The creation of specific characters and storylines also enlarges current generalised understandings of chronic pain.
Research Significance
Eye of a Rook received significant critical and commercial engagement on release, featuring in multiple forums with such writers as Tegan Bennett Daylight, Cassandra Atherton, Lee Kofman and Amanda Curtin. On the strength of the publication, Josephine was selected as 2022 Emerging Writer-in-Residence at Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers’ Centre. Sixteen months after release, Josephine was shortlisted for Eye of a Rook in the 2022 WA Premier’s Literary Awards.
Publisher
Fremantle Press
School
School of Arts and Humanities
RAS ID
45246
ISBN
9781925816716
Copyright
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Comments
Taylor, J. (2021). Eye of a rook. Fremantle Press. https://fremantlepress.com.au/books/eye-of-a-rook/