Associate Professor Venero Armanno
Associate Professor

Venero Armanno

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Background

Venero Armanno has published two collections of short stories and twelve novels, four of which have been published internationally. In 2002 his novel The Volcano won Best Australian Fiction Book in the Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards, and the same novel was shortlisted for the Courier Mail Book of the Year Award. Two years earlier his novel Firehead was shortlisted in the Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards. His latest publications are The Rays Slip Away and Thunder on the Mountain, as well as the first international publication of an earlier novel, Black Mountain. His short stories have been anthologised internationally, including publications in Barcelona, Hungary, Canada and Serbia. As well as writing for adults, Venero has three illustrated books for younger readers. Also a scriptwriter, Venero has worked with a number of production companies, including Tristram Miall Films (Strictly Ballroom, Children of the Revolution, Looking for Alibrandi) and Liberty Films (Fire, Medivac, The Day of the Roses), on film adaptations of his novels.

Looking ahead, Venero has novellas, an anthology, and a new book being readied for publication through 2025 and 2026.

Availability

Associate Professor Venero Armanno is:
Available for supervision
Media expert

Qualifications

  • Postgraduate Diploma, Australian Film Television and Radio School
  • Masters (Coursework), Queensland University of Technology
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Queensland University of Technology

Research interests

  • Issues of aging, sexuality and male violence

Research impacts

Issues of aging, male sexuality and male violence.

Search Professor Venero Armanno’s works on UQ eSpace

39 works between 1992 and 2025
All (39) Journal Article (9) Book Chapter (7) Book (20) Other Outputs (3)

1 - 20 of 39 works

Featured

2015

Book Chapter

I asked the angels for inspiration

Armanno, Venero (2015). I asked the angels for inspiration. Bareknuckle Poet Anthology 001 2015. Australia: Bareknuckle Books.

I asked the angels for inspiration

2025

Book

Thunder on the Mountain

Armanno, Venero (2025). Thunder on the Mountain. Hornsea, United Kingdom: PS Publishing.

Thunder on the Mountain

2025

Book

The Rays Slip Away

Armanno, Venero (2025). The Rays Slip Away. Hornsea, United Kingdom: PS Publishing.

The Rays Slip Away

2024

Book

Travel under any star

Armanno, Venero (2024). Travel under any star. Revised ed. Balmain, NSW, Australia: Ligature.

Travel under any star

2023

Book Chapter

Agnews Book Exchange

Armanno, Venero (2023). Agnews Book Exchange. Brisbane bookshops. (pp. 213-221) edited by Anne Richards, Matthew Wengert and Bianca Millroy. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: AndAlso Books.

Agnews Book Exchange

2022

Book

Jumping at the moon

Armanno, Venero (2022). Jumping at the moon. 2nd edn. ed. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Booktopia Publishing.

Jumping at the moon

2020

Book

The Crying Forest

Armanno, Venero (2020). The Crying Forest. Melbourne, Australia: IFWG Australia.

The Crying Forest

2017

Book

Burning down

Armanno, Venero (2017). Burning down. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland Press.

Burning down

2016

Journal Article

The Sleeping Stranger

Armanno, Venero (2016). The Sleeping Stranger. Kill Your Darlings.

The Sleeping Stranger

2016

Book Chapter

Heat Treatment

Armanno, Venero (2016). Heat Treatment. Dreaming in the Dark. (pp. 215-231) edited by Jack Dann. Hornsea, United Kingdom: PS Publishing UK.

Heat Treatment

2016

Book

Travel under any star: collected stories

Armanno, Venero (2016). Travel under any star: collected stories. Brisbane, Australia: Bareknuckle Books.

Travel under any star: collected stories

2014

Other Outputs

The currents

Armanno, Venero (2014). The currents. Melbourne, Australia: Review of Australian Fiction.

The currents

2012

Journal Article

Polar opposites driven to seek their fortunes

Armanno, Venero (2012). Polar opposites driven to seek their fortunes. Weekend Australian

Polar opposites driven to seek their fortunes

2012

Journal Article

Review of THE MIDNIGHT PROMISE by Zane Lovitt Text Publishing, $29.99 pb, 283 pp, 9781921922930

Armanno, Venero (2012). Review of THE MIDNIGHT PROMISE by Zane Lovitt Text Publishing, $29.99 pb, 283 pp, 9781921922930. The Australian

Review of THE MIDNIGHT PROMISE by Zane Lovitt Text Publishing, $29.99 pb, 283 pp, 9781921922930

2012

Other Outputs

Moon: libretto

Armanno, Venero (2012). Moon: libretto. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The Australian Voices.

Moon: libretto

2012

Book

Black Mountain

Armanno, Venero (2012). Black Mountain. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland Press.

Black Mountain

2012

Journal Article

dinner for a recent widower

Armanno, Venero (2012). dinner for a recent widower. Carmenta

dinner for a recent widower

2012

Journal Article

Sugarbaby

Armanno, Venero (2012). Sugarbaby. Review of Australian Fiction

Sugarbaby

2011

Journal Article

A new meaning to saying it with flowers

Armanno, Venero (2011). A new meaning to saying it with flowers. Weekend Australian

A new meaning to saying it with flowers

2011

Journal Article

Review of Mary Ann in Autumn By Armistead Maupin Doubleday

Armanno, Venero (2011). Review of Mary Ann in Autumn By Armistead Maupin Doubleday. The Australian

Review of Mary Ann in Autumn By Armistead Maupin Doubleday

Past funding

  • 2005 - 2006
    Goodbless and Godless: Two Linked Novels
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2005
    Godbless: A social and cultural history of 20th Century Moggill
    The Library Board of Queensland
    Open grant

Availability

Associate Professor Venero Armanno is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Start with a Bang: The Critical Nature of Perilous Beginnings in Australian Crime Fiction Writing and Publishing.

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Kim Wilkins

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Story as research: unearthing truths about folklore, QAnon and community generated narratives through imaginative fiction

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Richard Newsome

  • Master Philosophy

    The Remake: Generation Loss Across Iterations of Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Kim Wilkins

  • Master Philosophy

    The Remake: Generation Loss Across Iterations of Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Kim Wilkins

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Fortune: Negotiating cross-cultural stories in a colonised world - creative approaches to ethical screenwriting.

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Richard Newsome

  • Master Philosophy

    The Remake: Generation Loss Across Iterations of Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Kim Wilkins

  • Master Philosophy

    Radical language: narrativising obfuscation in contemporary fiction

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Richard Newsome

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Narrative Techniques in Concept Albums

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Katelyn Barney, Dr Leah Henrickson

Completed supervision

Enquiries

Contact Associate Professor Venero Armanno directly for media enquiries about:

  • Books - reviewing
  • Creative writing
  • Fiction
  • Films - reviewing
  • Reviewing films and books
  • Scriptwriting

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