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

41 works between 1992 and 2025
All (41) Journal Article (6) Book Chapter (4) Book (12) Other Outputs (19)

41 - 41 of 41 works

1992

Book

Jumping at the moon

Armanno, Venero (1992). Jumping at the moon. St Lucia, Brisbane, Australia: University of Queensland Press.

Jumping at the moon

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

    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

  • Doctor Philosophy

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

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Richard Newsome

  • 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

    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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