Overview
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
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Issues of aging, sexuality and male violence
Research impacts
Issues of aging, male sexuality and male violence.
Works
Search Professor Venero Armanno’s works on UQ eSpace
2009
Other Outputs
“The Crossroads” by Niccolo Ammaniti
Armanno, Venero (2009, 01 19). “The Crossroads” by Niccolo Ammaniti The Australian
2008
Other Outputs
“The Slap” by Christos Tsiolkas
Armanno, Venero (2008, 10 27). “The Slap” by Christos Tsiolkas The Australian
2008
Other Outputs
“Someone Knows My Name” by Lawrence Hill
Armanno, Venero (2008, 09 28). “Someone Knows My Name” by Lawrence Hill The Australian
2008
Other Outputs
A most wanted man By John le Carre
Armanno, Venero (2008, 09 22). A most wanted man By John le Carre The Weekend Australian
2008
Other Outputs
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
Armanno, Venero (2008, 09 16). What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami The Australian
2008
Other Outputs
Bone by bone by Tony Johnston
Armanno, Venero (2008, 08 18). Bone by bone by Tony Johnston The Australian
2008
Other Outputs
“Nightwork” by Thomas Glavinic
Armanno, Venero (2008, 07 29). “Nightwork” by Thomas Glavinic The Australian
2008
Other Outputs
“Human Love” by Andrei Makine
Armanno, Venero (2008, 07 20). “Human Love” by Andrei Makine The Australian
2008
Other Outputs
“The Museum of Dr Moses” by Joyce Carol Oates
Armanno, Venero (2008, 06 02). “The Museum of Dr Moses” by Joyce Carol Oates The Australian
2007
Journal Article
In the shadow of the volcano
Armanno, V. (2007). In the shadow of the volcano. Studi Emigrazione, 44 (168), 795-805.
2007
Book Chapter
The Sleeping Stranger
Armanno, Venero (2007). The Sleeping Stranger. One book many Brisbanes : second anthology of Brisbane stories. (pp. 1-9) Brisbane, QLD Australia: Brisbane City Council.
2007
Book
The Dirty Beat
Armanno, Venero (2007). The Dirty Beat. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland Press.
2007
Book Chapter
Under the volcano
Armanno, Venero (2007). Under the volcano. Literary and social diasporas. An Italian Australian perspective. (pp. 21-30) edited by Gaetano Rando and Gerry Turcotte. Bristol, United Kingdom: Peter Lang.
2006
Book
Candle life
Armanno, Venero (2006). Candle life. Milsons Point, NSW, Australia: Random House Australia.
2006
Book Chapter
I Feel So Strong
Armanno, Venero (2006). I Feel So Strong. Best Australian Stories 2006. (pp. 9-17) edited by Drewe, Robert. Melbourne, Australia: Black Inc..
2005
Other Outputs
Graham Greene: The Writer Within
Armanno, Venero (2005, 09 13). Graham Greene: The Writer Within The Australian
2005
Other Outputs
The contortionist’s handbook by Craig Clevenger
Armanno, Venero (2005, 07 11). The contortionist’s handbook by Craig Clevenger Courier Mail
2005
Other Outputs
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Armanno, Venero (2005, 04 26). Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami The Courier Mail
2005
Other Outputs
The Seven Basic Plots by Christopher Booker
Armanno, Venero (2005, 01 28). The Seven Basic Plots by Christopher Booker The Courier Mail
2004
Other Outputs
The Falls by Joyce Carol Oates.
Armanno, Venero (2004, 11 29). The Falls by Joyce Carol Oates. The Courier Mail
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Venero Armanno is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Fortune: Negotiating cross-cultural stories in a colonised world - creative approaches to ethical screenwriting.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Richard Newsome
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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
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Doctor Philosophy
Story as research: unearthing truths about folklore, QAnon and community generated narratives through imaginative fiction
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Richard Newsome
Completed supervision
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2025
Master Philosophy
The Remake: Generation Loss Across Iterations of Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kim Wilkins
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2024
Master Philosophy
Portraying Hong Kong identity beyond the limits of the literary label 'Asian-Australian'
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Richard Newsome, Dr Natalie Collie
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2023
Master Philosophy
The Jillaroo / Fact and Fiction, Blood and Ink: Family Stories as Historical Fiction
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Richard Newsome
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2022
Master Philosophy
The Winter Spring and the Genius Loci: Crafting Gothic Low-Fantasy Settings that Enable the Fantastic
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Richard Newsome, Associate Professor Helen Marshall
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
The Visitor: Writing the Domestic Uncanny in 21st-Century Australian Literature
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Natalie Collie
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding Backwards, Living Forwards: How Authors Write About the Past, Present, and Future in Narratives of Ageing Males.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Natalie Collie
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Green as the Sky is Blue - a Story of Translation
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Bronwyn Lea
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
From the Source: the Normative and Anormative in Australian Television Drama Series Production
Principal Advisor
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2020
Master Philosophy
'Close to the Bones' (book 1 in the Cretin Park Chronicles), and critical essay 'Nature and Apocalypse in Young Adult Fiction: Promoting an Ecocentric Ethic'
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Natalie Collie
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2019
Master Philosophy
Girl Crazy: Domestic Noir and Feminist Criminology
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Margaret Henderson
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Watermarks: Science Fiction, Mitigation and the Mosaic Novel Structure in Australian Climate Fiction
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Natalie Collie
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Fem-punk Futures: Posthumanism, Gender, and Identity in Contemporary Women¿s Science Fiction
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Natalie Collie
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2017
Master Philosophy
Black Women Heroes and Speculative Fiction: Power, Identity and Representation
Principal Advisor
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Made in Suburbia: Intra-Suburban Narratives in Contemporary Australian Women's Fiction.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor David Carter
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2015
Master Philosophy
`Dragonfly Monsoon' and Imagined Oceans: In Search of Poem-Maps of the Swahili Seas
Principal Advisor
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Disenchantment: a novel for young adults, with a discussion of representations of Indigenous Australians and Native Americans in books for children and young adults
Principal Advisor
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2014
Master Philosophy
Polar Bears and Evil Scientists: the Novel ¿Melt¿ and the Critical Essay ¿Writing about Climate Change in Popular Fiction.¿
Principal Advisor
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2013
Master Philosophy
Under the Sint & Revolutionary Road and the Art of Pacing
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Bronwyn Lea
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2012
Master Philosophy
Fragments of Mirrors
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Lisa O'Connell
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2011
Master Philosophy
The Irrevocable Effects of Trauma on the Narrative in Georges Perec's W, or, The Memory of Childhood and Latitude: A Novel
Principal Advisor
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
The Naked Vine (A Novel) Return to the Theophanic Theatre: Shamanism, Magical Realism and the Ontology of the Imaginal Realm (A Critical Exegesis)
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Richard Hutch
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2011
Master Philosophy
Kelp: a novel; and The Endangered Spinster: Unmarried Women in Twenty-First Century Australian Fiction.
Principal Advisor
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2010
Master Philosophy
A cop, a thief, and a priest ...and some bad grammar: An unruly un-love story and the first nations fiction diction essay that goes with it.
Principal Advisor
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2008
Master Philosophy
Inheriting Italy: Homecoming and Conciliation Within Diasporic Travel Memoir
Principal Advisor
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2008
Doctor Philosophy
The Museum of the Self and Rewriting the Masculine: Exile, Return, Self-Knowledge
Principal Advisor
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2008
Master Philosophy
The Beachcomber's Bed
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Bronwyn Lea
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2008
Master Philosophy
Cherry Pie: The novel manuscript Cherry Pie, and the critical essay 'Trixie Belden: Godmother of Tart Noir?'
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kim Wilkins
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2008
Master Philosophy
You should've been here yesterday: Tales from Surfing mythology
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor David Carter
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2007
Master Philosophy
Saturn returns
Principal Advisor
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2007
Doctor Philosophy
The Other Country: A Father's Journey with Autism
Principal Advisor
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2007
Master Philosophy
'THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET EXTREMELY HAPPY' and THERE'S A TRACK WINDING BACK: THE ROAD LESS TRAVELLED
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kim Wilkins
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2006
Master Philosophy
THREE POINT TURN: THE SCREENPLAY THREE POINT TURN AND THE CRITICAL PAPER 'FIGURING DISPLACEMENT'
Principal Advisor
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2006
Master Philosophy
CAST IRON AND MAKING FICTION
Principal Advisor
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2006
Master Philosophy
DONA STELLA AND HER RIVALS
Principal Advisor
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2005
Master Philosophy
THE SAVAGE CLUB
Principal Advisor
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2005
Master Philosophy
A SUITE OF SHORTS - DIARY OF AN EMERGING FILMMAKER
Principal Advisor
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2004
Master Philosophy
THE TRIP (PROSE FICTION)
Principal Advisor
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2004
Master Philosophy
THE LAMBING FLAT - WRITING THE ORIENTAL OTHER: REPRESENTATION OF CHINESE CHARACTERS IN THREE MODERN AUSTRALIAN NOVELS
Principal Advisor
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2004
Master Philosophy
KARMIC TRAFFIC
Principal Advisor
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2003
Master Philosophy
METAPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor David Carter
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
The Girl with the Titanium Heart: The Effect of Bringing Magic Realism to Young Adult Trauma Fiction
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Helen Marshall
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2014
Master Philosophy
The Wolf-King of Rome: Viewpoint as a tool for classical reception in children's historical fiction
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kim Wilkins
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2007
Master Philosophy
A QUOTA OF HEARTBEATS: A NOVEL & THE INTERMINABLE SON: A RADIO DOCUMENTARY
Associate Advisor
Media
Enquiries
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- Books - reviewing
- Creative writing
- Fiction
- Films - reviewing
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- Scriptwriting
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