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Associate Professor Venero Armanno

Associate Professor

School of Communication and Arts
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
v.armanno@uq.edu.au
+61 7 334 69454

Overview

Veny has published two collections of short stories and ten novels, three 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. His latest novel, Burning Down, was published in 2017. His short stories have been anthologised internationally, including publications in Barcelona, Hungary, Canada and Serbia. As well as writing for adults, Veny has three illustrated books for younger readers. Also a scriptwriter, Veny 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, The Loves of Lionel's Life), on film adaptations of his novels.

Research Interests

  • Issues of aging, sexuality and male violence

Research Impacts

Issues of aging, male sexuality and male violence.

Qualifications

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

Publications

  • Other Outputs: Travel under any star

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

  • Other Outputs: 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.

  • Other Outputs: I asked the angels for inspiration

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

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Grants

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Supervision

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Publications

Featured Publications

Book

  • The Dirty Beat

    Armanno, Venero (2007). The Dirty Beat. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland Press.

  • Candle life

    Armanno, Venero (2006). Candle life. Milsons Point, NSW, Australia: Random House Australia.

  • The very super adventures of Nic and Naomi

    Armanno, Venero and Pignataro, Anna (2002). The very super adventures of Nic and Naomi. Melbourne: Lothian Press.

  • The Volcano

    Armanno, Venero (2001). The Volcano. 1 ed. Australia: Random House Australia.

  • The Ghost of Love Street

    Armanno, Venero and Pearson, David (2000). The Ghost of Love Street. New York : London: Franklin Watts.

  • Firehead

    Armanno, Venero (1999). Firehead. Milson's Point, NSW, Australia: Random House Australia.

  • The ghost of Deadman's Beach

    Armanno, Venero (1998). The ghost of Deadman's Beach. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Lothian Press.

  • Strange Rain

    Armanno, Venero (1996). Strange Rain. NSW: Vintage Australia.

  • My Beautiful Friend

    Armanno, Venero (1995). My Beautiful Friend. NSW: Vintage Australia.

  • Romeo of the Underworld

    Armanno, Venero (1994). Romeo of the Underworld. Sydney: Picador.

  • The Lonely Hunter

    Armanno, Venero (1993). The Lonely Hunter. Sydney: Picador.

  • Jumping at the moon

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

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.

  • 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.

  • 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..

  • The Boys' Hut

    Armanno, Venero (2003). The Boys' Hut. Acts of Dog. (pp. 165-190) edited by Adelaide, Debra. Milsons Point, New South Wales, Australia: Vintage Australia.

Journal Article

Other Outputs

  • Travel under any star

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

  • 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.

  • Jumping at the moon

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

  • The Crying Forest

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

  • Burning down

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

  • The Sleeping Stranger

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

  • Heat Treatment

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

  • Travel under any star: collected stories

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

  • I asked the angels for inspiration

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

  • The currents

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

  • Moon: libretto

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

  • Black Mountain

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

  • Sugarbaby

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

  • dinner for a recent widower

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

  • Presidentsland [libretto]

    Armanno, Venero (2009). Presidentsland [libretto]. Brisbane, Australia: Queensland Music Festival.

Grants (Administered at UQ)

PhD and MPhil Supervision

Current Supervision

  • Portraying Hong Kong identity beyond the limits of the literary label 'Asian-Australian'

    Master Philosophy — Principal Advisor

    Other advisors:

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

    Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

    Other advisors:

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

    Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

    Other advisors:

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

    Master Philosophy — Principal Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • Radical language: narrativising obfuscation in contemporary fiction

    Master Philosophy — Principal Advisor

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

    Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

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  • Narrative Techniques in Concept Albums

    Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

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Completed Supervision

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

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