Adelaide PEN committee

Prof. Nicholas Jose Advisor Nicholas Jose is co-founder of Adelaide PEN and, as past President and life member of Sydney PEN, is its Advisor. Nicholas holds the Chair of Creative Writing at the University of Adelaide and has published short stories, essays, translations, a memoir, and several acclaimed novels.		Dominique Wilson Chair Dominique Wilson is a writer, and Co-managing Editor of Wet Ink Magazine. Her short fiction has been published in anthologies, journals and newspapers, and read on radio, and one of her short stories has been made into a short film. She is currently studying for a PhD.
Jude Aquilina Treasurer Jude Aquilina is a poet with two collections published by Wakefield Press. Her poems appear in newspapers and literary journals across Australia and in the UK and US. Jude was the inaugural poet for the innovative Coriole Wines Poet Series with her poems appearing on the labels of a wine named after her.		Tony Brooks Convenor, Letter Writing Subcommittee / Planning Committee Tony Brooks is a poet, performer and well-known Adelaide playwright and novelist. He is an ex Royal Navy man and high school teacher who has worked as actor, director, and stage manager at professional and amateur levels. He confesses to writing dozens of poems that he sometimes performs in public.
Dr Heather Taylor Johnson Convenor, Fundraising Subcommittee Heather has a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Adelaide and is a poetry editor of Wet Ink. Her poetry and short fiction has been published in lit mags and anthologies in Australia, the UK and America. Heather was longlisted in the Vogel Literary Award in 2005.		Dr Anne-Marie Smith Planning Committee A community-oriented person and full-time writer, Anne-Marie Smith has worked in a prison and with Amnesty International. Editing an anthology on culture for The Multicultural Writers Association of Australia, she is a linguist who worked in Western Australia in community development and as tertiary lecturer in Australia and overseas.
Patrick Allington Membership officer Patrick Allington is a freelance writer, critic, editor and researcher. His short fiction and essays have appeared in Griffith Review, Southerly and elsewhere. His critical writings appear regularly in publications such as Australian Book Review and The Advertiser (Adelaide). In 2007 he was awarded an Australia Council grant for his novel-in-progress, Potatoes In All Their Glory.