saskia beudel


Saskia is the author of the novel Borrowed Eyes (Picador), which was shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards and the Dobbie Award. Her essays have been anthologised in Best Australian Essays and appeared in a range of literary journals. She recently completed a PhD at UTS. Her thesis, titled Walking Notes: Memoir with Landscape, is a nonfiction meditation on landscape, memory, ecology and memoir. It explores in detail particular landscapes and their eliciting of memory, both personal and cultural. It also elaborates the diverse ways in which these landscapes have been understood. She holds a BA in Fine Art (RMIT), and an MA completed in the School of Culture and Communication (formerly Department of English with Cultural Studies) at The University of Melbourne.

Saskia is currently a Research Associate at the University of New South Wales doing research and writing for a project titled Curating Cities: The Social and Ecological Potential of Public Art Practice. The project is led by the National Institute for Experimental Arts director, Professor Jill Bennett.
 

Selected Publications

Novel
  • Beudel, S. (2002) Borrowed Eyes. (Picador: Sydney)

Essays
  • Beudel, S. (forthcoming) ‘Ground Glass’, The Iowa Review
  • Beudel, S. (2009) ‘City of Skies,’ HEAT, 21, 119–134
  • Beudel, S. (2008) ‘View from Yuendumu Mining Store,’ HEAT, 18, 33–37
  • Beudel, S. (2008) ‘Desert Grasslands’, Overland, 181, 20–26
  • Beudel, S. (2006) ‘Walking: Western MacDonnell Ranges’, Best Australian Essays 2006, Drusilla Modjeska (ed), BlackInc, 292–310
  • Beudel, S. (2005) ‘Walking: Western MacDonnell Ranges’, HEAT, 10, 7–25
  • Beudel, S. (1999) ‘Borrowed Room’ Meanjin, 58.1, 40–44

Review Essay
  • Beudel, S. (2007) ‘Kim Mahood’s Evolving Geographies,’ Australian Humanities Review, 42, August 2007