VCE Literature Network: New texts for 2027

Join editor Briony Schroor and the VATE Literature Perspectives writers as they discuss the new texts for the 2027 VCE Literature text list.

This online event is your opportunity to hear directly from teachers who have an intimate knowledge of the new texts. Each writer will speak for 15 minutes, sharing their insights into the themes, ideas and issues presented in each text, as well as the ways in which each text could be used to fulfil the requirements of the Study Design.

Monday 27 July

• Blakwork by Alison Whittaker (Philip Thiel, Mac.Robertson Girls High School)
• Silas Marner by George Eliot (Elspeth Maddocks, Methodist Ladies' College)
• The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje (Kaz Lynch, Virtual Schools Victoria)

Tuesday 28 July

• Change Your Life by Rainer Maria Rilke, (Blair Mahoney, Melbourne High School)
• Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri (Marjan Mossammaparast)
• White Cat, Black Dog by Kelly Link (Lee McQueen, Eltham High School)

Thursday 30 July

• Counting & Cracking by S. Shakthidharan (Anna Purcell, Mac.Robertson Girls High School)
• The Queen is Dead by Stan Grant (Angela Keam, Loreto Mandeville Hall)
• Do Not Go Gentle by Patricia Cornelius (Natalie Henry, Montmorency Secondary College)

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Cancellations must be emailed to events@vate.org.au. Cancellations received by 12pm five working days prior to the event date will be charged a 15% cancellation fee. Cancellations received after this will receive NO REFUND. Registrations can, however, be transferred to another staff member. Please email events@vate.org.au the details. If you do not attend and have not notified VATE according to the above policy, you will receive no refund.  Please note: If this event is cancelled due to COVID government or venue restrictions, you will receive a full refund.