Rebecca Harkins-Cross

About

Rebecca Harkins-Cross is a non-fiction writer and cultural critic. Based in Melbourne, her work has been published widely in journals and periodicals across Australia and the world.

She is currently completing a PhD in Creative Writing at Monash University and finalising her debut essay collection Terror Australis: Essays on Film and Home. Past roles include theatre critic at the Age, film editor at The Big Issue and long-running film columnist at The Lifted Brow.

Rebecca will be a Fulbright Scholar at Columbia School of the Arts’ Writing Program in New York City in 2021.

Past Events

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The Next Big Thing

September: Hot Desk Edition

Meaghan Bell, Elin-Maria Evangelista, Chad Parkhill, Rebecca Harkins-Cross, Kieran Stevenson, Ender Baskan

15 Sep

New News by the Centre for Advancing Journalism

Cultural Cringe: The Role of the Arts Critic in Australia

Anders Furze, Rebecca Harkins-Cross, Jonathan Green, Ramona Koval, Jason Di Rosso

8 Oct

Double Booked Club

Carrie Tiffany and Peggy Frew

Carrie Tiffany, Peggy Frew, Rebecca Harkins-Cross

12 Apr

Reloading Loaded

Christos Tsiolkas, Dan Giovannoni, Stephen Nicolazzo, Rebecca Harkins-Cross

10 Nov

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