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Gillian Rennie

Lecturer in writing and editing, JMS4 independent projects co-ordinator
g.rennie@ru.ac.za
046 603 7122

Qualifications:
MPhil (Stellenbosch University), BA (UKZN), National Diploma in Journalism (Technikon Natal)

Address

Room 207 Africa Media Matrix
Upper Prince Alfred Street
Makhanda/Grahamstown

Postal address

School of Journalism and Media Studies
Rhodes University
PO Box 94
Grahamstown 6140

Industry experience

Cue editor 1999-2005
Grocott's Mail deputy editor 2004, 2007-2009
Freelancer writer 1994-2006
Editor at Department of Media and Publications, University of Natal 1990-1994
Features Editor The Natal Witness 1987-1990

Courses

JMS3: writing and editing
JMS4: writing and editing
PGDip: writing and editing

Research areas

Creative nonfiction

Research projects

PhD currently underway

Research publications

Rennie, G. (2020) "One Moment, Three Bullets, a Lifetime" in a/b: Auto/Biography Studies (forthcoming 2020)

Creative outputs

Poems in Aerodrome, Coming Home, Stitch, Avbob, Sol Plaatje European Union Anthologies.

Rennie, G. (2020) Here is the river. In: Moolman, K. and Murray, S.M. (eds.). New Contrast: South African Literary Journal 191. Cape Town: South African Literary Journal NPC.

Rennie, G. (2020) Five hundred grams. In: Moolman, K. and Murray, S.M. (eds.). New Contrast: South African Literary Journal 191. Cape Town: South African Literary Journal NPC.

Rennie, G. (2020) Bots aloes. In: Owen, H. and Fox, R. (eds.). In Tandem: Poetry to Imagery (https://nationalartsfestival.co.za/show/in-tandem-poetry-to-imagery/). Makhanda: National Arts Festival.