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Scholarly & Creative Record

Publications

A record of published work spanning fourteen years, covering poetry, photography, and collaborative research.

Authorship Note: Creative and scholarly work is published as Ash Hall (Ashlar Hall). Earlier works carry the byline Maggie Hall as printed. Both names refer to the same person.

Published Works

Year Title & Publisher Role & Notes
2015 Histories of the Future Walleah Press, Hobart Poetry and photographs. Collaborative with Martin Edmond.
"A triumph for both authors." — Sydney Morning Herald
2014 Battarbee and Namatjira Giramondo, Sydney Credited co-researcher and photographer; Central Australia field research. From Edmond's DCA, Western Sydney University.
2013 Eternities Otoliths, Rockhampton Photographs of Sydney locales; prose by Edmond.
2012 The Place of Stones Holloway Press, University of Auckland Colour photographs; five landscape essays by Edmond. Fine-press edition.
c.2012 The Caves Self-published artist's book Poetry and photography. Critical preface by Martin Edmond. Earliest standalone publication.
Anthologies & Periodicals
2017— Studio La Primitive Arts Zine Ongoing contributions, writing and images. 32+ issues archived in the National Library of Australia via TROVE.
c.2022 CAPS Poetry 25th Anniversary Anthology Poem: "Kitchen Rules". Hudson Valley, New York, USA.
c.2019 Spirit of Fire & Dust Anthology Poem: "Frankincense I: A Translation". Allographia Press, Coventry, UK.
2017 Exhilaration — Newcastle Poetry at the Pub Poems: "Lamb" and "The Antipodean". Eds. Dael Allison and Geoff Nicholls.

In Progress

Active The Vitruvian Poems Manuscript — unpublished Full-length poetry collection in manuscript, built around a single governing idea: Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian figure reread not as an ideal to strive toward, but as evidence that every body is already proportionate to itself. The collection moves in an arc from enclosure to exposure. Research and writing for the final section will take place during a residency at Buckfast Abbey, following a preceding stop in Venice. It is supported by three previously published poems from the back catalogue: "Lamb", "Frankincense I", and "Kitchen Rules". Subject of Creative Australia Arts Projects application.
Draft The Book of Circe — The Aeaea Cycle Trilogy, biblical register. Delivered as illuminated manuscript.
Dev. The Collector Literary biography. Built around a 2017 diary.
Dev. The Hidden Route Speculative history.
Series Sweet Dreams: Neural Network Edition YA fiction series (3 titles): Optimizing for Love, Cached Memories, Infinite Loops. Co-authored with Claude as Hall & Claude.
Author's Note: These works are the result of a collaborative partnership between Hall and Claude. Claude contributed throughout the development of the series, and they were instrumental in the world-building and character arcs.