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Gabrielle Carey holds a Master of Arts (English) from the Australian Catholic University and a Doctorate of Creative Arts (Writing) from the University of Western Sydney.
Her Masters thesis was titled 'From Transcendence to Immanence — the development of the concept of the divine in the poetry of Judith Beveridge.'
The theoretical component of her doctorate, otherwise known as the exegesis, focussed on the personal essay. A PDF copy can be downloaded here.
For the past 13 years Carey has taught writing at various universities including the University of Canberra, the University of Western Sydney and the University of Sydney. She currently teaches writing at the University of Technology, Sydney.
James Joyce
Gabrielle Carey has a long-held interest in James Joyce. In 2004 she gave a paper 'Joyce and Gene-Splicing' at the James Joyce Ulysses Centenary Conference in Dublin. In that same year she coordinated various events sponsored by the University of Western Sydney on behalf of the Sydney Writers' Festival. These included readings and talks from international Joycean scholars Vicki Mahaffey (University of Illinois) and Daniel Ferrer (Institut des Textes et Manuscrits Modernes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris).
For many years Carey has coordinated, with colleague and friend Miri Jassy, various events to mark Bloomsday on June 16th. Most recently, in 2008, professional actors, including Tracy Mann as Molly, read extracts from Ulysses in the Friend in Hand pub in Glebe.
Since 2002 Carey has also coordinated the Finnegans Wake Reading Group, held on the afternoon of the last Sunday of each month. People interested in joining the group can email jassinboots@gmail.com.
Most recently Carey has contributed to a forthcoming critical collection about Joyce's book of short stories, Dubliners. The collection of co-written essays, titled Collaborative Dubliners, is edited by Professor Vicki Mahaffey of the University of Illinois, and will be published by Syracuse University Press in 2010. The book includes contributions from many of the world's most renowned Joycean scholars.
Carey has a keen interest in wine and particularly the wine industry in Australia. Her mother, Joan Carey (nee Ferguson) grew up on the Houghton vineyard in Western Australia. Dr John Ferguson, Gabrielle Carey's great, great, great grandfather, was one of the pioneers of the Australian wine industry.
Carey's first writing on wine, When Life was Swill, was published in the Sydney Morning Herald on January 26, 2005. Since then she has continued her research into the wine industry in Australia, particularly from the point of view of social history. Currently she is conducting research for a book, The Grapevine. Her co-author and researcher is Dr David Aylward of the Research Office at the University of Technology, Sydney. They are supported in their research by the University's Creative Practices Research Strength.