Talie Helene

Experience

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  Freelance

  May 2006 - now

  Talie was News Editor for the Australian Horror Writers’ Association for four years (2006-2010), for which she received a Ditmar nomination for Best Professional Achievement.As Horror Editor for the anthology series The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror, co-edited with Liz Grzyb (Fantasy) for Ticonderoga Publications, she has been awarded an Aurealis Award for Best Anthology, and awarded a Tin Duck Award for Best West Australian Professional Production, and has been additionally nominated for sixteen other awards for the anthology. The preface essay co-authored with Liz Grzyb has been twice nominated for the William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism and Review.Talie has worked as both Entertainment Editor and Music Editor on The Box Magazine, managed by the Box Hill Institute Student Media Committee.She operates a boutique editing and copywriting service, Killer Content Communications, catering to outstanding genre artists, musicians and businesses. Show less Talie has had poetry published in journals including Midnight Echo, Voiceworks, Avant, Inkshed, Wild Musette, and Mary Manning's textbook About Poetry (Oxford University Press). Her co-authored short story (with Martin Livings) first published in paranormal romance anthology More Scary Kisses won the Tin Duck Award for Best West Australian Professional Short Written Work, in addition to being nominated for the Ditmar Award for Best Short Story. Publisher’s Weekly described the story as “hypnotic and heartwarming.” Talie was the first mentee to undertake a short fiction mentorship with the iconic Paul Haines within the AHWA Mentorship program.Talie has appeared on panels at Aussiecon 4, Dirty Words (a writers' flash festival), Continuum 5- Galaxies By Gaslight, and presented a lecture 'Heavy Metal Monsters' on the influence of Stephen King, H.P. Lovecraft, and Edgar Allan Poe in metal music at the 2010 World Science Fiction Convention. She has served as Jury Chair and Judge for two years on the Short Fiction Jury for the Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement in Horror Fiction, which is awarded by the international Horror Writers’ Association. The preface essay for The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror, co-authored with Liz Grzyb, has been twice nominated for the William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism and Review. Talie’s music and arts journalism has been published in Q-Mag: The Magazine of the Queensland Writers’ Centre, Zero Tolerance Magazine (UK), Raw Nerve, Widdershins, The Box Magazine, The Sound Monitor, HorrorScope, Beat, and the Melbourne Polytechnic website. Show less

  • Editor

    May 2006 - now

  • Writer

    May 2006 - now
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  Talie & The Lost Art

  May 2008 - now

  Freelance Composer & Musician

  As a musician Talie has performed with Wendy Rule Band, Melbourne Georgian Choir, Eden, Saba Persian Orchestra, Adesso, Maroondah Symphony (principal contrabass), The Tenth Stage, Hobbs' Angel of Death, Portrayal, and a choir supporting Wendy Matthews and Julian Lennon on the ARIA Awards. Talie sings extensively on Wendy Rule's 'Persephone' double album, voicing Priestesses of Demeter and Persephone; the album has been listed as a comparative mythology study resource at the Joseph Campbell Centre in California. Talie performed and presented at an interdisciplinary exploration of beauty in horror titled ‘Dark Delights’ with Kirstyn McDermott and Kyla Ward for Continuum Convention. Talie composed and performed an original underscore to accompany the launch reading of Jason Nahrung’s vampire novella ‘Salvage’ at the Twelfth Planet Press Showcase at Melbourne Writers Festival. Talie lives in Melbourne and is beautifully lost between her literary and compositional practice as she undertakes a Bachelor of Music (Interactive Composition) at the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music - Victorian College of the Arts and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. Show less

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  Ticonderoga Publications

  Oct 2010 - Oct 2018

  Editor

  Ticonderoga Publications, Editor, 2010-2018.One of Australia’s most respected independent publishers of speculative fiction. Key Responsibilities • Horror Editor, The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy & Horror. • Co-author ‘The Year in Review’ preface essay. • Managing communication and relationships with publishing stakeholders. Key Achievements • Aurealis Award Winner for Best Anthology. • Twice Nominated for The William Atheling Jnr. Award for Criticism & Review.• Nominated for twenty one publishing awards over a decade. Show less

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  Toyland Recording Studio

  Aug 2013 - now

  Toyland Recording Studio, boutique music production and creative media studio. Key Responsibilities • Studio Operations Support & Maintenance. • Audio Editing & Post-Production. Key Achievements • Audio Editing ‘Nothing Compares To Prince’ TVC (Television Commercial) under Audio Direction of Adam Calaitzis. Writing about music technology and creative collaboration. Key Responsibilities • Marketing Writing & Social Media Content.• Booking & Inductions Correspondence. Key Achievements • Studio Blogs• Studio News regularly published in Audio Technology magazine.

  • Assistant Engineer

    Aug 2013 - now

  • Communications Consultant

    Aug 2013 - now
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  Melbourne Polytechnic

  May 2017 - May 2019

  A Performing Arts department delivering Vocational Education & Training in Music Industry (Performance), Sound Production, and Live Production. Key Responsibilities • After-hours recording studio and theatre access and technical support to students and staff. • Maintaining equipment, assessing repair orders, and creating an equipment database. • Facilitating student access to spaces, and the borrowing and return of music and sound assets by students. Key Achievements • Authoring Complete Music & Sound Equipment Database. • Producing voice overs for Melbourne Polytechnic Wine Tasting, Sommelier & Viticulture Courses Promotion. Show less

  • Performing Arts Technical Support

    May 2017 - May 2019

  • Social Media Coordinator

    May 2017 - May 2019
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  Atelier Puglisi

  Mar 2021 - Dec 2021

  Showroom Manager

  One of Australia's premier string instrument workshops and showroom.

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  University of Melbourne

  Mar 2021 - Jul 2021

  ITAS Tutor - Murrup Barak

  The Art of Games Music - Individual Academic Support - Indigenous Tutorial Assistance Scheme

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  University of Melbourne

  Oct 2023 - now

  Student Library Assistants (SLAs) are required to perform a variety of tasks; these include processing and shelving of library materials, and collection maintenance. SLAs are expected to provide excellent service through a clear, responsive, and consistent experience to fellow students and other library patrons. SLAs will be required to work in a professional and welcoming manner that is flexible, results-orientated and knowledgeable towards library patron needs. They greet patrons, answer basic enquiries and actively contribute to establishing and maintaining a positive workplace environment that is clean, safe and well ordered. This will require a general knowledge of library catalogues, databases, facilities and services. Excellent problem-solving skills, and experience in working in a team and service environment is desirable. Compliance with University policies and procedures on privacy, equal opportunity, records management, Health and Safety is required. Show less Working in the Chancellery Research and Enterprise (CRE) team, the Content Creation and Communication Support Officer is supporting a significant rewrite and reorganisation of the Graduate Research Training and Supervision policies. They will be merged into one policy and introduce a new requirement of a viva voce for PhD examinations. This will need to be supported by extensive explanatory material and a communications change plan. Over the period of contract, the Content Creation and Communication Support Officer is expected to develop or curate the supporting materials and manage the communications roll out.Key Selection Criteria:Excellent written and verbal communicationProblem solving and initiativeOrganisational skillsTechnical Criteria: MS Suite (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint)Eligibility: Experience developing explanatory guides is highly desirable Show less

  • Library Assistant

    Feb 2023 - now

  • Communications and Content Support Officer

    Oct 2023 - Dec 2023