Life Writing is a fresh initiative in the scholarly exploration of biography and autobiography. The journal was launched in Australia in February 2004 by Professor Sally Morgan, one of the foremost exponents of Indigenous life writing. In March 2004 Professor John Eakin, a leading pioneer in the field, launched us a second time at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The enthusiastic support of these influential scholars indicates the quality which our young journal has succeeded in achieving.

The journal has three sections: Academic Articles, "Reflections" and Reviews.

We invite authors to submit articles that consider any aspect of the contemporary meanings of life narrative. We are particularly interested in work that aims to incorporate interdisciplinary perspectives, since we recognise that the growing field of auto/biography is one in which anthropology, cultural studies, history, literature, philosophy, psychology, sociology and visual studies are all contributing exciting and revisionary scholarship.

We also welcome submissions which broaden the geographical focus of life writing. We aim to contribute to discussions taking place in "western" life writing circles, but we also encourage authors from places other than the US, Canada, Australia and Europe to consider submitting their work.

The Reflections section carries critically informed personal narrative linking theory and experience. However, fiction, ficto-memoir and poetry are not accepted.

The book reviews are substantial (2,000-word) studies in themselves, and from time to time the journal carries a briefer overview of recent publications in "Book Notes".

Work in all three sections must be original, unpublished work. All submissions undergo an anonymous peer-review process.