The time will come, I'm sure, when I start repeating myself in my Monday Musings posts. This week's post comes perilously close. I've written before about Canberra's centenary publications (The invisible thread and the Meanjin Canberra issue), and I've written about Capital women and men poets, and women and men novelists*, but I haven't specifically written about … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Novels set in Canberra
Month: March 2015
Jane Austen, Emma Vol 1 (Review, or perhaps just thoughts)
Every now and then my local Jane Austen group does a slow read of one of Austen's novels. With 2015 being the 200th anniversary of the publication of Emma, we decided it was the logical choice for our next slow read. I love this activity because what happens when I re-read an Austen novel - particularly when I … Continue reading Jane Austen, Emma Vol 1 (Review, or perhaps just thoughts)
Monday musings on Australian literature: Pitch days
When I was researching last Monday's post on development programs for writers, I came across several references to publisher "pitch" days. As someone who isn't writing a book, and who has no plans to, the concept of a "pitch" day was something that hadn't made a big impact on me, though of course I knew what … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Pitch days
Whispering Gums 