Yesterday was the start of Lisa's (ANZLitLovers) 2020 Indigenous Literature Week, and, as I have done for a few years now, I've decided to devote my Monday Musings to an Indigenous Australian literature topic. This year's topic is Indigenous Australian biography. I have previously written Monday Musings on Indigenous Australian autobiographies and memoirs. These have flourished in … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Indigenous Australian biographies
Month: July 2020
Six degrees of separation, FROM What I loved TO …
Half the year is over - and what an awful year it has been, generally and personally. I'd like to try to put the first half behind me (without ever forgetting the special person who left my life during it and whose 91st birthday would, in fact, have been today) and look to a more … Continue reading Six degrees of separation, FROM What I loved TO …
Bill curates: Orhan Pamuk’s Snow
Bill curates is an occasional series where I delve into Sue's vast archive, stretching back to May 2009, and choose a post for us to revisit. Sometimes I think I am well read and sometimes I come upon a post like this and realize just how far I have to go. Pamuk, I discover, is … Continue reading Bill curates: Orhan Pamuk’s Snow
Whispering Gums 