The literary world is replete with works published posthumously. Jane Austen had two completed works published after she died, but there are many many others including Kafka, Tolkien and more recent giants like David Foster Wallace. In some cases, the writer had finished the work but time or some other reason resulted in its not … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Posthumous publishing
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Monday musings on Australian literature: Unfinished books (2)
"Literary history is replete with unfinished novels which ought never to have seen the light of day." (Alan Taylor, Scotland's The Herald.) Back in 2018, I wrote a Monday Musings post on unfinished novels. I was more interested there in why they were published and what the authors may have intended. This time, I'm focusing … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Unfinished books (2)
Monday musings on Australian literature: Untapped (The Australian Literary Heritage Project)
I have Lisa (ANZLitLovers) to thank for this Monday Musings because, commenting on my recent Margaret Barbalet post, she mentioned this Untapped project, which, embarrassingly, was unknown to me. Then, seeing our discussion, novelist Dorothy Johnston joined in, and offered to send me some information, which she did. So, I now have a copy of … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Untapped (The Australian Literary Heritage Project)
Monday musings on Australian literature: Reflections of a 1970s feminist
I can't remember a time when I wasn't a feminist, but Bill suggested that, for his AWW Gen 4 week, I "could 'review' The female eunuch by discussing your experience of Women's Lib at uni". I replied that I could probably do “Reflections of a 1970s feminist” but that it wouldn't be exactly what he … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Reflections of a 1970s feminist
Monday musings on Australian literature: Thinking about historiography
Last week I wrote a post on Cindy Solonec's hybrid biography-memoir, Debesa: The story of Frank and Katie Rodriguez. This book, as I explained in my post, is a rewriting of her 2016 PhD thesis which “explored a social history in the West Kimberley based on the way her parents and extended family lived during … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Thinking about historiography
Monday musings on Australian literature: Some New Releases in 2022
For several years now, my first Monday Musings of the year has focused on "new releases". As before, it is mostly drawn from the Sydney Morning Herald. Their writers do a wonderful job of surveying publishers large and small, but I have found a few more on my own! Also, remember, this is Monday musings on … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Some New Releases in 2022
Monday musings on Australian literature: Australian Women Writers Challenge 2021
For the last time, I am devoting my last Monday Musings of the year to the Australian Women Writers Challenge ( in its current form at least, see below). What a couple of years we've had. It's hard to know whether it has affected the challenge or not but, anecdotally, our numbers did not increase over … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Australian Women Writers Challenge 2021
Monday musings on Australian literature: Favourite books 2021, Part 2: Nonfiction and Poetry
Last week, as most of you will know, I shared the favourite Aussie fiction books named by writers in the Sydney Morning Herald's Books we loved in 2021 and ABR's Books of the Year 2021. This week, as promised, I'm sharing the nonfiction and poetry favourites. Again, I'm only including Australian titles (as this is … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Favourite books 2021, Part 2: Nonfiction and Poetry
Monday musings on Australian literature: Favourite books 2021, Part 1: Fiction
For a few years now, I've shared favourite Aussie reads of the year, from the ABC and, last year, other sources. This year I'm doing it a bit differently. I'm focusing on the Sydney Morning Herald's Books we loved in 2021 and ABR's Books of the Year 2021. Both these contain favourites from a large … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Favourite books 2021, Part 1: Fiction
Monday musings on Australian literature: Greek-Australian literature
In a Sydney Writers Festival conversation with Michelle de Kretser, Andrew Pippos, winner of the 2021 Readings Prize for his debut novel, Lucky's, said "the fact that we can talk about a Greek-Australian literary tradition is a sign that Australian literature is developing". It made me think about Greek-Australian literature and what I know about … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Greek-Australian literature
