As I noted in last week's Monday Musings, Bill (The Australian Legend) has organised a few Monday Musings guests posts for me. Of course, given we comment closely on each other's posts, he turned to Lisa (ANZLitLovers) for the second one. Bill did suggest an idea to Lisa, in case she needed it, but she … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Guest post from Lisa on national library book culls
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Monday musings on Australian literature: Guest post from Bill on Melbourne and Sydney, 1880-1939
Over the years, I've invited people to write guest posts on my blog, including Bill a couple of years ago. However, when Bill (The Australian Legend) became aware of my current family care situation and its impact on my reading and posting, he offered to organise some guest Monday Musings posts for me. It lifted … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Guest post from Bill on Melbourne and Sydney, 1880-1939
Monday musings on Australian literature: Nurses in Australian fiction
As some of you may know, last Tuesday, 12 March, was International Nurses Day, the date chosen because it was Florence Nightingale's birthday. The day's aim is, in Wikipedia's words, "to mark the contributions that nurses make to society". Each year, apparently, has a theme. This year's - presumably chosen long before COVID-19 - seems quite prescient: … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Nurses in Australian fiction
Monday musings on Australian literature: Best Young Australian Novelists (2)
The Sydney Morning Herald's Best Young Australian Novelists award is announced annually to coincide with the opening of the Sydney Writers Festival. Of course, there is no live festival this year, but awards announcements can still go ahead can't they? I have posted on these awards before, but that was 2013, so I figured I could … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Best Young Australian Novelists (2)
Monday musings on Australian literature: Supporting locals in 1927
Back in 2014 I wrote two Monday Musings posts on a plebiscite held in 1927. It involved readers of Melbourne's The Argus newspaper naming those they deemed "the six leading poets and the six foremost writers of fiction of Australia and New Zealand”. You can see the results in my first post, and some post-plebiscite commentary … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Supporting locals in 1927
Monday musings on Australian literature: Writing WA
Time for a change from COVID-19 inspired Monday Musings, methinks, so I'm returning to something more straightforward like continuing my little trip around Australia's writers centres. Today, we travel west to look at Writers WA. Unfortunately, I cannot find anything on the Writing WA website about its history. I do find it disappointing when organisations … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Writing WA
Monday musings on Australian literature: Armchair travelling
Over at The Resident Judge of Port Phillip, Janine is publishing a series of travel posts on My non-trip in the year of coronavirus. You see, as she writes in her first post, published on April 3, she would, that day, have been "folding up the laptop, packing my case and taking up my passport all … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Armchair travelling
Monday musings on Australian literature: Spanish flu
COVID-19, history tells us, is a one in 100 year event, the last such event being the Spanish flu of 1918 to 1920. This week, I thought I'd share some references to the Spanish flu from Trove - not news reports about the course of the flu itself, but some random references that indicate the … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Spanish flu
Monday musings on Australian literature: Authors respond to COVID-19
In last week's Monday Musings I wrote more generally about COVID-19 and its impact on the Arts. Like that post, this one is not aiming to be a formal comprehensive one either; news and ideas are coming far too quickly. And, anyhow, as I also said last week, most if not all of you are … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Authors respond to COVID-19
Monday musings on Australian literature (and the arts): COVID-19
I don't know about you, but I'm finding it hard to settle to read, let alone write thoughtful reviews right now. (I'm sitting on one at the moment that I really want to do justice to, but my brain is all over the place.) Consequently, I'm going to just write a COVID-19 Monday Musings - … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature (and the arts): COVID-19
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