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
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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
Monday musings on Australian literature: Autumn Book Binge 2020
A big thanks to Lisa (ANZLitLovers) whose post on the Autumn Book Binge brought it to my attention. I knew immediately that I had to post on it - albeit with a little change, as you will see. The Autumn Book Binge (love the wordplay on "bingo") is being run by the State Library of … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Autumn Book Binge 2020
Monday musings on Australian literature: Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature
Hands up if you are familiar with the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and know who won its major categories this year? I may be out of touch, but it seems to me that these awards (about which I've written a couple of times before) are less well-known than some of their other state-based counterparts … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature
Monday musings on Australian literature: The Guardian Australia’s Unmissables
Although I'd seen it before, it was BookJotter Paula's latest Winding Up the Week (#110) post that reminded me of The Guardian Australia's Unmissables series. Initiated last March, Unmissables aims to highlight 12 new releases they deem "significant". Before I share the books highlighted to date, though, I'd like to talk about the project's funding because, … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: The Guardian Australia’s Unmissables
Monday musings on Australian literature: Recovering Australia’s Indigenous languages
In my recent Delicious Descriptions post on Madelaine Dickie's Red can origami, I referred to last year's UN International Year of Indigenous Languages. It occurred to me that while I've referred to Indigenous Australian languages several times in this blog, I've never specifically posted about them. Now seemed a good time, particularly given interest the year generated. … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Recovering Australia’s Indigenous languages
Monday musings on Australian literature: Musician’s memoirs
I had been toying with a different topic for today's post, but Brian's (Babbling Books) comment on my post on Anna Goldsworthy's memoir, Piano lessons, sent me off in a different direction. Brian said that he was "interested in the lives of artists", that "there is something about the subject that is inherently fascinating". He … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Musician’s memoirs
