We all know that a writer's life is not a well-paid one. One way that writers keep going, that is, that enables them to continue writing, is through winning awards and grants. I report often on awards, and they also regularly appear in the media, but how much do we know about grants? And what … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund
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Monday musings on Australian literature: University of Canberra Book of the Year 2020
I wasn't necessarily planning to announce the University of Canberra's Book of the Year again this year, having written about it three times already - in 2012 when it was initiated, in 2014, when I checked to see how the program was going, and in 2018 to announce this year's book. However, next year's book … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: University of Canberra Book of the Year 2020
Monday musings on Australian literature: Deafness and Australian writers and writing
Today's post was inspired, of course, by my recently reading Jessica White's memoir-biography, Hearing Maud (my review), which parallels White's own experience of deafness with that of Maud Praed. This post will not be an exhaustive (or even comprehensive) discussion of the topic, but a broad-brush introduction to some of the ways deafness is reflected … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Deafness and Australian writers and writing
Monday musings on Australian literature: Whither Australian literature, 1930s (Pt. 2)?
As I wrote last week, I apologise to those of you not interested in the history of Australian literature, because yes again I am continuing my little survey of contemporary writing about Australian literature in the 1930s. This week I plan to look at some another discussion about the place of and interest in Australian … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Whither Australian literature, 1930s (Pt. 2)?
Monday musings on Australian literature: Whither Australian literature, 1930s (Pt. 1)?
Apologies to those of you not interested in the history of Australian literature, because this week and next I'm continuing my little survey of contemporary writing about Australian literature in the 1930s. My first post discussed the move from "gumleaf and goanna" to other topics, and last week's focused on discussions about the importance of … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Whither Australian literature, 1930s (Pt. 1)?
Monday musings on Australian literature: Setting vs Character in 1930s Australian fiction
Today's post continues the discussion started in last Monday's "gumleaf and goanna" post. It looks particularly at what reviewers were saying about setting/scene and character, through five Australian books that were reviewed in papers during the decade. There was clearly a lot of engagement in the community about the development of Australian literature, and you can … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Setting vs Character in 1930s Australian fiction
Monday musings on Australian literature: 1930s, moving beyond “gumleaf and goanna”
Time for another post inspired by Trove, this one, as often happens actually, discovered while researching something else. What I discovered was the discussion that went on in the 1930s about Australian fiction's coming of age - and the fact that much of this was down to the women writers of the time (about which … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: 1930s, moving beyond “gumleaf and goanna”
Monday musings on Australian literature: Writers Victoria
When I wrote my last post in this Monday Musings series on Australia's writers centres, author Angela Savage, who is also the current Director of Writers Victoria, commented that the centre was celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. She was hinting, in the nicest way of course, that I should "do" Writers Victoria this year - … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Writers Victoria
Monday musings on Australian literature: Growing up [name the aspect] in Australia
With my Japanese trip almost over, I'm posting just a quick - but nonetheless interesting, I hope - Monday Musings this week. Some of you will have guessed what this title refers to; it's to the little recent flurry of anthologies being published in Australia in which contributors write about growing up Asian, or Aboriginal, … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Growing up [name the aspect] in Australia
Monday musings on Australian literature: Australian novels in Japan
Here is my second Monday Musings inspired by my current Japanese travels. It is, loosely, a companion piece to one I wrote three years ago on Australian literature in China. That was inspired by an article I found in Trove. This one, however, was been inspired by a program I discovered via Google, called The … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Australian novels in Japan
