(Courtesy OCAL, via clker.com) Another post in my Monday Musings subseries called Trove Treasures, in which I share stories or comments, serious or funny, that I come across during my Trove travels. Today's story popped up during my research for a post on Beatrice Grimshaw for the Australian Women Writers blog. It stunned me, and … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Trove treasures (16), Garrulity and Gracelessness in AusLit
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Monday musings on Australian literature: Precarity and Late Capitalism
Over the years I have written posts about and reviews of books with strong socioeconomic underpinnings. In the nineteenth century these novels tended to be described as Social Novels (and I am have just an English one for reading group, review coming) or were seen under the banner of the Realist movement. In the early … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Precarity and Late Capitalism
Monday musings on Australian literature: Invasion Day/Australia Day (2026)
It's Monday, and I did have a post planned, until I remembered that this Monday has a very particular date, 26th January. So, I decided to postpone that post in order to make a brief statement about this date which, for many decades, has been designated Australia Day. And we have a public holiday in … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Invasion Day/Australia Day (2026)
Monday musings on Australian literature: Eco-literature, Redux
Nearly five years ago, I wrote a Monday Musings on a branch of writing dubbed "eco-literature". Since then I have reviewed a few works that I have tagged "eco-literature", including, just yesterday, Jessica White's collection of essays, Silence is my habitat: Ecobiographical essays. Coincidentally, a couple of weeks ago, critic/artistic director/literary judge Beejay Silcox sent … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Eco-literature, Redux
Monday musings on Australian literature: Why festivals?
I did have another plan for today's Monday Musings, but it seemed wrong to ignore the elephant in the room, that is, the dire situation facing the Adelaide Festival's Writers Week. Australians will not need me to explain what has happened, but for those of you not across the events, I'll briefly explain. The Adelaide … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Why festivals?
Monday musings on Australian literature: Some New Releases in 2026
For some years now, my first Monday Musings of the year has comprised a selected list of new Australian book releases for the coming year. For many years, the bulk of this post came from a comprehensive list prepared by Jane Sullivan for the Sydney Morning Herald. Last year that changed to something more selective, … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Some New Releases in 2026
Monday musings on Australian literature: Favourite books 2025, Pt 2: Nonfiction
Last Monday, I shared the favourite Fiction and Poetry books that had been chosen by various critics and commentators in a select number of sources. I haven't always shared the nonfiction choices, though I do think it's worth doing - so this year I am! I won't repeat the intro from last week, but I … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Favourite books 2025, Pt 2: Nonfiction
Monday musings on Australian literature: Favourite books 2025, Pt 1: Fiction and Poetry
Around this time of December, I have, for some years, shared favourite Aussie reads of the year from various sources. Those sources have varied a little from time to time. This year's are listed below. This is not a scientific survey. For a start, the choosers' backgrounds vary. Depending on the source, they may include … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Favourite books 2025, Pt 1: Fiction and Poetry
Monday musings on Australian literature: recent Australian creative nonfiction on my TBR
Brona (This Reading Life) recently announced her main reading project for next year, Reading Nonfiction 2026, in which she plans to read 24 nonfiction books from her TBR. She has written a few posts on the project, including on two nonfiction categories on her TBR shelves, Australian Lit Bios and Environment, Climate and Travel. If … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: recent Australian creative nonfiction on my TBR
Monday musings on Australian literature: Selected Australian doorstoppers
A week or so ago, I saw a post by Cathy (746 Books) that she was taking part in a Doorstoppers in December reading event. My first thought was that December is the last month I would commit to reading doorstoppers. In fact, my reading group agrees that doorstopper month is January, our Southern Hemisphere … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Selected Australian doorstoppers
