First off, no, I didn't attend this year's GenreCon which took place this weekend past in Brisbane, Queensland. However, I did see many of the tweets that emanated from attendees (using hashtag #GCoz) and found many of them extending beyond the genre focus. So, I thought I'd pass some on. Not all tweeters identified the … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: GenreCon 2017 by Tweet (#gcoz)
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Monday musings on Australian literature: Ad hoc literary awards (1)
Wah! It's Sunday night (as I write this), and I've suddenly realised that I'll be out of town all Monday and Tuesday, so what to do about this week's Monday Musings? Something quick, that's what! So, I looked at my little list of ideas for something I could do fairly quickly, and noted one I'd … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Ad hoc literary awards (1)
Monday Musings on Australian literature: the Boundless Festival
Last Saturday, the NSW Writers’ Centre and Bankstown Arts Centre presented Boundless: A Festival of Diverse Writers, which they describe as the "first-ever festival focused on Indigenous and culturally diverse Australian writers and writing". My first reaction was, Really? Surely not. There was Blak and Bright held last year in Melbourne. But, hmm, that was specifically … Continue reading Monday Musings on Australian literature: the Boundless Festival
Monday musings on Australian literature: Guest post from ACT Lit-blogger Emma Gibson
With the ACT Lit-bloggers of the Future program in its closing months, I thought it would be lovely for you to hear directly from Emma and Angharad via a guest post, and they both agreed. First up is Emma - and she chose to write about ... The great Australian writer you’ve (possibly) never heard of: Randolph … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Guest post from ACT Lit-blogger Emma Gibson
Monday musings on Australian literature: International Day of the Girl and adult Aussie fiction
Last week, on October 11, was UN International Day of the Girl. Its aim was to focus "attention on the need to address the challenges girls face and to promote girls’ empowerment and the fulfilment of their human rights". More than that, the day, says the UN, also marked "the beginning of a year-long effort to … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: International Day of the Girl and adult Aussie fiction
Monday musings on Australian literature: Grateful Brits send books to Aussies
As I was searching Trove for another topic, I came across some articles that I just had to share, particularly given my recent posts on bookswapping and bookselling for charity. These articles date from post-World War 2 when Britain was living under strict rationing, which continued for a long time - until 1954, in fact. To … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Grateful Brits send books to Aussies
Monday musings on Australian literature: Queensland Writers Centre
Today's Monday Musings is the fourth in my little series on our writers centres, and it's to Queensland I'm turning this time, partly because next month GenreCon will be held at the State Library of Queensland. But, more on that later in the post. First, I'll introduce the Centre. The Queensland Writers Centre was founded … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Queensland Writers Centre
Monday musings on Australian literature: Memorable Australian characters
The inspiration for today's somewhat fun post, came from something more serious, Kim Scott's Ray Mathew lecture that I attended last week. As I was waiting in the National Library's gorgeous theatre waiting for the lecture to start, I found myself thinking about Bobby in Scott's novel That deadman dance. What I realised was that … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Memorable Australian characters
Monday musings on Australian literature: Bookswapping
Last week I wrote a Monday Musings about bookselling for/by charities. As I was writing it, I realised that there was another way of acquiring books that is worth writing about - book swap arrangements. Not surprisingly, it came up in comments on that post, so is clearly something of interest to many readers. It's … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Bookswapping
Monday musings on Australian literature: Bookselling for charity
Last week I wrote a Monday Musings about the current, relatively positive, state of play for bookshops in Australia. Responding to that post on Facebook, one of my longstanding friends, and an original member of my bookgroup, reminded me of the Lifeline Bookfair which is held regularly in Canberra, and to which I have donated … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Bookselling for charity
