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
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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
Monday musings on Australian literature: Tasmanian Writers Centre
Continuing my little series on our writers centres, I've chosen the Tasmanian Writers Centre for my next post, largely because it is holding its Tasmania Writers and Readers Festival next month. Might as well give that a plug in case for my Tasmanian readers, though I'm sure they know! The Tasmanian Writers Centre was established in 1998 … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Tasmanian Writers Centre
Monday musings on Australian literature: Bushfire fiction
Last week I reviewed Karenlee Thompson's short story collection, Flame tip, which was inspired by (if "inspired" is quite the right word here) the horrendous Tasmanian bushfires of 1967. Lisa at ANZLitlovers had also reviewed this book, and in discussion on her post we discussed the apparent dearth of books on a topic so critical … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Bushfire fiction
Monday musings on Australian literature: Northern Territory Writers’ Centre
Back in June, I wrote a post on the ACT Writers Centre, and indicated then that I would gradually write about other state centres. So, today I am writing about the other pseudo-state aka territory centre, the Northern Territory Writers' Centre. I've chosen this as my second one because I think the Northern Territory is … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Northern Territory Writers’ Centre
Monday musings on Australian literature: Road novels
Having just returned from the madness of LA's freeways to the calm of Canberra's roads, I found myself thinking about road novels! Road movies are often talked about, but not so much road fiction, particularly in Australia - so today I'm going to have a go. Defining the term I've labelled this post "road novels" … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Road novels
Monday musings on Australian literature: Australian writers and Hollywood
This will be my last Monday Musings posted from the USA, so I figure I should do at least one post inspired by where we've been. I've put it together pretty quickly though, as time for blogging is pretty limited, so please forgive all the gaps! Since this is a litblog, my focus here is … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Australian writers and Hollywood
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