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
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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
Monday musings on Australian literature: ACT Litbloggers under way
A few weeks ago I posted on the ACT Litblogging program for which I am a mentor. But, I'll just recap in case you missed that post. Titled ACT Lit-bloggers of the Future, this is a collaborative program between the ACT Writers Centre and the National Library of Australia (NLA). It provides for two emerging ACT-region … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: ACT Litbloggers under way
Monday musings on Australian literature: Mid-year awards round-up
As is my wont, I have not been posting this year on all the awards that have been announced - on their longlists, shortlists or even their winners - though I have done some. It can become a bit overwhelming. Instead, I've decided that a mid-year recap might be a useful way to go - … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Mid-year awards round-up
Monday musings on Australian literature: Guest post from Bill of The Australian Legend
It's been two years since I last published a Guest Post, for no any other reason than that the idea slipped off the radar as other busy-ness took over. However, during a recent email correspondence with (relatively new) blogger Bill, the idea re-popped into my head, and so I asked him, as he explains below. … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Guest post from Bill of The Australian Legend
Monday musings on Australian literature: Reading indigenous literature
Each July, as well as contributing at least one review to Lisa's ANZLitLovers Indigenous Literature Week, I try to write a Monday Musings post related in some way to NAIDOC week which, as Aussies will know, is a week, usually the first full week in July, during which activities are planned to “to celebrate the … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Reading indigenous literature
Monday musings on Australian literature: Changing literary tastes (2)
My last Monday Musings post was on Changing literary tastes from the 1920s to 1940s, using newspaper articles I'd found in the National Library of Australia's Trove. Today's post draws on just one article from the 1950s. I'm choosing just one because it, unusually in my experience, has a by-line - for a person worth … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Changing literary tastes (2)
