I was searching around for a light, fun idea for this week's Monday Musings, as life is a bit busy at present, when up popped in my inbox Tony (from Tony's Book World)'s post on novels with city or town names in their titles. That seemed like just the thing: it demanded a little thinking but … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Aussie novels titled with place names
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Monday musings on Australian literature: 5 Australian novels to theatre
Having recently posted on Alana Valentine's adaptation of Frank Moorehouse's Cold light, I thought I'd explore other theatrical adaptations of Australian novels, because we tend, when thinking of adaptations, to focus mostly on movies - at least, I think we do. Now, I haven't seen many theatrical adaptations of Aussie novels. We get some theatre … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: 5 Australian novels to theatre
Monday musings on Australian literature: Boosting women’s entries on Wikipedia
Have you heard or read about the large discrepancy in Wikipedia between biographical entries (or "individual profiles") for women and for men? The actual figure is a bit fluid because, of course, Wikipedia is a dynamic site, but most researchers on the topic come up with a figure of around 15-20% as the percentage of biographical articles … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Boosting women’s entries on Wikipedia
Monday musings on Australian literature: Whither magazines?
Are you a magazine reader? I was once a big magazine reader and subscriber - Ms Magazine, the Smithsonian, Choice and Australian Gourmet were my favourites in the 1980s and 1990s. In more recent times, I've gravitated to local literary journals like Griffith Review, Meanjin and Kill Your Darlings, but I tend not to subscribe to them. … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Whither magazines?
Monday musings on Australian literature: Books that matter
In the comments on her post about Alan Paton's Cry, the beloved country, Lisa (ANZLitLovers) commented that we need "politically aware authors to keep writing books that matter". Hmm, I thought, most books I read matter, I think, but then a few posts later, when reviewing Jared Thomas' Songs that sound like blood, she made … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Books that matter
Monday musings on Australian literature: Ali Cobby Eckermann’s big prize
Last week's news that Ali Cobby Eckermann had won a very special prize scuttled my plans for today's Monday Musings post, which is fine because it can wait, whereas this one can't. Last year, I wrote about Helen Garner winning the lucrative 2016 Windham-Campbell Prize for Non-Fiction. It was a new prize to me, and is American-based, so imagine … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Ali Cobby Eckermann’s big prize
Monday musings on Australian literature: Three Australian scriptwriters
In a tiny nod to Oscars week, I thought I'd introduce three Australian scriptwriters. I have written one Monday Musings on scriptwriters before in a post on the AWGIEs. There I named a few scriptwriters who also write novels, Luke Davies (who was, in fact, nominated for this year's Oscars for his script of Lion), Helen … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Three Australian scriptwriters
Monday musings on Australian literature: Memory of the World and Dorothea Mackellar
If you're an Australian, did you know that last week seven new entries were added to the UNESCO Memory of the World Australian Register? If not, let me start at the beginning ... with UNESCO's Memory of the World programme. Established in 1992, it's the documentary heritage equivalent of the World Heritage Site programme which protects physical sites of natural … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Memory of the World and Dorothea Mackellar
Monday musings on Australian literature: Arnold Haskell on the Arts (2)
Back in November, I wrote a post on the Arts chapter in dance critic Arnold Haskell's book Waltzing Matilda and focused on theatre and literature. In this post, I'll look at his discussion of the press. "compares ... favourably" Haskell starts by saying that Australia's press started in a "thoroughly unprincipled and worthless manner", though he doesn't … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Arnold Haskell on the Arts (2)
Monday musings on Australian literature: The cost of literary awards
I must get better at noting who posts links on social media that I later take up and use on my blog. Today's post was inspired by an article posted on Twitter (I think) early last December last (and I now thank whoever it was who posted it!) The article is by The Sydney Morning … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: The cost of literary awards
