Having heard recently about the University of Melbourne's acquisition of Germaine Greer's archives and having written in last week's Monday Musings about the biographer Hazel Rowley who spent hours researching such archives, I thought it would be worth writing a little about writers' archives - their importance and challenges. First off, I am, as many of you … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Writers’ archives
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Monday musings on Australian literature: Hazel Rowley Literary Fund
It seemed appropriate to talk about the Hazel Rowley Literary Fund this week given that several commenters on my review of Christina Stead's For love alone mentioned Rowley's well-regarded biography of Christina Stead. Quite coincidentally - amazing how often such coincidences occur isn't it - AustLit posted on their blog last week a piece titled … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Hazel Rowley Literary Fund
Monday musings on Australian literature: The Conversation launches its Arts + Culture Section
I think I've mentioned The Conversation before. It's a blog produced by a consortium of Australian academic institutions. The posts are written by writers who are academics, and each post has a disclosure statement regarding whether the writer has affiliations with/receives funding from organisations that could "benefit" from their article. It's a good source of … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: The Conversation launches its Arts + Culture Section
Monday musings on Australian literature: Reading Australia
You know how when you go to a conference you pick up all sorts of pamphlets and brochures advertising this and that? Well, at the Writing the Australian landscape conference I attended back in August, just before I went overseas, I picked up an interesting leaflet from Australia's Copyright Agency. The leaflet is titled: Reading … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Reading Australia
Monday musings on Australian literature: Writing the Australian landscape (3)
Back in August I wrote two posts (here and here) about the National Library of Australia's conference, Writing the Australian landscape. At the time I said that I would provide a link when the talks became available on-line. Well, they apparently went on-line a month or so ago and the NLA very kindly tweeted the … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Writing the Australian landscape (3)
Monday musings on Australian literature: GenreCon
I returned from seven weeks of gallivanting abroad to several emails* about something called GenreCon, which will take place next week from October 11 to 13 at the State Library of Queensland. I hadn't heard of this before, which is probably not surprising as it seems to be a new event. As you've probably guessed … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: GenreCon
Monday musings on Australian literature: Qantas flight-length book deal
Some of you have probably sussed that Whispering Gums is not at her usual desk - and you'd be right. I've been travelling since mid-August, mostly in Europe, and will be back home in early October. I had hoped to read some books and write reviews while on the road, but somehow the reviews haven't … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Qantas flight-length book deal
Monday musings on Australian literature: Let’s get physical – The High Country
This, my third Let's Get Physical post, is once again about a region that's not too far from me - the Australian High Country. When most people think of Australia, they think - at least I believe they do - of deserts and beaches, of red earth and golden sand. But, Australia does have a … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Let’s get physical – The High Country
Monday musings on Australian literature: Let’s get physical – The Monaro
For my second Let's Get Physical post, I thought I'd stay in my local region. The Monaro is a large region in southeastern New South Wales, extending from the southern and eastern boundaries of Canberra down to the Victorian border, and bounded on the east and west by mountain ranges. Much of it is treeless … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Let’s get physical – The Monaro
Monday Musings on Australian Literature Special: Book Giveaway Winners
Two weeks ago I announced my first blog giveaway, courtesy the generosity of Irma Gold, editor of the Canberra Centenary anthology, The invisible thread. Irma offered me two copies to give away, both signed by most of the authors represented in the anthology - and who are still living of course! Entries closed midnight, AEST, … Continue reading Monday Musings on Australian Literature Special: Book Giveaway Winners
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