Today's Monday Musings was inspired by a post last month in Overland literary journal's blog. The topic - Women and non-fiction writing - is a big one, bigger really than I have time for now, but I figured it wouldn't hurt to make a start. In the Overland post, which comprised an interview with writer, … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Australian women’s non-fiction writing
Whispering Gums has a new URL – and some news
It's time I did it and so I did. I have, through WordPress, bought my own domain name. This means that the URL for Whispering Gums is now http://whisperinggums.com My old address - https://whisperinggums.wordpress.com - will be automatically redirected by the wonderful WordPress to this new one . However, you may find it more efficient to … Continue reading Whispering Gums has a new URL – and some news
Nancy Cato, All the rivers run, Book 1 (Review)
It's been a long time since I reviewed an audiobook or, more accurately, reviewed a book via its audiobook version. As I've said before, I don't listen often to audiobooks, but last month Mr Gums and I did a long drive and so decided to listen to Nancy Cato's All the rivers run. I referred … Continue reading Nancy Cato, All the rivers run, Book 1 (Review)
Karen Jennings, Finding Soutbek (Review)
Finding Soutbek (Courtesy: Holland Park Press) I don't, as a rule, accept review copies of books by non-Australian authors, but when New Holland Press offered me Finding Soutbek by South African writer, Karen Jennings, I was intrigued. Intrigued because of connections in our countries' respective histories, and because I've read several books set in South … Continue reading Karen Jennings, Finding Soutbek (Review)
Monday musings on Australian literature: Martin Boyd, Writer or Potter?
Last week my reading group discussed Martin Boyd's A difficult young man, which I read and reviewed a couple of years ago. This weekend, Mr Gums and I went, with another couple, to the Grand Opening and River Music Fair at Australian Pottery at Bemboka. Why do I mention this? Because, in another one of … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Martin Boyd, Writer or Potter?
Ruby Sparks (Movie)
Because I am a litblogger not a film blogger, I don't review all the movies I see. When I do review a movie it is usually an Australian one. However, because of a certain synchronicity and because of its subject matter, I can't resist writing a little about Ruby Sparks. The synchronicity comes from Anita … Continue reading Ruby Sparks (Movie)
Monday musings on Australian Literature: Australian Literary Festivals
I've been thinking for some time about writing a Monday Musings on Australia's Literary Festivals but I have finally been spurred to do it after attending the Canberra Readers' Festival last weekend. This is partly because I actually managed to attend a festival and partly because the last speaker was Australian literary doyen, Frank Moorhouse, who caught … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian Literature: Australian Literary Festivals
Canberra Readers’ Festival 2012: For the love of reading
You could all be looking at tulips ... said Kate Grenville, the first speaker at today's Canberra Readers' Festival. She was referring to Floriade, Canberra's popular, crowd-drawing annual spring festival, and the fact that today was a glorious day. Just right, in fact, for tiptoeing through the festival's stunning tulip beds. But instead, we keen readers … Continue reading Canberra Readers’ Festival 2012: For the love of reading
Dorothea Mackellar, Elena Kats-Chernin and the Vienna Boys Choir
I'm guessing most of you have heard of the Vienna Boys Choir, but you may not, particularly if you're not Australian, have heard of Dorothea Mackellar and Elena Kats-Chernin. Mackellar (1885-1968) was an Australian writer, best known for her poem "My country". Kats-Chernin (b. 1957) is an Australian composer who was born in Tashkent (in what was … Continue reading Dorothea Mackellar, Elena Kats-Chernin and the Vienna Boys Choir
Monday musings on Australian literature: Aussie Lit and Facebook
In writing this week's Monday Musings I will be venturing a little into my discomfort zone. It's not that I don't use Facebook because I do, having been a member since 2007, but that I'm not an expert in how to make the most of it. I figure though that this post might encourage some … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Aussie Lit and Facebook
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