Having written about Capel Boake in my last Monday Musings, I couldn't resist checking out some of her short stories. Bill's AWW Gen 2 Week concluded yesterday, but I hope he'll accept this post as a contribution. Boake's stories are easily accessible in Trove. In fact, I was spoilt for choice, so just picked three at random. … Continue reading Capel Boake: Three short stories
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Monday musings on Australian literature: Capel Boake
This week Bill (The Australian Legend) is following up last January's Australian Women Writers Gen 1 Week with a Gen 2 Week, this one highlighting Australian women writers from 1890 to 1918. He takes his inspiration from HM Green's A history of Australian literature, which characterises 1890-1923 as a period of “Self-conscious Nationalism”, the time of … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Capel Boake