It's been a very busy weekend, and I have a few posts waiting to do, plus a reading group book to finish for tomorrow, so this post is a quick one. Phew, you are probably saying if you stuck with me over the weekend! Today's topic recognises that our litblogosphere's annual Nonfiction November event, currently … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Nonfiction awards 2024
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Monday musings on Australian literature: Fearless reviewing in 1970
I concluded last week's Monday Musings by saying that I wasn't finished with 1970. There are several posts I'm hoping to write, drawing from my 1970 research, but I'm starting with this one simply because it picks up on a comment I made last week. That comment referenced George Johnston, and a review by John … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Fearless reviewing in 1970
Monday musings on Australian literature: on 1922: 2, Reviewers on Australianness
This is the second post in a series I plan to do this year inspired by articles in Trove from 1922, that is, from 100 years ago. My first post was on the NSW Bookstall Company, and I have several more 1922 post ideas. However, I thought a good choice for the second one would … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: on 1922: 2, Reviewers on Australianness
On John Sinclair
Who is John Sinclair, you are probably asking? Those of you who read my last post, Shy love smiles and acid drops: Letters from a difficult marriage, may remember that he was the husband of the marriage in question, and father of the author, Jane Sinclair. However, as I briefly mentioned in that post, John … Continue reading On John Sinclair
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