Last week I wrote a post on Cindy Solonec's hybrid biography-memoir, Debesa: The story of Frank and Katie Rodriguez. This book, as I explained in my post, is a rewriting of her 2016 PhD thesis which “explored a social history in the West Kimberley based on the way her parents and extended family lived during … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Thinking about historiography
Historiography
Jane Austen on history and historians
Jane Austen, we know from her letters, was a keen reader. She read novels, sermons, plays and poetry, magazines and, of course, histories. Did you know, though, that she also wrote a history? This is her juvenilia piece, The history of England from the reign of Henry the 4th to the death of Charles the 1st (online … Continue reading Jane Austen on history and historians
Monday musings on Australian literature: The Conversation’s Writing History
This is the post I planned for last week, when Jessica White hijacked me. Like that post, this one too was inspired by another person, this time my historian brother who sent me a link to an article in a new series by The Conversation called Writing History. This series aims to "examine the links, problems and dynamics of writing, recording … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: The Conversation’s Writing History
Monday musings on Australian literature: Australian women’s non-fiction writing
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 