Monday musings on Australian literature: The Red Witch

May 23, 2022May 23, 2022 / Whispering Gums / 41 Comments

Last week, I attended the online launch of Nathan Hobby's biography, The red witch: A biography of Katharine Susannah Prichard. It was beautifully emceed by Lisa Hill, of ANZLitLovers, and involved three speakers, Karen Throssell, award-winning poet and the only grandchild of Prichard; Nathan Hollier, the publisher; and, of course, the author himself, Nathan Hobby. … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: The Red Witch

Monday musings on Australian literature: Contemporary responses to Coonardoo

January 25, 2021January 26, 2021 / Whispering Gums / 24 Comments

Ask and you shall receive, they say, and so when Lisa (ANZLitLovers) expressed interest in what Prichard's contemporaries thought of her novel Coonardoo, I thought I'd love to know too. However, I'm sure Nathan Hobby will cover this in some detail in his upcoming biography of Katharine Susannah Prichard. I don't want spoil that, so … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Contemporary responses to Coonardoo

Katharine Susannah Prichard, Christmas tree (#Review)

November 22, 2018November 22, 2018 / Whispering Gums / 13 Comments

Commenting on my recent post on Katharine Susannah Prichard's short story "The bridge", Prichard biographer Nathan Hobby, pointed us to an online version in Trove of her short story, "Christmas Tree", which he describes as the best of her early work. It's about farmers, droughts and banks. Seemed very appropriate (to us in Australia right … Continue reading Katharine Susannah Prichard, Christmas tree (#Review)

Katharine Susannah Prichard, The bridge (#Review)

November 18, 2018November 22, 2018 / Whispering Gums / 22 Comments

Time for another post on a short story available online, but not, this time, from the Library of America. Indeed, it's not even American, but one of our own - Katharine Susannah Prichard's (KSP) "The bridge". As far as I can tell it has been published at least three times: in 1917 in the Weekly … Continue reading Katharine Susannah Prichard, The bridge (#Review)

Katharine Susannah Prichard, The pioneers

December 30, 2010November 22, 2018 / Whispering Gums / 19 Comments

Katharine Susannah Prichard (1883-1969) is probably not as well-known in Australia, let alone internationally, as she should be. She was born in Fiji, but grew up in Tasmania and Melbourne, travelled overseas and in other parts of Australia, before settling in Western Australia in 1919. She was a founding member of the Australian Communist … Continue reading Katharine Susannah Prichard, The pioneers

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