Monday musings on Australian literature: Nurses in Australian fiction

May 18, 2020May 18, 2020 / Whispering Gums / 34 Comments

As some of you may know, last Tuesday, 12 March, was International Nurses Day, the date chosen because it was Florence Nightingale's birthday. The day's aim is, in Wikipedia's words, "to mark the contributions that nurses make to society". Each year, apparently, has a theme. This year's - presumably chosen long before COVID-19 - seems quite prescient: … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Nurses in Australian fiction

M.L. (Mollie) Skinner, The hand (#Review)

March 18, 2018April 10, 2018 / Whispering Gums / 5 Comments

Pam of Travellin' Penguin blog read ML Skinner's short story "The hand" for a challenge she was doing, and, when I expressed interest in it, very kindly sent me a copy. "The hand" is a mysterious little story - and by little, I mean, little in that it takes up less than 7 pages of the anthology, … Continue reading M.L. (Mollie) Skinner, The hand (#Review)