Monday musings on Australian literature: Aussie novels titled with foreign place names

I've done two Monday Musings posts inspired by Tony (from Tony's Book World) - one on novels with real place names in their titles and one with fictional. To complete the trifecta, I thought why not look at Australian novels with foreign place names in their titles. This turned out to be rather fun to do. Many … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Aussie novels titled with foreign place names

Monday musings on Australian literature: Aussie novels titled with fictional place names

Last week, inspired by Tony (from Tony's Book World)'s post, I posted on novels with places in their titles. I limited my titles then to "real" places, but in my research I came across many books with fictional places in their titles, so, well, you know what I decided to do with that! There are good reasons for … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Aussie novels titled with fictional place names

Monday musings on Australian literature: Aussie novels titled with place names

I was searching around for a light, fun idea for this week's Monday Musings, as life is a bit busy at present, when up popped in my inbox Tony (from Tony's Book World)'s post on novels with city or town names in their titles. That seemed like just the thing: it demanded a little thinking but … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Aussie novels titled with place names

Monday musings on Australian literature: Silly names for the silly season

It's nearing Christmas, and I'm getting busy, so today's Monday musings will be short ... Ever since I started this blog series, I have wanted to write about Australian place names. We are not, I know, the only country to have interesting or fun place names - and I'd love it if you shared your … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Silly names for the silly season