Last week I wrote a post on "literary outback Queensland", following the route of a trip we had just finished. That trip ended up in Magandjin (or Brisbane), which is very definitely not "outback" so I decided to hold over Brisbane fiction for another post. Concluding the Skylore drone show, 2024 Brisbane Festival Brisbane is … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: literary Magandjin/Brisbane

I started writing this in late August, before we headed off on our outback Queensland trip, revisiting many places from my childhood, as well as seeing some new places. It was while living in Mt Isa, in northwest Queensland that I developed my love of Australian literature and of the Australian landscape. I was 11 … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: literary outback Queensland