Monday musings on Australian literature: Australian literary dynasties

Some years ago I wrote a Monday Musings post on Australia's literary couples. However, it recently occurred to me that we also have some literary dynasties, which could be fun to explore. This post, like many of its ilk, is a bit of a fishing exercise. I will share a few that came to me, … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Australian literary dynasties

Canberra Writers Festival 2018, Day 1, Pt 1: A memoirist in conversation

It's the last weekend August which means it's the Canberra Writers Festival. This could become a habit. Wouldn't that be nice - to have a regular writers' festival here again, I mean. The Festival's ongoing theme is Power, Politics, Passion, which is particularly appropriate this year, given last week's shenanigans in Australian politics. (For those of you from … Continue reading Canberra Writers Festival 2018, Day 1, Pt 1: A memoirist in conversation