by Stories from the Archive | Mar 24, 2023 | Poetry
by Agnes Murphy (1865-1931) On Wednesday, Teresa Pitt posted an article on this fascinating author, in which she referred to the following poem. Published posthumously in June 1831, it was prefaced by this editorial note: “This, the last and one of the few poems...
by Stories from the Archive | Mar 10, 2023 | Novel extract
by Catherine Helen Spence Spence’s science fiction novel, A week in the future, was first published in 1888. We originally intended to publish the following to accompany Bill’s piece on the book in January, but somehow the scheduling got mixed up. The...
by Stories from the Archive | Mar 3, 2023 | Poetry
by Bella Lavender, née Guerin (1858-1953) Sonnet (suggested by the W.P.A. cable to the Albert Hall meeting on 10th April, 1913) by Bella Lavender, M.A. More free art thou in prison than the race Of sordid men who sell for gain or greed Our free-born sisters in their...
by Stories from the Archive | Feb 24, 2023 | Short story
by Louise Mack (1870-1935) A proud country school teacher meets his match in a pupil’s equally proud mother. When Ernest Rawson, B.A., was appointed to the head-mastership of Waradgeree Superior Public School, the town hugged itself complacently, and imagined...
by Stories from the Archive | Feb 17, 2023 | Nonfiction extract
by Camden Morrisby This article by Camden Morrisby appeared in The bulletin in June 1953, nearly a decade after the publication of Kylie Tennan’ts novel, Ride on Stranger, the topic of Bill’s post on Wednesday. As Morrisby’s work is still in...
