by wadholloway | Jul 19, 2023 | Essay, Reviews
we must own that it will not please one man in twenty. But for that we must blame not the author’s genius, but our public’s aesthetic limitations.
by Stories from the Archive | Jul 14, 2023 | Essay
by Barbara Baynton “Do use your influence to send out a shipload of good servants. There are none to be got here for love or money. All the old ones are too independent and the young ones are all going to the factories.” In short, with a difference it was...
by Elizabeth Lhuede | Jul 5, 2023 | Essay
by Frances Gill Another in our series of lost or forgotten authors. Last month I attended a talk at the State Library of New South Wales entitled, “Tracing the life of a writer”. A panel hosted by Kate Evans, co-host of ABC’s weekly literary review program, consisted...
by Stories from the Archive | Jun 30, 2023 | Essay
by Amy E Mack (1876-1939) On Wednesday, we introduced Amy Mack, a writer of fiction and non-fiction that dealt almost exclusively with nature. Today’s story is one of her newspaper columns. It features her description of the nature of a suburban street and the...
by whisperinggums | Jun 28, 2023 | Essay
by Whispering Gums Introducing a writer who was popular in Australia in the early decades of the twentieth century. Amy Eleanor Mack (1876-1939) was an Australian writer, journalist, and editor. One of thirteen children born in Port Adelaide to Irish-born parents,...
by Guest Contributor | Jun 21, 2023 | Essay
by Bronwyn. ‘It’s men,’ she said. ‘Everywhere you go they’re runnin’ things. Tryin’ to down you. And women, too. All of ‘em rotten.’