Learned spinster: Frances Tyrell Gill (article)

Learned spinster: Frances Tyrell Gill (article)

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...
Amy Mack: “a nature-lover”

Amy Mack: “a nature-lover”

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,...