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Kay Keavney, Christina Stead (interview extract)

Kay Keavney, Christina Stead (interview extract)

by Stories from the Archive | Sep 22, 2023 | Nonfiction extract

by Kay Keavney (1921-1989) “Working at white heat, 20,000 words a day can pour from her pen, yet the last thing on her mind is publication. This notable Australian writes because it is in her. Now returned from abroad she granted KAY KEAVNEY one of her rare...
Active Service Socks

Active Service Socks

by wadholloway | Apr 21, 2023 | Nonfiction extract

by Miles Franklin. Old Kajmackalan,a Kosciusko of these regions, which a year ago felt in one of the fiercest battles of the war, already has a crown of snow, some weeks old.

Camden Morrisby, A novelist I know: Kylie Tennant (extract)

Camden Morrisby, A novelist I know: Kylie Tennant (extract)

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...
Kylie Tennant, Tiburon (novel extract)

Kylie Tennant, Tiburon (novel extract)

by Stories from the Archive | Feb 10, 2023 | Nonfiction extract

by Kylie Tennant (1912-1988) Kylie Tennant’s novel, Tiburon, won the S H Prior Memorial prize for 1935. Illustrated by Norman Lindsay, it was serialised in The bulletin from September 1935 to January 1936. An extract from the novel’s opening is given...
April Hersey, Back to the battling (nonfiction extract)

April Hersey, Back to the battling (nonfiction extract)

by Stories from the Archive | Dec 23, 2022 | Nonfiction extract

by April Hersey (1924-2020) On Wednesday, Bill discussed Kylie Tennant’s Ma Jones and the little white cannibals. The following extract is from of an article by April Hersey which was published in The bulletin in 1967. The piece gives an insight into...
Mary Gaunt, Alone in West Africa (nonfiction extract)

Mary Gaunt, Alone in West Africa (nonfiction extract)

by Stories from the Archive | Dec 16, 2022 | Nonfiction extract

by Mary Gaunt On Wednesday, Bronwyn continued her discussion of Mary Gaunt and her work, focusing on her travel writings of the 1910s. The following extract is from Gaunt’s memoir, Alone in West Africa. The context: Gaunt has sent a load of luggage ahead of the...
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