by Stories from the Archive | Jun 10, 2022 | Nonfiction extract
by Catherine Helen Spence (1825-1910) On writing fiction – extracted from Spence’s discussion of a contemporary essay on literary aspiration. The creative omnipotence of the poet and the novelist, who, summons so many spirits to do his bidding, has no...
by Stories from the Archive | May 13, 2022 | Nonfiction extract
by Mrs Langloh Parker Barbarians did the dreaming of the world, poetry arose in their fancies, and poetry, in spite of facts and science, resolutely refuses to ‘follow darkness like a dream.’ Mrs. Parker’s collection demonstrates that, amongst the...
by Stories from the Archive | Apr 8, 2022 | Essay, Nonfiction extract
by Frances Emily Russell, writing as Mrs H. E. Russell Frances Emily Russell nee Robey (1846 to 1899) wrote novels as “Mrs H E Russell” and nonfiction columns as “Eucalypta”. In a rare essay published using her married name, she argues against...
by Stories from the Archive | Apr 1, 2022 | Nonfiction extract
In her article earlier this week on Secondary Sources for early Australian women writers, Sue from Whispering Gums mentioned what a treasure of a resource is Trove. It’s a “meta”-resource, containing within it many other secondary sources on...
by Stories from the Archive | Mar 18, 2022 | Nonfiction extract
by Rachel Henning On Wednesday Bill Holloway posted a review of The Letters of Rachel Henning edited by David Adams, a work originally serialised in the Bulletin in 1951-52. Bill points out that Adams cut Henning’s original letters to create “a continuous,...
by Stories from the Archive | Mar 11, 2022 | Nonfiction extract
by Zora Cross, writing as “Bernice May” In his discussion of Zara Cross, Jonathan Shaw referred to the mentoring Cross had received from Ethel Turner, the Children’s Corner editor known as “Dame Durden”, with whom Cross had corresponded...
