Zora Cross
by Jonathan Shaw. ‘Love Sonnets’, whose exuberant expressions of female desire – unprecedented in Australian literature – struck a chord with young men and women separated by World War One.
Australia’s First Women Writers
by Michelle Scott Tucker. As Aboriginal people had been doing orally and pictorially for 60,000 years, the European colonists used letters, diaries, drawings and paintings to share their stories, news, and hopes.
Starting from the Heart: Guest Post by Michelle Vlatkovic
This week, from 8th-15th July, is NAIDOC week, which draws attention to the history, achievements, strength, and resistance of Aboriginal people. We are delighted to feature a guest post from Michelle Karen Vlatkovic, a writer of Kamilaroi and Croatian descent....
Guest Post: Writing Outside The Square by Cindy Davies
My novel The Afghan Wife was launched on 25 November 2017 by Odyssey Books of Canberra. Odyssey is owned and operated by Michelle Lovi who accepted it for publication in February of the same year. It is set against the background of the Islamic revolution in Iran. In...
Focus on Australian Women Writers with Disability: Guest Post by Anna Spargo-Ryan
Following on from Tsana Dolichva’s wonderful post on Defying Doomsday, we are very happy to feature a guest post from Anna Spargo-Ryan, a Melbourne-based author of The Gulf and The Paper House. Anna is also the winner of the 2016 Horne Prize for her essay...
