by Stories from the Archive | Oct 13, 2023 | Short story
I’VE got it,” exclaimed Mary, excitedly flourishing the letter she had been reading. “Got what?” questioned her mother. “The situation !”
by wadholloway | Oct 11, 2023 | Reviews
He had his happy times and I think those periods were usually associated with absolute freedom from responsibility and full expression of his genius. He hated to be tied down
by Stories from the Archive | Oct 6, 2023 | Short story
by Ethel Mills Primrose (1870-1951) “The Chee child: a story for children” first appeared as “The China child” in 1902, and was revised and reprinted under a different title in 1905 in Pall Mall magazine. The Pall Mall version is reprinted here, not only...
by Elizabeth Lhuede | Oct 4, 2023 | Essay
by Elizabeth Lhuede Rediscovering Ethel Margaret Mills (1870-1951), aka Ethel Mills Primrose – another of our forgotten Australian women writers. Some time ago, when mentioning literary families in Australia, I referred to the Mills sisters, Ethel and Mabel. The...
by Stories from the Archive | Sep 29, 2023 | Essay
by Christina Stead (1902-1983) On Wednesday we published a review of Stead’s nonfiction piece, “Ocean of story”, the first in a collection with the same title published posthumously in 1986. (As Stead’s work is still in copyright, it can only...
by whisperinggums | Sep 27, 2023 | Reviews
by Whispering Gums Another post on a piece from the collection of Christina Stead stories, Ocean of Story. Ocean of story: The uncollected stories of Christina Stead is a posthumous collection put together by R.G. Geering, who was a teacher, academic, and, most...
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...
by wadholloway | Sep 20, 2023 | Reviews
“David’s appearance of whiteness, fairness, dazzled himself.” He was so sure of his own rightness that anyone who opposed him must therefore be evil.
by Stories from the Archive | Sep 15, 2023 | Fiction
by Agnes Murphy (1865-1931) The opening chapter of Agnes Murphy’s only novel, One woman’s wisdom, following Teresa Pitt’s review which appeared on Wednesday. Book 1, Chapter 1 The smoke curled lazily above the thatched roof of a cottage of poor...
by Guest Contributor | Sep 13, 2023 | Essay
by Teresa Pitt In March we ran Teresa’s essay on the life of Agnes Gillian Murphy (1869-1931), pioneering female journalist, feminist, music promoter, socialite and networker par excellence. She was widely travelled, wrote the first-ever biography of Dame Nellie...