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 E Mack, Along the Garden Avenue (nonfiction)
by Amy E Mack (1876-1939) On Wednesday, we introduced Amy Mack, a writer of fiction and non-fiction that dealt almost exclusively with nature. Today’s story is one of her newspaper columns. It features her description of the nature of a suburban street and the...
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,...
Kylie Tennant, The Battlers (fiction extract)
by Kylie Tennant (1912-1988) On Wednesday, Bronwyn discussed Kylie Tennant’s ALS prize-winning novel, The Battlers, and the hardships endured by female characters who tramped the outback. The following extract, from near the start of the novel, introduces one of...
Kylie Tennant, The Battlers (review)
by Bronwyn. ‘It’s men,’ she said. ‘Everywhere you go they’re runnin’ things. Tryin’ to down you. And women, too. All of ‘em rotten.’
Jeannie Gunn, We of the Never Never (extract)
“Me savey scrub ’im, and sweep ’im, and wash ’im, and blue ’im, and starch ’im,” she said glibly
Alice Nannup, When the Pelican Laughed (review)
My mother’s name was Ngulyi, that’s her Aborigine name… She was born on Pilbara Station, which is between Roebourne and Marble Bar and she belonged to the Yindjibarndi tribe.
Florence Blair, Samoan Ghosts (short story)
by Florence Blair, “A Victorian girl” (1860-1937) A tale in which “A Victorian girl” is guided by Laulii, a reteller of ghost stories and Samoa’s first female English-language author. (Originally published as “Samoan bogies”.)...
