Barbara Baynton, Human Toll
we must own that it will not please one man in twenty. But for that we must blame not the author’s genius, but our public’s aesthetic limitations.
Penne Hackforth-Jones’ Barbara Baynton (review)
Baynton began to write, drawing on the loneliness and fear she felt while isolated in the Bush, found an ally in AG Stephens, editor of the Bulletin, and a lifelong friend in her Woollahra neighbour, suffragist Rose Scott.
Barbara Baynton: Celebrated colonial writer
Another in our series of classic or forgotten Australian authors, Morgan Burgess features Barbara Baynton. Thanks, Morgan. Barbara Baynton has become one of Australia’s most celebrated colonial writers despite her relatively small oeuvre. The daughter of Irish...
Short stories, socialising and spreadsheets: the Jan to June 2014 round up
Dear readers, I have a confession to make. I am not such a geek goddess after all. In my haste to entertain you and entice you to read more, I forgot that we keep track of all our reviews using not just the handy dandy list that I usually look at but also a...
Jennifer Mills on classics
Used with great caution and suspicion, a literary canon, a list of significance, may have some use in guiding and informing inexperienced readers, but I think probably it’s far more useful as a target of intelligent argument and dissent.” – Ursula le Guin All...#AWW2025
