by Narelle Ontivero | Aug 12, 2017 | Article, Guest Posts
“The girlie loves her bath but the minute I take her out she screams and screams till by the time I have her dressed she has me reduced to tears also. Then she smiles complacently as if that were her sole object and falls into a lovely sleep. She and I both had an...
by Robyn Greaves | Jul 27, 2017 | Article, Guest Posts
Australian writer Henrietta Drake-Brockman was a significant figure in her time, particularly in her home state of Western Australia, where she regularly featured in the social pages of newspapers. Her prominence in literary circles and on bestseller lists at the time...
by Elizabeth Lhuede | Jan 26, 2017 | Article
Who knew there were so many classic and forgotten books by Australian women available online? This year we’ve decided to have a “classics” push on the AWW blog and soon we’ll be posting a classics Bingo card which will ask people to read books...
by Robyn Greaves | Jan 21, 2017 | Article, Guest Posts
For the first in our series of forgotten writers and classic books, Dr Robyn Greaves from the University of Tasmania writes on author Ernestine Hill who was born this day in 1899. Thanks, Robyn. Today, not many people have heard of Australian author Ernestine Hill. If...
by Paula | Feb 5, 2013 | Article
In lieu of a monthly wrap-up, my offering is a belated write-up of an event held at the State Library of New South Wales last December. My co-blogger, Sue Terry, will post a wrap-up of literary fiction and classics next week. Sleeping Beauties: Reviving Australia’s...
