by whisperinggums | Nov 29, 2023 | Essay
by Whispering Gums Another in our series of juvenilia posts, this one on the sisters, Annie and Ida Rentoul Australia has several bookish sisters, and we have featured some of them here, including Louise and Amy Mack, and Ethel and Lilian Turner. Annie and Ida...
by Stories from the Archive | Oct 14, 2022 | Short story
by Lesbia Keogh (1891-1927) The following short story, written by Lesbia Vennor Harford (née Keogh), was written when the author was only 11 years old. “Angel, darling, you must play outside this afternoon.” The child at the door of the homestead, with its great cool...
by whisperinggums | Jul 27, 2022 | Article
by Whispering Gums An article on some of the juvenilia written by Eleanor Dark, best known for her The timeless land trilogy. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Over the last two months we’ve posted on the...
by Stories from the Archive | Jul 1, 2022 | Fiction
by Mary Grant Bruce (1878-1958) Mary Grant Bruce’s juvenilia, including her short story, “Her Little Lad”, featured in our Wednesday essay this week. As her work is still in copyright it can only be extracted here. The full story can be read on...
by whisperinggums | Jun 29, 2022 | Article
by Whispering Gums An article on some of the juvenilia written by Mary Grant Bruce, the popular children’s author of the Billabong series. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Last month we posted on Ethel...
