In lieu of my usual Monday Musings post, I am reporting on the 2025 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards which were announced this evening, and which I attended via the live-stream from the Creative Australia website. I shared the short list several weeks ago, so I won’t repeat those here. The awards ceremony was a long … Continue reading Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2025, Winners| Whispering Gums
Early in 2023, I created a Monday Musings subseries called Trove Treasures, in which I share stories or comments, serious or funny, that I come across during my Trove travels. Having posted on her two sisters the last two Mondays, I thought it might be fun to round off the series with two references made to … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Trove treasures (14), Louise Mack, the “colonial”| Whispering Gums
This is a quick post because I’m on the road in Japan, but I do like the Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Awards, and their shortlist has just been announced, so here is a quick post. Just to recap if you don’t recollect my previous posts on this award, it is not limited by … Continue reading 2025 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award shortlist| Whispering Gums
Gertrude Mack is the third of the Mack literary sisters, and by far the least known, though at the time she was well-recognised, with her activities and thoughts frequently reported in the newspapers. Her “disappearance” from view is most likely because, unlike her sisters, all her writing was for newspapers and magazines. She did not … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Forgotten writers 14, Gertrude Mack| Whispering Gums
In the first decades of the 20th century, a family of sisters made some splash on Australia’s literary scene. I have already written about the eldest of them – Louise Mack – but there were also Amy (this post’s subject) and Gertrude, all of whom appeared in newspapers of the time as writers of interest. … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Forgotten writers 13, Amy Mack| Whispering Gums
The Michael Crouch Award is part of the National Biography Award (NBA) suite of prizes. I have written about the NBA before, but have never specifically focused on the Michael Crouch Award. But first, a quick recap … the National Biography Award has been going since 1996, and celebrates excellence in life writing, that is, … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Michael Crouch Award| Whispering Gums
Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme started by @Lauren’s Page Turners but is currently hosted by Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog. This meme is quite easy to follow – just randomly pick a book from your to-be-read list and explain why you want to read it. It is that simple. This week’s book: Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte […]| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
In the first decades of the 20th century, a family of sisters made some splash on Australia’s literary scene. I have already written about the eldest of them – Louise Mack – but t…| Whispering Gums
This week we bring the August Moomin celebrations to a close, look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, keep up with literary anniversa…| Book Jotter
Around ten years ago, I wrote a post on National Arbor Day. It was inspired by a Library of America story. The thing is that then I didn’t, and I still don’t hear, about Arbor Day anymo…| Whispering Gums
Award winners, acquisition news, longlist announcements and more in this week’s wrap up of Australian literature happenings.| Reading Matters
A true crime frenzy, a new lit festival for Sydney, and Melbourne’s oldest bookshop moves to a new home — plus lots more in this wrap up of all things Australian literature.| Reading Matters
A new weekly roundup of what’s happening in the world of Australian books and writing.| Reading Matters
Fiction dominates the 2025 Stella Prize lonlgist which has just been announced at the Adelaide Festival. This prize for Australian women and non-binary writers is worth $60,000 to the winner| Reading Matters
