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Time for another gum
Sydney Blue Gum on the Hastings River This is, I believe, a Sydney Blue Gum (Eucalyptus saligna) though I could also be wrong as I’m very much an amateur when it comes to tree identification. It… more →
Whispering Gums
Stories That Move In
Judith wrote 1 month ago: I walked rather blindly into writing historical fiction. Or perhaps it walked into me. For example, … more →
Time for another gum
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whisperinggums wrote 2 months ago: Sydney Blue Gum on the Hastings River This is, I believe, a Sydney Blue Gum (Eucalyptus saligna) tho … more →
Craig Silvey, Jasper Jones
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whisperinggums wrote 2 months ago: Jasper Jones cover (Courtesy Allen & Unwin) What is is about coming-of-age novels? Why do we lik … more →
Kendall's favourite son
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whisperinggums wrote 2 months ago: Statue of Henry Kendall, on an inclement day in Kendall, NSW …is the Australian poet, Henry Ke … more →
Thinking of peace in 1941
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whisperinggums wrote 2 months ago: Oh the benefits (and sadness) of hindsight! This week, during my reading of the 1941 issues of The A … more →
A.B. (Banjo, to most of us) Paterson
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whisperinggums wrote 2 months ago: Within the next few weeks I will be reviewing the Australian Classic Library’s re-release of P … more →
Florence James and journalism, 1940
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whisperinggums wrote 3 months ago: Florence James, with Dymphna Cusack, wrote one of Australia’s most successful novels set in Wo … more →
Advice to would-be women journalists, 1930s style
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whisperinggums wrote 3 months ago: While I was researching something completely different today, I came across a wonderful – you … more →
Kath Walker aka Oodgeroo Noonuccal
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whisperinggums wrote 3 months ago: I fell in love with Kath Walker, as she was known then, in my teens and bought her book of poems, My … more →
Vale Frank McCourt
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whisperinggums wrote 4 months ago: Frank McCourt, 2007 (Photo by David Shankbone, used under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3. … more →
More Jolley
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whisperinggums wrote 4 months ago: Elizabeth Jolley (Photo: Courtesy Fremantle Press) A decade or so ago my local reading group, with t … more →
Toni Jordan, Addition
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whisperinggums wrote 5 months ago: Addition Pb cover, Courtesy Text Publishing (SPOILERS: FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH) Looks like, feels … more →
Diva novels
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whisperinggums wrote 5 months ago: Have YOU heard of diva novels? I haven’t but Mike Ashman, the author of the article “The … more →
Four time winner: Tim Winton wins 2009 Miles Franklin
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whisperinggums wrote 5 months ago: Photo by Denise Fitch, Australia Council for the Arts Well, it’s finally happened as I knew it … more →
The Literary Encyclopedia
Katy wrote 5 months ago: The Literary Encyclopedia The Literary Encyclopedia is a growing reference work compiled by internat … more →
Pramoedya Ananta Toer, This earth of mankind
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whisperinggums wrote 5 months ago: Nationalism, in today’s western world, is pretty much a dirty word – and yet it is the i … more →
Target Marketing
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drewbanks wrote 7 months ago: The Bookshevles at SF's "Get Lost" Travel Store are a Mixture of Travel Guides, Essays … more →
1000 novels - What should you read?
Rhondda wrote 9 months ago: I have been working with English classes aver the past few week, talking to students about reading. … more →
Post Holiday-New Year Detox...
tsaari wrote 10 months ago: It’s been one hell of a year, and right about now I’m desiring some good ‘hetero … more →
