Australian regional literature & writers
Articles
- Remember Love and Struggle? Reading Jean Devanny’s Sugar Heaven in Contemporary Australian Contexts
Devanny’s novel Sugar Heaven was re-released in 2002 some 65 years after its first publication. The momentous historical and political changes since the time of…
1 May 2004 - ‘A Talented Daughter of the Mallee’: Myra Morris Meets Regional Readers
Myra Morris (1893–1966) was a prolific author of poems, short stories, novels and children’s books. Best known for her short stories, which were published in…
28 October 2021 - Sanctuary and Scars: Salt as a Landscape Element in the Novels and Non-Fiction of Tim Winton
This article argues that salt functions as a transformative marking and shaping agent in Tim Winton’s work. Salt scars both people and place (externally and…
2 May 2023