We’re pleased to announce the winner of the May WWWC: Amanda Lee! Amanda’s response to the prompt ‘history repeats’ is a story of discovery, of sorts. In ‘Potch’, a woman travels from Canada to Coober Pedy, trying to make sense of her ageing father’s past. But answers, like the opals the miners search for, are harder to come across than it seems.
Read Amanda’s winning entry below.
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The novel centres on frustrated poet Veda Gray, who is offered a Faustian bargain when a wealthy, childless couple invite her to exchange her young son Owen for time to write. Veda struggles with her decision, and against the patriarchal society in which she lives, while also asking herself: what kind of mother would give up her child?
The launch of Bad Art Mother at Melbourne’s Readings Bookshop in Carlton was a resounding success last month. Read on for words from launcher Janine Burke and Literary Agent Jenny Darling.
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In a special three-part guest series on the blog, John West-Sooby discusses how the book came to be, and the discoveries made along the way. In this second instalment, John examines the drawings produced on the Baudin expedtion.
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Drawing on a range of archival sources, the essays presented here offer fresh perspectives on Baudin’s scientific voyagers, their work and its legacy. What emerges is a deeper appreciation of the Baudin expedition’s contribution to the pursuit of science, and of those who pursued it.
In a special three-part guest series on the blog, John West-Sooby discusses how the book came to be, and the discoveries made along the way. In this first instalment, we discover the important role that historical archives played in shedding light on the voyage.
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Continue readingBanner image: Terre De Diemen: Ile Maria. Tombeaux des Naturels, (detail) by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
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This is the second time that Cheryl has won the WWWC – read her first winning entry, responding to the prompt ‘moving around’, here.
Cheryl has generously opted to donate her $250 voucher to the Fleurieu Peninsula Family History Group, which is incredibly generous of her.
Read Cheryl’s winning entry below.
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In this special guest post, learn about how the extinction of the Tasmanian tiger is linked to the plight of dingoes in our current times; how the earliest Australian women’s communal artwork is under threat, and how it all links back to folk art.
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Read Kristin’s winning entry below.
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We’re pleased now to be able to share Andrew’s launch speech from the event. It’s a wonderful insight into what Andrew has put into his collection, and it also shows just how many moving parts were required to bring The Teeth of a Slow Machine to life.
Read on for Andrew’s wonderfully funny and interesting speech.
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Two of our most recent new releases have some particularly excited (and clever) authors. Allayne Webster and Andrew Roff have each created wonderful videos in honour of their new books.
Watch them below, and get to know our authors and their books a little better.