Guest Blogger – Lauren Elise Daniels

Our ‘Let’s Talk About Alice’ panel began with words from M.K. Hume’s King Arthur: Dragon’s Child. “Now, in the twenty-first century, Karl Marx’s grave in a London cemetery is no longer a rallying cry to the poisoned idea that the end justifies the means…’...

The Alice Panel at Brisbane Square Library

The Alice Literary Award was the inspiration for a presentation at The End Room of the Brisbane Square Library. While a little late starting, the panel session  was most interesting.  Laurel Daniels set the tone with readings from the works of each of the panel...

A Woman Writer in Disguise – MK Hume

Marilyn Hume is  one of the many women writers who has chosen to disguise their gender by changing their name, or in fact hiding it.  By writing as M K Hume, she has received greater success than she believes she would have otherwise. I have not met Marilyn Hume...

PNG welcomes Mary Mennis

SWWQ Member Mary Mennis left Brisbane yesterday (October 31st) on the Pacific Aria. with her husband Brian.   They will go to PNG; Alotoau where there is a Canoe Festival and the opening of a Museum.  Then they will go on to Kitaya, Trobriands, Rabaul,  then to...

Dr Clare Wright – The Alice Winner

The 2016 Alice Award Winner announced in Launceston in August is Dr Clare Wright.  Until this week I had not done any research on the winner,  I feel sad that it has taken me so long to find out about her. She is described in Wikipedia as an Australian author,...