Chris Tiffin

Ken Goodwin grew up in Homebush, Sydney, son of a lift driver and a dressmaker. He was the first member of his family to go…

This essay examines Rosa Praed’s communication ‘through letters, agreements, publisher’s ledgers, and memoirs of her dealings with one of her early publishers, George Bentley of…

Francis Adams lived the sort of life that cries out for a biography. Born in Malta, a son of the regiment, he spent his youth…

Rosa Praed is a significant figure in nineteenth-century Australian literature. With voluminous output and a substantial place in English literary society at a time when…

Nan Albinski's Guide is an important finding aid for Australian manuscripts held in North American Libraries. In addition to the major collections—the University of Texas…

IT has been overlooked that George Johnston's character, David Meredith did not spring fully-formed from the pages of My Brother Jack to be developed in …

The combined output of these three writers was about seventy-five books, not to mention individual stories, articles and journalism. The authors have done remarkably well…

This book falls into quite distinct sections: a thirty-page biography of FitzGerald; a brief summary of FitzGerald's ideas on poetry and poetic craft; a poem-by-poem…