Harrow friends of the Robertsons included Irene Stumpp
, an employee who cooked German recipes and exercised powers as a medium. The Getting of Wisdom brought HHR
personal contact with such writers as John Masefield
Reception
Elizabeth Jolley
Mr. Scobie's Riddle has been termed EJ
's finest achievement to that date.
Clancy, Laurie. A Reader’s Guide to Australian Fiction. Oxford University Press, 1992.
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It won the Age Book of the Year Award and the Australian Writers Guild AWGIE Award for Fiction, but was evidently...
Reception
Christina Stead
The title story was a contender for the Miles Franklin
prize in the year that the volume was published.
Reviewing the collection, Patricia Craig
felt that it did not show Stead at her best, but...
Textual Features
Ali Smith
The volume features 101 different women writers, each publication emblematic of the year for which its author is featured. Its contents range from the title-inspiring Miles Franklin
's My Brilliant Career (1901) through Edith Wharton
Timeline
2006: Alexis Wright, member of the Waanyi nation,...
Writing climate item
2006
Alexis Wright
, member of the Waanyi nation, published her novel Carpentaria, which became the first outright winner by an Australian Aboriginal writer of the prestigious Miles Franklin
award.
Lowry, Elizabeth. “The Fishman lives the lore”. London Review of Books, Vol.