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Literary hoaxes

I've asked the author of the new hoax note to provide a reference that can be checked.--Perry Middlemiss (talk) 23:02, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There are a number of hoaxes or cases of mistaken ethnic identity that need to be included - Ern Malley, Demidenko, Colin Johnson. Needs a section Evadeluge (talk) 01:41, 16 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Classic literature

Joanne Watson wrote a poem once that is now considered a classic of Australian literature. It was called Poem.. 49.197.238.161 (talk) 10:55, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed reorganisation

Hi, I’m a writer/biographer, my specialty is Australian Women's Literature where I have published and lectured a good deal.

Currently the organisation of this article is quite haphazard. I'm proposing to run it past a number of colleagues in the field - but my first reaction is

- Three generations from 1900 to 1995 are virtually omitted - The whole Left, which was more than half of Australian literature until 1980, is barely there

There are many important omissions and a lot of almost unknown authors are included

As a first cut, I'm suggesting an organisation something along the lines of

A. Chronological

- colonial post colonial 1789-1900
- pre-war 1900-1945
- post-war 1945- 1995
- millennial 1995-present

B. Genre

- Novels
- Poetry
- Plays 
- Memoir (Facey, Hewett etc)
- History (Manning Clark, Geoffrey Blainey, history wars  etc)
- Popular (MCCullough, Morrissey, Kathy Lette, romantic etc)
- SF/Fantasy/Crime etc

C. Identity - Forging an Australian identity - Left and Conservative literature - Women writers - Indigenous writers - Ethnic identity - Hoaxes forgeries and misunderstanding

I'm willing to make a start if there are no objections. I don’t anticipate changing existing text much, it’s more a case of reorganisation and a couple of new sections, which I will do one at a time to allow for edits etc Evadeluge (talk) 03:41, 16 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds excellent. Do include children's lit too. Robina Fox (talk) 06:46, 16 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Republics of Letters: Literary Communities in Australia, Peter Kirkpatrick, Professor Robert Dixon

Should not the communities been mentioned, eg. the Seven Writers? Xx236 (talk) 07:34, 7 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The Holocaust

https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/wrestling-with-holocaust-literature-20190321-h1cmky.html Xx236 (talk) 07:39, 7 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Auslit" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Auslit has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 December 3 § Auslit until a consensus is reached. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 19:35, 3 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]