Your KS #46: ‘Astir With Great Things’
On 26 June 2019, I submitted my PhD thesis, “Astir With Great Things: The Early Life of Katharine Susannah Prichard”. I started my...
Aug 29, 2019
Your KS #45: Doon Stone, Invisible Woman?
In November 1985, a public notice appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald asking for any person to come forward who had ‘any claim upon the...
Jun 27, 2019
Meet our June residents
It is our immense pleasure to introduce KSP's next round of Writer-in-Residence and Fellows: Susi Fox, Natalie Cooke and Kelly Van...
May 30, 2019
Les Wicks: A Free Range Poet
The only complaint I have about my KSP residency is that it had to end! Time to write is one of the most precious gifts that can be given...
May 21, 2019
Your K.S. 43: Katharine Susannah and the Theatre
- Picture: playbill for Australian Drama Night, 1910 (University of New England). It’s apt that KSPWC will be commemorating the fiftieth...
May 1, 2019
Your K.S. 42: Katharine Susannah and Music
- Picture: The KSP piano in the Writers' Centre, current day. Katharine Susannah Prichard loved music and particularly the piano. She...
Mar 28, 2019
The Earth Lover
For Valentine's Day, I have unlocked the polished Jarrah display cabinet that stands next to the fireplace in the sitting room of the KSP...
Feb 14, 2019
Your K.S. #40: Katharine and Hugo’s 100th Wedding Anniversary
It’s Katharine and Hugo’s one hundredth wedding anniversary. Katharine Susannah Prichard, thirty-five, and Hugo Throssell, thirty-four,...
Jan 28, 2019
New Program Helping WA Authors Bridge the Gap from Draft Manuscript to Published Novel
An exciting new initiative between Fremantle Press and four local writing centres, including the KSP Writers’ Centre, aims to improve the...
Dec 5, 2018
Your KS #39: Sweet Lavender
As I edit my biography of Katharine Susannah Prichard, I’ve been cutting more words. One of the sections which just didn’t fit concerned...
Nov 28, 2018