Elizabeth Gaskell had an eventful upbringing. The youngest of eight children, she and her older brother were the only children to survive their infancy. Her mother died not long after her birth and so ...

to personal and authorial identity in the world of Victorian literature. The title and structure of this seminar asserts some commonality among the work of very different women writers based on just ...

A first-time author has made history by taking out the $100,000 Victorian prize for literature with a picture book – the ...

The winners of this year's Victorian Premier's Literary Awards have been announced, with the list dominated by independent ...

Wanda Gibson’s 'Three Dresses' has made history as the first winner of the Children's Prize category to also receive the ...

She has published scholarly works on late Victorian literature and Creative Writing pedagogy and served on the editorial boards of Turn-of-the-Century Women, The Walter Pater Newsletter, and The ...