Jill Blee's Blog (5)

Finding Irishness in Ballarat

It is one thing to be given the task of writing a novel about the Irish in Ballarat, it is another to decide exactly what that novel will focus on. What themes will be pursued, who the characters will be and how their story will be shaped.... Read the rest at http://jillblee.blogspot.com

Added by Jill Blee on April 26, 2011 at 8:38pm — No Comments

The past is another country



The past is another country. A great idea, and well used over the years, but an apt expression of the dilemma historical fiction writers face in locating their stories in an environment which no longer exists. There might, of course, be traces of that environment remaining. Buildings of the time may have survived intact and may still be in… Continue

Added by Jill Blee on April 7, 2011 at 12:04am — No Comments

Launch of th eLiberator's Birthday

Launch of The Liberator's Birthday

 
The Liberator’s Birthday is a story about a group of Irishmen who live around the junction between Redan and Sebastopol to the south of Ballarat. Both districts were centres of intensive goldmining during the second half of the nineteenth century.…
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Added by Jill Blee on April 5, 2011 at 7:40pm — No Comments

An Irish Obsession

For the best part of two decades I have been locked into the 19th century with a collection of Irish men and women of my own creation. I explain in my blog.http://jillblee.blogspot.com

Added by Jill Blee on March 14, 2011 at 11:21pm — No Comments

Discoveries discoveries

Check out my blog http://jillblee.blogspot.com for my latest entry

Added by Jill Blee on March 11, 2011 at 12:31am — No Comments

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