1908 in Australian literature

The year 1908 in Australian literature involves some significant new books, drama, poetry and events.

For an overview of world literature see 1908 in literature.

See also: 1907 in Australian literature, 1908 in Australia, 1909 in Australian literature.

Books

• Victor J. Daley — "The Road of Roses"
• Edward Dyson
  • The Missing Link
  • Tommy Minogue
• Mrs Aeneas Gunn — We of the Never Never
• Fergus Hume
  • The Crowned Skull
  • The Devil's Ace
• Rosa Praed
  • By Their Fruits
  • Stubble Before the Wind
• Henry Handel Richardson — Maurice Guest
• Steele Rudd
  • Dad in Politics and Other Stories
  • For Life and Other Stories
  • In Australia
• Edward S. Sorenson — The Squatter's Ward
• Ethel Turner — That Girl
• Lilian Turner — Paradise and the Perrys

Short stories

• Louis Becke — The Pearl Divers of Roncador Reef and Other Stories
• Edward Dyson
  • "The Disposal of a Dog"
  • "The Rescue"
• Steele Rudd
  • Dad in Politics and Other Stories
  • For Life and Other Stories
• Edward S. Sorenson — Quinton's Rouseabout and Other Stories

Poetry

• Arthur A. D. Bayldon — Later Verses
• J. Le Gay Brereton — Sea and Sky
• C. J. Dennis
  • "The Austra-laise"
  • "Comin' Home From Shearin'"
• Mabel Forrest — "The Call of the North"
• Henry Lawson
  • "Meditations on a Pawn Ticket"
  • "One Hundred and Three"
• Will Lawson — Stokin' and Other Verses
• Dorothea Mackellar — "My Country"
• John Shaw Neilson — "The Sundowner"
• Edward S. Sorenson — "Bill Brown"

Drama

• Miles Franklin
  • The Scandal-Monger
  • The Survivors: A Modern Play in Four Acts
• Sumner Locke — "The Vicissitudes of Vivienne"

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1908 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 2 April — Ronald McGuaig, poet (died 1993)
• 1 September — Eve Langley, poet and novelist (died 1974)
• 9 October — Harry Hooton, poet (died 1961)

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1908 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 14 November — Ernest Favenc, poet and short story writer (born 1845)

See also

• 1908 in poetry
• List of years in literature
• List of years in Australian literature

References