Month: March 2015
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Writing, perseverance, crushing disappointments
In his article for The Argus, Paul Malone wrote that while Halliday Sutherland believed that a writer should not presume to advise other writers, he did give two brief pointers during his Australian visit of 1939. They were: Avoid textbooks on ‘How to Write’ and learn to persevere in the face of crushing disappointments. Persevering in the face of crushing disappointments?…
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Halliday Sutherland relevant today
The curator of this site, Mark Sutherland, tells how it came about: “I never met Halliday Sutherland. He died six months before I was born. Growing up, I became increasingly aware of his life and his books. “When I heard about the Stopes v. Sutherland libel trial (the so-called “Birth Control Libel Trial”) of 1923, I…
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“Remember, laddie, there’s a day called tomorrow”
It is unclear when the events written about below took place, other than it was before 1955 when Halliday Sutherland wrote it down. I never thanked the woman who helped me in one of my darkest hours, but this is the story. On a bright May morning I was working with my secretary in the library…