The Canberra Critics’ Circle is pleased to publish a reflection by novelist and short story writer Esteban Bedoya, the Chargé d'Affaires of Paraguay in Canberra, on the recent upsurge of interest in the connections between Australian writers Mary Gilmore and Henry Lawson and William Lane’s failed ‘Utopian’ experiment in Paraguay, the subject of works reviewed by Circle members.
Canberra Critics Circle: The 25 year-old Canberra Critics’ Circle is the only such group of critics in Australia that runs across all the major art forms, not just performing arts. The circle changes each year depending on who is writing or broadcasting on the arts in Canberra.