A PAEROA AUTHORESS.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5307, 1 August 1928, Page 2

A PAEROA AUTHORESS.

MISS ALICE A. KENNY.

HUMOROUS FICTION WRITER. Tiie following appreciative reference to the literary talents of Miss Alice A- Kenny, Bennett Street, Paer.oa, appears in the latest issue of a popular Wellington wftekly, paper “Not many are our New Zealand writers of fiction who are' of the humorous kind, while our women of this type are necessarily fewe’-r still. “Of these few is Miss. Alice A. Kenny, whose stories and verges have appeared in, anthologies, besides most •of th© leading New Zealand and Australian journals. “Miss Kenny is> particularly happy in her short fiction introducing animal characters, A surprised laugh from someone in the t'i'am or train, perusing the fiction part of a newspaper,, may easily mean that one of her dog, heroes is up to something. “Nfefedless to s,ay. for the t.wo qualities go together, she excels also ‘in children’s stories.

“With the Home magazines pleading for ‘genuine humour,’ it is a wonder none of the editors has discovered this entertaining and original penwoman.

“Miss Kenny is librarian of the Paeroa library. Among her forbears is the now almost forgotten author of ‘Robert Macaire,” Charles Selby, his real name being Wilson.”