A children's author at heart, Mavis Thorpe Clark writes:

"I have worked in most of the various forms of written expression; biography, novels, factual works, some poetry, adult short stories and articles, radio plays. I have scripted serials of my own children's novels – which are for the older reader – and now television."

- Australian Book Review (August 1983) page 4.

Mavis had well over 100 articles and short stories accepted for publication, particularly during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. She had the ability to write on a huge range of topics - both factual and fiction - including adventure, home-making, relationships, agriculture, manufacturing, history, war, humour, the arts, geography, and the publishing industry, to name but a few.

The collection below represents a sample of her writing from the 1930s to the 1980s.

Articles

• Sugar from the Ground - The Saturday Evening Herald, 27 May 1933
• Women and War - Mufti, 1 July 1935
• Masterpiece in Marble - The Age, 21 October 1939
• A Commonsense Laundry - Australian Home Beautiful, June 1946
• Phillip Island Penguins - The Age, 11 February 1950
• The Bullock Team - Walkabout, 1 July 1954
• Books in the Outback - People, 15 March 1961
• Why Write? - Australian Book Review, August 1983

Short Stories

• Fair Exchange - The Kookaburra, 11 March 1932
• The Cycle - The Age, 18 February 1933
• The Lost Ration Book - The Age, 16 December 1944
• The Pink Dress - The Sun, 1 May 1948
• The Weight of the Earth - Post, 3 February 1949
• Island in the River - The Sunday Herald, Sydney - "Playtime", 20 February 1949
• Why Dilly Dallied - Argus Week-end Magazine, 4 February 1950
• New Cousins - February 1950 (also adapted for radio - see script below)
• The Hunter - The Holy Name Monthly, 1 July 1959
• Christmas with a Difference - 1960

Scripts

• Arachne - 1934
• New Cousins - 1950

Poetry

• Untitled Poem - 1925

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