Elizabeth Anne Webby AM FAHA (née Loder; 9 February 1942 – 6 August 2023) was an Australian literary critic, editor and scholar of literature.
[1] Emeritus Professor Webby retired from the Chair of Australian Literature at the University of Sydney in 2007.
[5] In recognition of her retirement, The University of Queensland Press and Australian Literary Studies jointly published New Reckonings : Australian literature past, present, future : Essays in honour of Elizabeth Webby, edited by Leigh Dale and Brigid Rooney, in 2007.
She has had two terms as chair of the judging panel for the Nita B Kibble Literary Awards for Australian women's life writing, in 1992–96 and 2005–07.
[4] Webby donated her 1974–2002 papers, including correspondence, research and material relating to Southerly to the State Library of New South Wales on her retirement in June 2007.