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Shifting the AWW domain name from Blogger
A while ago I wrote that the Australian Women Writers challenge has been so successful that it has been hard to keep track of all the books reviewed. The system for posting links changed from Mr Linky...
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Sleeping Beauties: Reviving Australia’s forgotten women writers
In lieu of a monthly wrap-up, my offering is a belated write-up of an event held at the State Library of New South Wales last December. My co-blogger, Sue Terry, will post a wrap-up of literary fiction...
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Inaugural Stella Prize Longlist Announced
There is great excitement today with the announcement of the longlist for the inaugural Stella Prize. After receiving a huge number of entries, the Stella Prize judges—writer and critic Kerryn...
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Inaugural Stella Prize Shortlist Announced
Congratulations to all those on the first ever Stella Prize shortlist which was announced yesterday! Chair of the judges Kerryn Goldsworthy said: In choosing a shortlist of six books from the longlist...
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Miles Franklin Longlist Announced/Review Roundup
The Miles Franklin Award longlist was announced on Tuesday and it’s wonderful to see eight out of the ten longlisted books are by women writers — yay and dare I say it’s about time! The longlist is:...
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Awards Madness! Children’s Books in the shortlists
April is a busy month for award-watching: the inaugural Stella Prize is announced on April 16, longlists for the Kibble & Dobbie Awards were released, along with those for the the NSW Premier’s...
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Stella Prize Shortlist Roundup
The inaugural Stella Prize winner will be announced tonight and in case you missed the timely discussion on Radio National about The Culture of Prize Giving, you can catch up here. Sophie Cunningham...
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2013 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards: Shortlist Review Roundup
Congratulations to all shortlistees for the 2013 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. Total prize money for the awards, including sponsored awards, is up to $315,000. The winners of this year’s awards will...
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Feature: Global Women of Color Challenge: Interview with Marilyn Dell Brady
Global Women of Color Challenge Logo In this special feature, retired professor of US women’s history, and founder of the Global Women of Color (GWC) Reading Challenge and Blog, Marilyn Dell Brady,...
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Announcement of the Kibble and Dobbie Award Shortlists
The shortlists for the Kibble and Dobbie Literary Awards were announced last week. The shortlisted authors for the Kibble Literary Award ($30, 000 prize) for the work of an established Australian woman...
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Michelle de Kretser Wins the 2013 Miles Franklin Award for Questions of Travel
Congratulations to Michelle de Krester who has won this year’s Miles Franklin Award for Questions of Travel. Congratulations also to all those longlisted and shortlisted for the award. Speaking on...
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Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2014 Shortlists Announced
It’s going to be a busy summer of reading. With only eight weeks to go until the winners of the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards are announced on 28 January, twenty-one titles (The Premier’s 21)...
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2013 AWW Challenge Wrap Up: Romance, Romantic Suspense and Erotica
Welcome to the round up for Romance, Romantic Suspense and Erotica for 2013. Whilst we dropped the ball a little during 2013 given that we didn’t have very many monthly round ups for this genre, the...
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