by Marisa Wikramanayake | Apr 18, 2015 | Article, News
As part of our focus on writers of divese heritage this month, AWW team member, Marisa Wikramanayake, was invited to write about the VIDA Count and her new database of female reviewers.* Marisa writes: On April 4, last week, the results of the 2014 VIDA Count were...
by Elizabeth Lhuede | Dec 31, 2014 | News
In 2014, the Australian Women Writers challenge attracted 1578 reviews of books by Australian women (and there may be more to come). That’s a fantastic achievement and I want to thank you all – readers, bloggers, writers and the AWW team volunteers. As you...
by Elizabeth Lhuede | Mar 5, 2013 | News
It’s International Women’s Day this Friday, March 8, and the count is in. According to VIDAÂ – Women in Literary Arts, several prestigious literary journals improved their representation of work by women in 2012, including The Boston Review,...
by Elizabeth Lhuede | Nov 20, 2012 | Article
We live in a meritocracy – a merits-based world untainted by biases and personal prejudices. To celebrate the shift to a new website, AWW revisits the question of gender bias with Tara Moss, the author whose original stoush with literary reviewer Cameron Woodhead...
