Classics and Literary Round-up: September 2020
Spring has sprung down-under with a wonderful – and much appreciated display of wildflowers and colourful crops (not to mention some colourful weeds too!) We have continued reading, though perhaps not quite as much as we did over winter. As always, please check...
Non-Fiction (General) Round Up: October 2020
Since our round up includes both non-fiction and poetry it is perhaps inevitable that one of the persistent undercurrents will be the closeness of the personal and the political. Many of the reviews this month fall under this category in some way. They are books that are genre-resistant, boundary-pushing pieces of collective art or culturally responsive writing that imbue the tensely political climate of the times with raw emotion and beautiful expressions of social critique.
Speculative Fiction Roundup – September 2020
Hello and welcome to September’s roundup. Amazingly we had 19 books linked this month which is fabulous, especially when I’ve been really slack in reviewing and linking books myself lately, I’m glad to see everyone else is on top of it. This is a bit...
Historical Fiction Round Up: August & September 2020
In times of uncertainty and ongoing isolation, we are all still turning to books for comfort. Winter has given way to Spring and I am filled with gratitude to all of you who are still reading and reviewing and contributing to our challenge. Historical fiction has had...
Romance Round Up: September 2020
September proved to be a huge reading month for our romance readers. I was delighted to see a solid increase in our linked reviews since our last round up. A big thank you to those who have approached the romance genre and the challenge as a whole with such optimism,...
General Fiction Round Up : September 2020
Welcome to the September Round up of General Fiction. 69 reviews this month with an impressive variety of titles as well as the new Jane Harper novel The Survivors which was covered by a number of reviewers. It was eagerly anticipated and has hit Number 1 after only...
Diversity Round Up: August/September 2020
Welcome to the Australian Women Writers Challenge diversity round up for August and September 2020. In the past two months we’ve had 47 reviews of 37 books by diverse Australian women writers, or books featuring themes of diversity, added to our database by...
History Memoir and Biography Round Up: August 2020
I always get a warm inner glow when our reviews cover all three aspects of the history, memoir and biography category in the challenge! So I should be feeling very gratified this month with 17 reviews of 15 books, across all three genres, making August the most...
