Guest Post by Eleanor Jackson

Guest Post by Eleanor Jackson

I first heard Eleanor Jackson perform at the launch of Michelle Dicinoski’s Ghost Wife at Avid Reader bookshop in Brisbane, where I was  mesmerised by her lyrical and powerful poetry.  As someone for whom, as she writes in her post below, visibility and...
Guest Post by Yvette Walker

Guest Post by Yvette Walker

As part of our focus on queer and lesbian women writers this month, some wonderful authors are writing guest posts for us.  Last week, Michelle Dicinoski, author of the memoir Ghost Wife, wrote on identity and shadows, while this week’s writer is Yvette Walker....
Focus on Queer Australian Women Writers

Focus on Queer Australian Women Writers

Following on from the success of our focus on Australian Women Writers of Diverse Heritage in October last year, this month the AWW team is holding a focus on Queer Australian Women Writers.  We’ll have guest posts from Michelle Dicinoski, Yvette Walker and Eleanor...
Beyond Chernobyl: Women Respond

Beyond Chernobyl: Women Respond

Throughout 2014 AWW will occasionally invite guest authors to review books of interest to challenge participants. Today’s guest author is historical fiction writer, Isolde Martyn. According to the International Nuclear Event Scale of 1 to 7, there have been two...
2013 AWW Challenge: Poetry and Short Stories

2013 AWW Challenge: Poetry and Short Stories

Jennifer Maiden’s win of the overall prize for the Victorian Premier’s Prize for her poetry collection Liquid Nitrogen is a boon for Australia’s women poets.  As Paula notes in her roundup of these awards, author Magdalena Ball reviewed this collection, contemplating...