by Yvonne Perkins | Jun 19, 2014 | Give-away, News
 We are pleased to announce the winner of our Spinifex Baby Giveway drawn via random.org. The winner is… Annie Barrett! Thank you to all those who stopped by and entered the Spinifex Baby Giveaway. The Australian Women Writers’ Challenge also thanks the...
by Yvonne Perkins | Jun 15, 2014 | Give-away, News
Finch Publishing wants to give away one copy of this year’s winner of the Finch Memoir Prize to Australian Women Writers’ Challenge readers! In Spinifex Baby Karen Harrland shares the story of life with her partner, Al Dermer, on a station in the Simpson Desert. They...
by Yvonne Perkins | May 26, 2014 | Round-ups
Three awards were given to Australian women writers of histories and memoirs in the last month. The biggest news was the awarding of the Stella Prize to Clare Wright for The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka. There has been a flurry of publicity about the book since this...
by Yvonne Perkins | May 18, 2014 | Interviews
Many Australian families have family secrets. These secrets were created to put a lid on tragedy and shame that was too much to bear. Secrets were supposed to protect the family, yet too often they perpetuated a sore which was felt by the next generation. Kristina...
by Yvonne Perkins | Apr 25, 2014 | Round-ups
Autumn, history, life writing and Anzac Day: they are all about reflection and remembrance. Autumn is a reflective season. It is time to settle down for the coming winter and to look back and what has been. The process of reading and writing histories, biographies and...
