by Yvonne Perkins | Mar 30, 2014 | Interviews
Clare Wright’s history of the Ballarat goldfields, The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka, has been shortlisted for this year’s Stella Prize. In this interview with the Australian Women Writers’ Challenge, Wright talks about writing and the place of women in Australian history as well as sharing some of the responses she has had to her book.
by Yvonne Perkins | Mar 24, 2014 | Round-ups
Already this year twenty-eight Australian women writers of histories, biographies and memoirs have had their work reviewed for the Challenge. This is the work of passionate readers of these genres. Half of the people who have committed to review at least one book that...
by Yvonne Perkins | Feb 24, 2014 | Article
The new year is always a good opportunity to indulge in reading enjoyable books. Some great books by Australian women were read by Challenge participants this summer. A highlight of the reviews was good writing by some of our Challenge participants. There are many...
by Yvonne Perkins | Feb 2, 2014 | Yearly wrap-up
We ended 2013 on a high with a thirteen percent increase in the number of reviews of histories, biographies and memoirs compared to 2012. Last year Challenge participants wrote 141 reviews in this category, a big increase on the number reviewed in 2012. The Challenge...
by Yvonne Perkins | Jan 26, 2014 | Article, News
In 2013 Australian women writers received a large increase in online reviews. The number of reviews entered in the Australian Women Writers’ Challenge increased by nearly twenty percent compared to 2012. In its second year the Challenge demonstrates that the...
