by ladyredjess | Sep 21, 2014 | Give-away, Interviews
For some people, courage means leaping out of muddy trenches and running headlong into battle with a rifle, or making a speech with a dry mouth before a crowded auditorium. If you read Kate Richards’ work Madness: a Memoir, you’ll find that courage also means staying...
by ladyredjess | Sep 9, 2014 | Article, Give-away, Guest Posts
Following Honey Brown’s poignant account of how disability can sting and stir one’s psyche, is our second guest writer for our focus on Australian Women Writers with Disability: Donna McDonald. Donna, whose mother noticed she was deaf when she was small, was enrolled...
by ladyredjess | Sep 2, 2014 | Article, Give-away, Guest Posts
What I love about my role as contributing editor for AWW in the area of Diversity is the sheer range of viewpoints to which I’m exposed through the books I read and the reviews I collate. It fascinates me to see and understand the impact that heritage, sexuality or...
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 ladyredjess | Apr 3, 2014 | Give-away, Guest Posts, Interviews, Round-ups
Visibility, invisibility, ghosts, mirrors, shadows … all these are terms that have appeared in the posts by lesbian/queer Australian women writers this month. Michelle Dicinoski, author of the memoir Ghost Wife, commented that ‘when you are a gay or lesbian or queer...
