by whisperinggums | Jan 11, 2022 | Yearly wrap-up
With the challenge as it was originally conceived finishing at the end of 2021, most of our volunteer editors did their final round-ups in December. However, for my own interest if not for others, I wanted to do one final round-up that looked at the ten years of the...
by Janine Rizzetti | Dec 31, 2021 | Yearly wrap-up
And so, just as the year is ending, here is the Round Up for 2021. Overall, there were 154 reviews returned of 105 books. The following books received multiple reviews during 2021 The Husband Poisoner by Tanya Bretherton (4 reviews) With My Little Eye by Sandra Hogan...
by Ashleigh Meikle | Dec 15, 2021 | Round-ups, Yearly wrap-up
Since 2011, the volunteer-led Australian Women Writers Challenge has sought to promote the writing of Australian women of all backgrounds and from all eras, as many participants read as many as they can over the course of twelve months, and several of us working in...
by Janine Rizzetti | Jan 27, 2021 | Round-ups, Yearly wrap-up
And so we reach December 2020 in what has been a very strange year. December was relatively quiet for History, Memoir and Biography, with eleven reviews posted to the Challenge. As always, some of these reviews picked up on books that have been featured in these Round...
by Tracey Gregory | Jan 25, 2021 | Round-ups, Yearly wrap-up
Firstly, thank you to each and every person who participated in The Australian Women Writers Challenge in 2020 and in turn helped support and promote our wonderful Australian women writers. Every review counts and your input is greatly appreciated – especially...
by Ashleigh Meikle | Jan 20, 2021 | Round-ups, Yearly wrap-up
Welcome to 2021, and the 2020 wrap up post, which also includes December in its count. In December 2020, we had four children’s books read, and sixteen young adult books! So a bit of a reversal, but we still have more reviews for children’s books in 2020 overall – 170...