by Brona68 | Feb 13, 2017 | Round-ups
The Stella Prize longlist was announced during the week (hooray!) For lovers of non-fiction and the History, Memoir, Biography (HMB) category in particular, it was wonderful news indeed. Eight of the longlisted books are non-fiction titles. Today I will focus on the...
by Brona68 | Dec 12, 2016 | Round-ups
In the news this month for history, memoir & biography (HMB) was the announcement of the Victorian Premier’s shortlist. Four women writers featured in the non-fiction shortlist. Hopefully we will have some AWW reviews of Offshore and Position Doubtful soon....
by Brona68 | Nov 14, 2016 | Round-ups
The big news on the History, Memoir, Biography (HMB) scene this month was the recent announcement of the winners for the PM’s Literary Awards Non-Fiction. Two Australian women writers shared the top prize – Karen Lamb for her biography on Thea Astley:...
by Brona68 | Oct 10, 2016 | Round-ups
Reviews for History, Memoir, Biography (HMB) were light on during September, so I thought I’d take this opportunity to explore what else has been going on in the wider world of women writer’s writing HMB. A couple of weeks ago, the West Australian...
by Brona68 | Sep 12, 2016 | Round-ups
August will be a quick round-up as we continue our love affair with memoirs and biographies. Many of our readers attended the Melbourne Writer’s Festival this year and their twitter and Instagram feeds were full of tempting tales about what they heard and who...
