by Marisa Wikramanayake | Jan 29, 2015 | Yearly wrap-up
Sometimes the best things come in small bits and pieces, in little bites and nibbles. It is an art form in itself to attempt to convey what you want to say in a storyline that is restricted by a word limit and yet still have the words sing. It’s difficult to...
by Marisa Wikramanayake | Jan 28, 2015 | Yearly wrap-up
The Australian Women Writers challenge received 1578 reviews in 2014. The majority of the books reviewed are, of course, fiction. But we over here in our little nonfiction corner of the challenge are not doing too badly ourselves. And what you will find is that we...
by Elizabeth Lhuede | Mar 2, 2014 | News
Congratulations to all the women who have featured in this year’s Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature. Children’s Literature $15,000 Catherine Jinks for A Very Unusual Pursuit (Allen & Unwin) John Bray Poetry $15,000 Lisa Jacobson for The Sunlit Zone (5...
by Marisa Wikramanayake | Feb 26, 2014 | Round-ups
We are a lyrical bunch. 2014 seems to have started with a soft slow glide into all things lyrical peppered with a staccato beat from some of the astounding performance poetry penned and pinned down onto the page. We have a sextet for you. Seven collections but six...