July 2017 Round-up: Classics and Literary

July 2017 Round-up: Classics and Literary

How was July for you? I love seeing the back of July because it feels that Spring, and warmth, are just around the corner. July has been reasonably quiet on the Literary front, but we did have NAIDOC Week early in the month, and the winners of a couple of awards were...
Spec Fic and the Aurealis Awards

Spec Fic and the Aurealis Awards

This month, instead of moving straight onto another subgenre of speculative fiction I thought I’d shine a light on the most prestigious spec fic awards in Australia: the Aurealis Awards. The awards were first established in 1995 and, although the categories have...
November 2016 Roundup: Classics and Literary

November 2016 Roundup: Classics and Literary

And still the awards keep coming! In November we saw the announcement of the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. I won’t share them all here, as you can find it all on the announcement page. I’ll just focus on those relevant to this corner of the AWW...
November Round Up – History, Memoir & Biography

November Round Up – History, Memoir & Biography

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....