November 2015 Roundup: Historical Fiction

November 2015 Roundup: Historical Fiction

19 reviews this month so a lot of us have been busy! And not just Christmas shopping. Many of the reviews are very familiar titles that I have featured over the last few months – The Strays by Emily Bitto, The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks, The Wild Girl and...
History, Writing and Television: An Interview with Clare Wright

History, Writing and Television: An Interview with Clare Wright

Clare Wright’s history of the Ballarat goldfields, The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka, has been shortlisted for this year’s Stella Prize. In this interview with the Australian Women Writers’ Challenge, Wright talks about writing and the place of women in Australian history as well as sharing some of the responses she has had to her book.