by Kat bookthingo | Apr 10, 2012 | Article, Guest Posts
Kat Mayo from Book Thingo answered a call on Twitter to extend the discussion on feminism and romance. She writes: I’m excited about this series of posts because—yay!—discussions around romance. In Elizabeth’s introduction to Louise Cusack’s post, In...
by Elizabeth Lhuede | Apr 6, 2012 | Article
(Imported from Blogger; formatting glitches need to be fixed) While Miles Franklin tends to get a lot of attention because of the literary award, another prominent Australian who chose to publish under a male pseudonym may not be so well known. That author is Ethel...
by Elizabeth Lhuede | Mar 21, 2012 | Article
(Need to import image of trilogy to WP) This week a Twitter discussion broke out as to whether romance, as a genre, is inherently feminist. The discussion was prompted by a review in which avid romance reader and blogger Kate Cuthbert took a respected romance author...
by Elizabeth Lhuede | Mar 15, 2012 | Give-away, News
(Imported from Blogger; formatting glitches need to be fixed) To celebrate Spinifex Press’s 21st birthday, the publishers have invited Australian Women Writers to host a giveaway of the following books: Kick the Tin by Doris Kartinyeri Bite Your Tongue by...
by Elizabeth Lhuede | Mar 8, 2012 | Article
(Imported from Blogger; formatting glitches need to be fixed) Over the past few years, I’ve corresponded intermittently with feminist publisher and author, Susan Hawthorne, of Spinifex Press, a publishing house which next week celebrates 21 years of operation....
