by Elizabeth Lhuede | Dec 31, 2014 | News
In 2014, the Australian Women Writers challenge attracted 1578 reviews of books by Australian women (and there may be more to come). That’s a fantastic achievement and I want to thank you all – readers, bloggers, writers and the AWW team volunteers. As you...
by Elizabeth Lhuede | May 24, 2014 | Article, Guest Posts
Alisa Krasnostein from Twelfth Planet Press discusses the impact of AWW and recent exchanges about gender bias in SpecFic. From the start, the Australian Women Writers Challenge has been a bold and important undertaking. It has become a vital tool in countering the...
by Elizabeth Lhuede | Dec 27, 2013 | Memes/Challenges
What is it? The 2014 Australian Women Writers Challenge was set up to help overcome gender bias in the reviewing of books by Australian women. The challenge encourages avid readers and book bloggers, male and female, Australian and non-Australian, to read and review...
by Elizabeth Lhuede | Nov 20, 2012 | Article
We live in a meritocracy – a merits-based world untainted by biases and personal prejudices. To celebrate the shift to a new website, AWW revisits the question of gender bias with Tara Moss, the author whose original stoush with literary reviewer Cameron Woodhead...
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...