by Marisa Wikramanayake | Mar 24, 2017 | Round-ups
As always before we start, I wish to pay my respects to the traditional owners and custodians of the land on which I work, live and play: the Whajuk/Nyoongar people. May your campfires be always burning. This land was never seceded and has always been and always will...
by Marisa Wikramanayake | Feb 24, 2017 | Interviews, Round-ups
It’s 2017 and I am writing this to you from Nyoongar country in WA on which I live, work and play with acknowledgement of and respect to the elders and the traditional custodians of the Whadjuk/Nyoongar people – on land that never was and never will be...
by Debbie Robson | Jan 17, 2017 | Yearly wrap-up
What a great year it’s been! Thank you to all our wonderful historical fiction reviewers who participated in the 2016 Australian Women Writer’s Challenge. We have kept pace with last year’s figures which is marvellous – 239 reviews of 127 books...
by Debbie Robson | Oct 17, 2016 | Round-ups
Hello everyone! We’ve got very similar numbers to last month’s roundup and a varied selection of books. There were 19 reviews of 17 books by 16 authors. The book with three reviews this month is The Birdman’s Wife by Melissa Ashley that I highlighted...
by Debbie Robson | Mar 16, 2015 | Round-ups
This month ten historical novels were reviewed. A bit of a quiet month. Two are very familiar to participants of the Australian Women Writers Challenge. Burial Rites by Hannah Kent was reviewed this month by Janine of The Resident Judge of Port Phillip. She writes,...
