by Nadia King | Jan 16, 2019 | Yearly wrap-up
2018 was a year of fabulous YA books. For the AWW Challenge, we had 148 reviews submitted for 85 books by 82 authors. Thank you to everyone who read a young adult book by an Australian women writer and submitted to the challenge! Throughout the year, I have posted...
by ladyredjess | Jun 23, 2018 | Round-ups
A woman artist, writes author Susan Johnson, ‘wants to make a work of art that is itself, and free. But she also has another job: it seems she must also prove how you devalue her work or overlook it or put it in a box marked “small” or “confessional” or “a woman’s...
by ladyredjess | Apr 28, 2018 | Round-ups
The great celebration today is that we have many exciting, diverse voices in the world of Australian letters. We encompass the world right here in our literature. And even in this shortlist that has been judged as being some of the very best of women’s literature...
by Nadia King | Apr 18, 2018 | Round-ups
Welcome to the fourth round up of young adult fiction for the Australian Women Writer’s Challenge. Read Up is an initiative of the Stella Prize and the Victorian Government. It’s aimed at young people aged 15-24 who fall outside the education system and...
by ladyredjess | Feb 27, 2018 | Round-ups
Reviews of works by Australian women writers that feature diversity include those by authors who identify as having a disability, who are Indigenous, of migrant heritage, or are LGBTQI. They also include works that feature characters or themes who identify or grapple...