Classics and Literary Round-up: August 2019

Classics and Literary Round-up: August 2019

In August we saw shortlists for some smaller, but nonetheless interesting awards announced. We also had the Canberra and Melbourne festivals (albeit Melbourne’s continued into September.) And, we clearly had a lot of reading, if the number of reviews are any...
Classics and Literary Round-up: July 2019

Classics and Literary Round-up: July 2019

July was an exciting month because we had both the shortlist and the winner of the Miles Franklin Award announced – such riches for us lin Liteary Fiction land. I will share the news in the last section of this post. Meanwhile, I hope you all enjoyed the middle...
Classics and Literary Round-up: June 2019

Classics and Literary Round-up: June 2019

And so we reach the middle of another year at the challenge, and things are progressing well here in Literary and Classics land, tracking, I’d say, pretty much around last year’s rate. June is a less dramatic month, awards-wise, but we did have a couple of...
Classics and Literary Round-up: May 2019

Classics and Literary Round-up: May 2019

How quickly the year is marching on. I know we say it every year, but it’s true isn’t it! May is worth hurrying to, however, because it’s when the longlist for our most famous literary award, the Miles Franklin, is announced. I’ll discuss that...
November 2018 Round-up: Classics and Literary

November 2018 Round-up: Classics and Literary

And so, the last month of the year has started. Those of you who have been following our challenge for a while now, will know that our November round-ups are our last “normal” round-ups of the year, as our December round-ups (posted of course in January)...