by whisperinggums | Sep 17, 2016 | Round-ups
Although August is traditionally quiet in Literary-Classics land, the AusLit community has been busy with festivals galore, including the popular Byron Bay Writers Festival, the revamped Canberra Writers Festival, and of course the Melbourne Writers Festival. Women...
by whisperinggums | Aug 13, 2016 | Round-ups
Well, July in my region was pretty miserable, not as cold as usual but greyer and wetter. I much prefer colder but sunnier days! However, this is not a weather report, so on with the real news. July was a busy month for literary news with the announcement of a couple...
by whisperinggums | Dec 9, 2015 | Round-ups
There are still a few awards to be announced this year. Winners in the Melbourne Prize for Literature were announced in November. Andrea Goldsmith won the 2015 Best Writing Award Winner for her novel The Memory Trap. Also announced in November were the shortlists for...
by whisperinggums | Oct 14, 2015 | Round-ups
Spring has well and truly sprung here in classics-literary land with a lovely lot of reviews posted compared with the winter months. Those of you who read my round-ups regularly might think I focus inordinately in my posts on numbers. Of course numbers are only part...
![November 2014 Roundup: Classics and Literary]()
by whisperinggums | Dec 10, 2014 | Round-ups
After a very slow month for reviews in October, things picked up considerably in November. Thanks everyone! This will be the last of our monthly roundups for Classics and Literary in 2014, as the next round-up will be an annual report. I’m looking forward to...
