by Paula | Feb 13, 2014 | News
The second-ever Stella Prize longlist was announced at midday today via Twitter and what an amazing, diverse list of titles we have! There are six fiction, and six non-fiction books (selected from 160 entries) ranging across genre including short stories....
by whisperinggums | Nov 13, 2013 | Round-ups
The end of the year is racing towards us and the reviews seem to be slowing down a bit. However, they haven’t stopped – thank goodness – so here I am with a round-up for October. Oh Oh Oh October Only 20 reviews, but some good’uns. But first,...
by whisperinggums | Oct 10, 2013 | Round-ups
Oh dear! July was a stellar month for reviews of books classified Classics and/or Literary, with over 40 reviews posted in one month, but since then we’ve fallen in a heap. Only 39 reviews have been posted for the combined August-September period! Still, I...
by whisperinggums | Aug 15, 2013 | Round-ups
Woo-hoo! Congratulations all you Classics-Literary reader-reviewers! In last month’s round-up I asked whether we could up the reviewing ante from about 30-35 books a month to around 40 and we did it! This month we have 42 reviews in this category – and,...
by whisperinggums | Jul 11, 2013 | Round-ups
June was an exciting month for Literary Fiction. Let me count the ways: Michelle de Kretser’s Questions of Travel was announced as this year’s Miles Franklin Award winner. The shortlist for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards was announced, with...
