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...
by whisperinggums | Jun 12, 2013 | Round-ups
It’s getting exciting here in literary fiction land: we are only a week away from the announcement of this year’s Miles Franklin award. What will win? Carrie Tiffany’s Mateship with Birds which has already won two significant awards this year? Or...
by Elizabeth Lhuede | May 20, 2013 | Round-ups
First, I apologise for the tardiness of my April round-up. I’ve been on the road and am only now settling back to routine. April was a special month for Literary Fiction: we had the announcement of the inaugural Stella Prize and then of the all-women shortlist...