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Debra Zott on My Hundred Lovers by Susan Johnson
Memory is not democratic. It creates its own hierarchy concerning what will be at the top and what will be at the bottom. Memory decides what it remembers and what it forgets, and what emerges from the...
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2012 AWW Challenge: Short Stories and Poetry
We’re nearly at the end of the wrap-ups of reviews of Australian women’s writing for 2012, which have shown that writing and reading by Australian women is diverse, enthusiastic and unabated. While...
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February 2013 Roundup: Classics and Literary
Well, here it is March already and I’m bringing you the February roundup of reviews in both the Literary Fiction/Non-fiction and Classic areas. Paula Grunseit, who is responsible for the Classics area,...
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February 2013 Roundup: Diversity
On the starting block for February’s reviews of themes of diversity is Subversive Reader’s write-up of Whisper, by Chrissie Keighery. This is the story of Demi, a regular 14 year old who becomes...
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March 2013 Roundup: Classics and Literary
The year is hotting up and it’s starting to get serious here in Literary-and-Classics land. Not only were significantly more reviews posted in March but the awards season is well underway. The Miles...
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March 2013 Roundup: Diversity
Readers of the Australian Women Writers blog will have noticed that we’ve been peppered with long listings, short listings, and awards lately. These are a boost to any writer’s career, but...
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Poetry Roundup Jan-May 2013
In the 5 months of this year, there have been 16 reviews of books of poetry by Australian Women Writers. This is opposed to the 9 reviews for the whole of last year, so poetry readers are really...
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Poetry Roundup June-Nov 2013
Reviews of poetry written for the Australian Women Writers Challenge are always a joy to read because their writers are so attentive to language, ideas and form, and the 12 reviews penned between June...
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2013 AWW Challenge Wrap-up: Diversity
In her essay “Literature as Pleasure, Pleasure as Literature” (Antaeus, 1987), Joyce Carol Oates wrote, ‘Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another’s...
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January 2014 Roundup: Classics and Literary
And so we start the third year of our challenge, and the second year of this blog. Welcome back to all our loyal readers and contributors – and, if this is your first time visiting our blog, welcome to...
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January and February 2014 Roundup: Short stories/poetry
We are a lyrical bunch. 2014 seems to have started with a soft slow glide into all things lyrical peppered with a staccato beat from some of the astounding performance poetry penned and pinned down...
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January 2014 Roundup: Diversity
Welcome back to the monthly wrap-ups for reviews of books that showcase diversity! 2014 is shaping up to be an exciting year, with a focus on Australian queer women writers in March and on women...
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Focus on Queer Australian Women Writers
Following on from the success of our focus on Australian Women Writers of Diverse Heritage in October last year, this month the AWW team is holding a focus on Queer Australian Women Writers. We’ll...
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Guest Post by Eleanor Jackson
I first heard Eleanor Jackson perform at the launch of Michelle Dicinoski’s Ghost Wife at Avid Reader bookshop in Brisbane, where I was mesmerised by her lyrical and powerful poetry. As someone for...
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Short fiction and poetry round up: March and April 2014
Come, come, come, dear reader. Here’s a hand outstretched to you because you won’t believe the words (and worlds) we have fallen into over the last two months. We have a rabbit hole (or seven) to find....
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Short fiction & Poetry roundup: July and August 2014
Ok, here’s the obligatory Game of Thrones joke: Winter is not coming. Winter has come and will soon be gone. Right. Now let’s never mention this again. On to the main event. Picture this: tropical...
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Poetry & Short fiction: 2014 wrap up
Sometimes the best things come in small bits and pieces, in little bites and nibbles. It is an art form in itself to attempt to convey what you want to say in a storyline that is restricted by a word...
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January 2015 Roundup: Diversity
While AWW readers swung in their hammocks over summer, they also ploughed their way through books that illuminated themes of diversity. However, challenging unconscious biases is no breeze – it can...
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Short fiction and poetry: Jan and Feb 2015
In the first two months of the challenge for 2015, we are playing favourites. We have provided the stage and you have told us the program for this vaudeville variety show and who should strut and tread...
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In Conversation With… Jackson
What is the In Conversation With series? In Conversation is a fortnightly podcast series with the occasional accompanying video which gives you, lovely readers, even more choice on how to hear what...
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