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Signing on to the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2014
Yesterday I learned that a leading Australian bookseller had confessed to not having read a single book by a female Australian writer in 2013. Apparently, nothing interested him. And he didn’t like the...
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Book review: The Memory Trap, by Andrea Goldsmith
This is my first review for the 2014 Australian Women Writers Challenge. My tardiness can, in part, be attributed to the delightful experience of participating in this year’s Perth Writers Festival....
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Book review: A Very Unusual Pursuit, by Catherine Jinks
I used to read more junior fiction when I was editing more often than I currently am. But recently I had the pleasure of being on a panel with Catherine Jinks at the Perth Writers Festival, which...
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Book review: Personal Effects, by Carmel Macdonald Grahame
Years ago, on the first festival panel I ever took part in, there was a question from the audience that I had heard many times before and have often heard since: Why don’t writers write about happy...
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Australian Women Writers Challenge—2014 wrap-up
It’s the end of the year and what a wonderful year it’s been for reading Australian women writers. There have been new books from some of my favourites, and I’ve been introduced to writers who I’m sure...
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