I've been participating in the Australian Women Writer's Challenge since 2014, however this year it was announced that the challenge is wrapping up permanently. From 2022 onwards, the focus will shift to lesser-known Australian women writers of the 19th and 20th Century which is largely outside my reading choices but I wish everyone well in their reading adventures.
Needless to say I'll greatly miss striving to meet my challenge requirements every year and engaging with all of the lovely reviews and reviewers participating in the challenge each month. Fortunately the Facebook group will continue to celebrate the works of contemporary Australian women, so I'll try to engage more regularly over there.
I'd like to thank the many volunteers across the years who gave freely of their time to host, edit and wrap up the various categories of the challenge for eager readers and participants like me who greatly enjoyed the regular content hitting their inbox. A special thanks to Theresa Smith who has become a friend to me over that time and whose dedication to AWW I have admired.
In 2021, I was attempting the Franklin level of the 2021 Australian Women Writer's Challenge and needed to read 10 books and review at least 6 of them in order to complete the challenge. I'm pleased to say I successfully completed the final year of the challenge (phew!) and here's what I read:
Needless to say I'll greatly miss striving to meet my challenge requirements every year and engaging with all of the lovely reviews and reviewers participating in the challenge each month. Fortunately the Facebook group will continue to celebrate the works of contemporary Australian women, so I'll try to engage more regularly over there.
I'd like to thank the many volunteers across the years who gave freely of their time to host, edit and wrap up the various categories of the challenge for eager readers and participants like me who greatly enjoyed the regular content hitting their inbox. A special thanks to Theresa Smith who has become a friend to me over that time and whose dedication to AWW I have admired.
In 2021, I was attempting the Franklin level of the 2021 Australian Women Writer's Challenge and needed to read 10 books and review at least 6 of them in order to complete the challenge. I'm pleased to say I successfully completed the final year of the challenge (phew!) and here's what I read:
1. My Best Friend's Murder by Polly Phillips
2. The Last Reunion by Kayte Nunn
3. The Paris Affair by Pip Drysdale
4. Tussaud by Belinda Lyons-Lee
5. Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz
6. Grave Tales: Melbourne Vol. 1 by Helen Goltz & Chris Adams
7. The Family Doctor by Debra Oswald
8. A Voice In The Night by Sarah Hawthorn
9. The Emporium of Imagination by Tabitha Bird2. The Last Reunion by Kayte Nunn
3. The Paris Affair by Pip Drysdale
4. Tussaud by Belinda Lyons-Lee
5. Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz
6. Grave Tales: Melbourne Vol. 1 by Helen Goltz & Chris Adams
7. The Family Doctor by Debra Oswald
8. A Voice In The Night by Sarah Hawthorn
10. The Lost Girls by Jennifer Spence
Additional books read for the challenge:
11. Nineteen Days by Kath Engebretson
11. Nineteen Days by Kath Engebretson
15. Modern Slow Cooker by Alyce Alexandra
Last year I read 21 books for the challenge, so this number is a little down on previous years. Time permitting, I'd like to try and read The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams and Adrift in Melbourne by Robyn Annear by the end of the year, but we'll see how I go.
Last year I read 21 books for the challenge, so this number is a little down on previous years. Time permitting, I'd like to try and read The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams and Adrift in Melbourne by Robyn Annear by the end of the year, but we'll see how I go.
Carpe Librum!
