Challenge Completion – Australian Women Writers & Aussie Author Challenge

I’ve been a long time supporter of Aussie literary talent through hosting the Aussie Author Challenge since 2010 and annual participation in the Australian Women Writers Challenge.

Books by Aussie Authors Reviewed in 2015

Cloudstreet by Tim Winton Only the Animals by Ceridwen Dovey Cairo by Chris Womersley Black Light by K A Bedford Nanoparticles by Charlotte Wood Trio by Geraldine Wooller Present Darkness by Malla Nunn A Man Made Entirely of Bats by Patrick Lenton The Lost Swimmer by Ann Turner In The Morning I’ll Be Gone by Adrian McKinty Lion Attack! by Oliver Mol The Trivia Man by Deborah O’Brien

The Horses by William Lane Wave by Hoa Pham The Bit in Between by Claire Varley The Beast’s Garden by Kate Forsyth The Port Fairy Murders by Robert Gott Fever of Animals by Miles Allinson Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic Good Money by J M Green Olmec Obituary by LJM Owen The Butterfly Prison by Tamara Pearson Three Lives Down by Rachel Amphlett A Short History of Stupid by B Keane & H Razer

So that’s 24 titles in total – 15 female and 10 male authors represented, many of them new to me, and 2 non-fiction titles – which means I have well and truly completed my Australian Women Writers Challenge and Aussie Author Challenge reading and reviewing goals for 2015!

               

We also had the pleasure of speaking to some of these, and other talented Aussies writers about their experiences.

Interviews with Aussie Authors in 2015

Vanessa Skye, on the release of Bloodlines Charlotte McConaghy, on the release of Avery (The Chronicles of Kaya #1) Robert Edeson, on The Weaver Fish Alan Carter, on the release of Bad Seed Rachel Amphlett, on the release of Look Closer Oliver Mol, on the release of Lion Attack! Peter d’Plesse, on the release of Fire Eye Gary Kemble, on the release of Skin Deep Claire Varley, on the release of The Bit in Between Kate Forsyth, on the release of The Beast’s Garden Graeme Simsion, at the Brisbane Writers Festival Emma Viskic, on the release of Resurrection Bay J M Green, on the release of Good Money

It should go without saying that I’ll be participating in both of these challenges again next year.

In fact this post also serves as my commitment to the Kangaroo Level of the Aussie Author Challenge 2016 and the Miles level of the Australian Women Writers Challenge.