#aww2017

Welcome to historical fiction rounding up for 2018! The first post of the year is dedicated to taking a look at how this genre fared overall throughout 2017.

Historical fiction consistently enjoys a big following and this is evidenced in our overall figures:

430 Reviews on 196 Books by 138 Authors

The most reviewed books were:

See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt – 14 reviews The Good People by…

A belated Happy New Year and a warm Welcome to all our authors, readers, reviewers and friends. The Australian Women Writers Challenge is an inspiring campaign, uniting and leading all our efforts to read, review and promote books by our awesome female Aussie authors. But it remains a challenge indeed, as we continue to diversify our literary tastes and seek out new horizons in terms of genres…

Welcome to our final round up of historical fiction for the year. And what a fantastic year it’s been! So many excellent reviews on excellent novels, and this final period is no exception, with 33 reviews on 26 titles. With so much choice, I’ve concentrated on the new releases with one classic thrown in.

  The most reviewed title this period was Facing the Flame by Jackie French. Each of our…

Welcome to Sunday Spotlight. Today it gives us great pleasure to bring to you a conversation with Kate Forsyth about her exciting new book, Vasilisa the Wise and Other Tales of Brave Young Women.

    I read on your blog that Vasilisa the Wise and Other Tales of Brave Young Women was born out of a mutual interest in art, fairy-tales, gardens, and books, as well as a common dream of putting…

As end of the year draws closer, so too does the end of our #aww2017 challenge. A few of our challenge participants have begun clocking in their totals – a big thank you for this! – but you do still have up until the 31st of December to keep reading and reviewing. I’m currently reading my 74th title for the challenge and hope to reach 80 by the end of December.

  When you’ve finished your…