I’ve signed up for the 2021 Australian Women Writers Challenge. I’ve been doing this challenge since 2012. It was originally established to overcome the gender bias in reviewing of books written by Australian women. As a historian, I have a particular interest in history written by Australian women, and I have been the ‘History Memoir and Biography’ convenor for the challenge for the last few years. Memoir and biography written by women are thriving away very happily, but the ‘history’ category has fewer contenders. So, I have found myself challenged to seek and review history written by Australian women historians.
This year I aim to read 25 books by Australian women writers. I’ll continue to champion history, but I will try to read a little more fiction.
Want to join me? Here’s where you sign up: https://australianwomenwriters.com/sign-up/
The Resident Judge of Port Phillip 
This challenge keeps popping up allover the place… I already committed to two other challenges, so I am out. But it‘s a nice one…
So pleased you are joining up again Janine – and doing HMB round-ups again too. Wish I could find time to read more history by women. Will see what I can do.