This challenge hopes to help counteract the gender bias in reviewing and social media newsfeeds that occurred throughout 2011 by actively promoting the reading and reviewing of a wide range of contemporary Australian women’s writing.Rather than list my AWW reads on my original challenge post (which got a bit wordy) I thought I'd do that here. I also have a progress bar in my blog's sidebar (although it seems to occasionally change its coding all by itself, which is rather annoying.)
I should say that I've chosen my own goal, of 40 books.
1. Poppy at Summerhill by Gabrielle Wang (Middle Grades, Historical)
2. Poppy and the Thief by Gabrielle Wang (Middle Grades, Historical)
3. Closets are for Clothes, by Rachel Cook (NF, Queer History)
4. His Lady Mistress, by Elizabeth Rolls (Romance, Historical)
5. Poppy Comes Home, by Gabrielle Wang (Middle Grades, Historical)
6. The Confession of an Unrepentant Lesbian Ex-Mormon, by Sue-Ann Post (NF, Memoir, Religion, Queer)
7. The Edge of Desire, by Stephanie Laurens (Romance, Historical)
8. Viscount Breckenridge to the Rescue, by Stephanie Laurens (Romance, Historical)
9. A Royal Marriage of Convenience, by Marion Lennox (Romance, Contemporary)
10. Tangled Reins, by Stephanie Laurens (Romance, Historical)
11. Bad Faith: A Story of Family and Fatherland, by Carmen Callil (NF, WWII, Biography)
12. A Woman's War, by Barbara Angell (NF, WWII, Biography)
13. The Birth Wars, by Mary Rose McColl (NF, Sociology)
14. The FitzOsbournes in Exile, by Michelle Cooper (YA, Historical)
15. Every Secret Thing, by Marie Munkara (YA-Adult?, Historical-but-only-just, Unaipon winner*)
16. Bitin' Back, by Vivienne Cleven (Australian, Unaipon winner)
17. A Few Right Thinking Men, by Sulari Gentill (Historical, Crime)
18. Three Gates to Paradise: Articles & Reflections, by Clare Boyd-Macrae (NF, Memoir, Collection)
19. Skin Painting, by Elizabeth Hodgson (Poetic Memoir, Unaipon Winner)
20. The FitzOsbournes at War, by Michelle Cooper (YA, Historical, WWII)
21. One Small Island, by Alison Lester and Coral Tulloch (Picture Book, NF, environmental)
22. Puberty Blues, by Kathy Lette and Gabrielle Carey (YA)
23. Without Consent, by Kathryn Fox (Crime)
24. Butterfly Song, by Terri Janke (Law, Historical, Literary)
25. A Decline in Prophets, by Sulari Gentill (Historical, Crime)
26. Frantic, by Katherine Howell (Crime)
27. Everyday Passions: A conversation on living, by Dorothy McRae-McMahon (Memoir, Religion)
28. Sophie Scott Goes South, by Alison Lester (Picture Book, Non fiction)
29. Mercy, by Rebecca Lim (YA, Paranormalish)
30. Port Arthur: A Story of Strength and Courage, by Margaret Scott (Non fiction)
31. On Passion, by Dorothy Porter, (Non fiction)
32. All Through the Year, by Jane Godwin, illustrated by Anna Walker (Picture Book)
33. The Tomorrow Book, by Jackie French, illustrated by Sue deGennaro (Picture Book)
34. The Darkest Hour, by Katherine Howell (Crime)
35. The Muller Twins at the Chalet School, by Katherine Bruce (GirlsOwn, YA)
36. Today We Have No Plans, by Jane Godwin and Anna Walker (Picture Book)
37. Thirty-Something and the Clock is Ticking: what happens when you can no longer ignore the baby question, by Kasey Edwards (NF, Sociology)
38. Love You Two, by Maria Palotta-Chiarolli (YA)
39. Team Human, by Justine Larbalestier and Sarah Rees Brennan (YA, Paranormalish)
40. Just a Girl, by Jane Caro (YA, Historical)
* Yes, I know that "Unaipon winner" isn't an actual genre, but I'm treating it as one.
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