Tag Archives: Kerryn Goldsworthy
From the Editors
Who likes short shortlists? (On the sausagefest problem)
The Miles shortlist has been announced, and one thing you can’t call it is predictable. The first thing that comes to mind is how short it is, with just three books selected from a nine-book longlist: Bereft by Chris Womersley (might I boast, a contributor to KYD … Read more
From the Editors
On women’s writing 2: Miles Franklin, Orange, sausage fests and ‘grimness’
The Miles Franklin longlist for 2010 has been announced – and with only three of the 12 writers women, the signs are ominous that there may be another sausage fest (aka all-male shortlist) this year. In strictly objective alphabetical order, the longlist is: Patrick Allington, Figurehead Peter … Read more
From the Editors
On “Women’s” Writing
International Women’s Day is celebrated this month (8 March). Recently, there have been some really interesting discussions and debates about the gender divisions between male and female writers: whether they in fact exist in this ‘post-feminist’ world and if so, how they present and what those divides … Read more
