Australian Women Writers 2012 National Year of Reading Challenge

So, I’ve signed up for the Australian Women Writers 2012 National Year of Reading Challenge, because it seems like a worthy way to help celebrate 2012 as the National Year of Reading.

I’m going to be an official dabbler, reading across more than one genre, and I’m setting the bar at the Franklin level of challenge — 10 books. And here’s the likely suspects:

1. The Shattered City, Tansy Rayner Roberts
2. The Courier’s New Bicycle, Kim Westwood
3. Burn Bright, Marianne de Pierres
4. The Road, Catherine Jinks
5. Frantic, Katherine Howell
6-9. I figure the Twelfth Planet Press Twelve Planets titles will fill these spots, but if not, I’ll slot Kimberley Freeman’s Duet in there (I can see her shaking her head at me now).
10. Carpentaria, Alexis Wright.

What a great kick in the pants to catch up on some reading I’ve been meaning to do for ages!

If spec fic’s your thing, or you’d like to sample it, then Tansy Rayner Roberts has assembled a list of award-winning Aussie women’s titles to plunder, and the AWW site also has multi-genre suggestions, too.

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11 Responses to “Australian Women Writers 2012 National Year of Reading Challenge”

Sean the Bookonaut Says:
December 5, 2011 at 3:44 pm

Glad to see another Speculative fiction male blogger doing the challenge. It’s remarkably easy to find ten books by women just in the Specfic scene.
jason nahrung Says:
December 6, 2011 at 4:31 pm

Spoiled for choice, Sean!
Galactic Suburbia 48 « Randomly Yours, Alex Says:
December 11, 2011 at 9:29 am

[...] Nahrung posted a list of the books he plans to read for the challenge – let us know what yours [...]
AWWNYRC #2: The Shattered City, by Tansy Rayner Roberts « Vampires in the Sunburnt Country Says:
February 2, 2012 at 12:22 pm

[...] is the second book I’m reading as part of my list of 10 for the Australian Women Writers 2012 National Year of Reading [...]
AWWNYRC #3: The Road, by Catherine Jinks « Vampires in the Sunburnt Country Says:
February 10, 2012 at 10:58 am

[...] is the third book I’m reading as part of my list of 10 for the Australian Women Writers 2012 National Year of Reading [...]
The Courier’s New Bicycle delivers a worthy message « Vampires in the Sunburnt Country Says:
February 16, 2012 at 11:10 am

[...] is the third book I’m reading as part of my list of 10 for the Australian Women Writers 2012 National Year of Reading [...]
AWWNYRC#5: Burn Bright, indeed! « Vampires in the Sunburnt Country Says:
March 1, 2012 at 10:14 am

[...] is the fifth book I’m reading as part of my list of 10 for the Australian Women Writers 2012 National Year of Reading [...]
AWWNYRC#6: Sea Hearts by Margo Lanagan « Vampires in the Sunburnt Country Says:
March 5, 2012 at 10:38 am

[...] isn’t on my list of 10 for the Australian Women Writers 2012 National Year of Reading Challenge, but what the [...]
Margaret Lynette Sharp Says:
April 8, 2012 at 9:08 pm

I applaud your commitment to Australian Women Writers Challenge 2012.
jason nahrung Says:
April 8, 2012 at 10:54 pm

Cheers, Margaret; suffering some reading interruptus at the moment, but I will definitely roll 10 by the end of the year!
AWWNYRC#7: The Resurrectionists adds to a fine body of work « Vampires in the Sunburnt Country Says:
May 28, 2012 at 10:25 am

[...] is the seventh book I’m reading as part of my list of 10 for the Australian Women Writers 2012 National Year of Reading [...]

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