Australian Women Writers Challenge discussion

I'll try for 5 AWW Classics books for the first year as I'm not a big classics reader :)

Good luck Brenda. I'm not big on classics either, but I might join in on this one. Sounds like fun :)

Thanks Sharon - to be truthful, I don't know many. The only one I can think of is Picnic at Hanging Rock which I've read already :)

I'm having the same problem. I came up with Pride and Prejudice

The trouble is Sharon, she's not an Australian author :)

Oh gosh yes silly me :)

:) Easy to do..

Hi ladies! I have been making up my list of Classics that I will review and feature as Classics reviewer for the 2017 challenge. These are the books on my list so far:
The Thorn Birds (1977)  - Colleen McCullough
All the Rivers Run (1958) - Nancy Cato
My Brillant Career (1901) & My Career Goes Bung (1946) Stella Miles Franklin (Project Gutenberg listed)
The Watch Tower  (1966) - Elizabeth Harrower
I'm supposed to put these up on a list somewhere for 2017 participants to see? I'm a bit goodreads daft though, so if you could point me in the right direction Brenda, that would be awesome!

Thanks Theresa :) Here's the link - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

If you can link them it'd be great - we can then just click on them to check them out :)

To do that - click on "add book/author" in the comment box, type in the book title and "search". When the correct title comes up, hit "add" and it'll appear in the comment box. Go back in and change over from "book" to "author" and click "add" for the author and there you'll have it!

I've already added The Thorn Birds but you can add it again if you wish :)

And I see you've created your own thread too... well done!

I'm hoping to find the The Silver Brumby books... I don't know if I will be able to track them down here in the States... they look like they would be cute stories

Ooh they do Amy :) Thanks! I'm going to check them out too!

Brenda wrote: "Thanks Theresa :) Here's the link - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

If you can link them it'd be great - we can then just click on them to chec..."

All done Brenda. You can't do this in the Goodreads app though, you need to go into the actual website. Took me a bit to figure out.

Oh no! Sorry, I didn't know you were on the app... thanks for doing it though :)

No worries. Wish Goodreads would make their app fully functional!

Yes it would be sensible, wouldn't it! I don't have it so only know from what others say...

Playing Beatie Bow by Ruth Park I will borrow from the library

I have an Aww classics list that I assume you'll be able to see if I put the link here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

My thing for classics is it has to be at least 25 yrs since it was first published.

Brona's Books wrote: "I have an Aww classics list that I assume you'll be able to see if I put the link here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

My thing for classics is it..."

Oh! Mary Poppins! I didn't realize that was Australian author... I know I get get some of those here in the States without any trouble :-)

Yes she was born and raised in Australia. She emmigrated to the UK when she was about 25.

Brona's Books wrote: "Yes she was born and raised in Australia. She emmigrated to the UK when she was about 25."

I was thinking she was British, so I guess I wasn't too far off if she lived there as well. I never read Mary Poppins as a kid, so now is a good time to do so!

Brona's Books wrote: "I have an Aww classics list that I assume you'll be able to see if I put the link here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

My thing for classics is it..."

Thanks so much Brona :) I'll add it to the other thread as well.

My note of what to borrow from the library

Playing Beatie Bow by Ruth Park
Lillipilly Hill by Eleanor Spence
Tirra Lirra by the River by Jessica Anderson
Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers

Just downloaded from Project Gutenberg today (26/1/17)

A Little Bush Maid by Mary Grant Bruce

Another just downloaded from kindle Force and Fraud: A Tale of the Bush by Ellen Davitt