Histories Written by Women

Mainstream media has favoured reviewing the work of male authors over women.  This is evident both in Australia and internationally .  The reason for this is not evident.  No-one is accusing editors of a deliberate attempt to ignore female authors.  Rather, the reason is more likely to be subconscious and therefore difficult to identify.

After reading articles about this issue I reflected on my own reading.  To my surprise I realised that I also tended to read more books written by men than women.  This year I have set out to rectify this imbalance and help to promote the good work that women writers are doing.  I signed up to the Australian Women Writers Challenge which encourages people to read and review books by Australian women authors.

I have created a list of histories and biographies for those people who, like me, would like to correct an imbalance in their reading:

• About the List:  Read this page first.  This explains how I constructed the list, what the list is, and what the list is not..
• The List – Some Histories Written by Women:  Not sure what to read next? Browse this list of titles
• Add a book to the list: Do you know of a book that should be on this list? Fill in the form so I can update it.

I will be updating the list regularly so keep coming back.