I’m following Bill’s lead here, in undertaking Brona’s AusReading Month, that is waiting till the end of the month and then having a go at filling in the square with books I’ve read over the last year. I surprised myself, if I hadn’t been in the habit of categorising my books by the author’s state and the book’s setting, I wouldn’t have remembered any of this!
But I’m going to tackle both author and setting, starting with Fiction:
BTW I have substituted Brona’s ‘free’ Bingo square with Torres Straits Islands because for the first time ever, this year, I read a play written by an author from there (and I went to see it in performance too).
Moving on to NF:
| State/Territory | Author | Area of Interest |
| NSW | The Dismissal Dossier, by Jenny Hocking | Australian politics |
| QLD | Hearing Maud, by Jessica White | Living with a hearing disability |
| SA | Heysen to Heysen: selected letters of Hans Heysen and Nora Heysen, edited by Catherine Speck | Artists Hans Heysen and Nora Heysen |
| TAS | — | |
| VIC | The Unknown Judith Wright, by Georgina Arnott | bio of Judith Wright |
| WA | Perth (New South City Series #8), by David Whish-Wilson | Travel |
| ACT | Our Mob Served, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories of war and defending Australia, edited by Allison Cadzow and Mary Anne Jebb | Indigenous war service |
| NT | Living in Hope, by Frank Byrne | Memoir |
Where did the borders go, from my tables? I am not very good at HTML!
ANZ LitLovers LitBlog 
This is a nice bingo challenge!
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By: Theresa Smith Writes on October 30, 2019
at 1:35 pm
Echoing Theresa here … what a great bingo challenge!
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By: Jennifer on October 30, 2019
at 1:54 pm
If you do it too, (and you’ve both read heaps of OzLit) we could form a club: The Ladies (and One Honorary Gentleman) who are Late for Brona’s AusReading Month!
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By: Lisa Hill on October 30, 2019
at 5:19 pm
You and Bill should be declared national treasures!
I included a bingo card in my AusReadingMonth thanks to a suggestion from Nancy. But I’ve never used one before, so had no expectations for how it might work. And as I’ve just written to Bill, I didn’t even think of applying it retrospectively! But it’s brilliant!
And you’re not late, but early! AusReadingMonth is November. I posted the bingo card early to give people time to think about what they might read in Nov – but as it is – you and Bill can now be the inspiration for others :-)
I will add your link to my welcome post so that others can be duly prompted.
Thank you!
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By: Brona on October 30, 2019
at 6:23 pm
Hi Brona, I’m so pleased not to be late… no wonder I got it wrong, there are so many book events this month, I can’t keep track of them at all.
But yours is very dear to my heart of course xo
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By: Lisa Hill on October 30, 2019
at 6:33 pm
Thanks Lisa for the mention and Brona for getting us started. I wasn’t clear in my post but I am actually going to try and fill a few squares during Nov – I have WA and Vic under control if only I can get the reviews written – yes I know that it’s still Oct (for another few hours) but it’s the date of the reviews that counts, that’s my rule anyway.
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By: wadholloway on October 31, 2019
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I don’t know how you manage to get so many done when you’re on the road all the time…
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By: Lisa Hill on October 31, 2019
at 9:49 pm
[…] a variety of hosts but lives on with #NovNov at ReadingInBed, Non-Fiction November hosted by Julz, Brona’s AusReading Month, Red October Russian Reads at Vishy’s, German Lit month at Caroline and Lizzy’s and #MARM ( […]
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By: Surfacing, by Margaret Atwood (Novellas in November, Margaret Atwood Reading Month) | ANZ LitLovers LitBlog on November 1, 2019
at 6:07 pm
Wonderful bingo cards, Lisa…! (…very intrested in your ‘end-of-year’ long- and short lists of Australain fiction and non-fiction. I save the lists every year for reference!)
It will take me some time to figure out where
all ‘my authors’ come from but I’m sure
Wikipedia will help me!
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By: N@ncy on November 2, 2019
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Working out where they come from is indeed quite difficult, even if they stay put in one state and don’t move around. It’s not always public knowledge, and even if you do find it and it’s correct today or was five years ago, it may not be correct next year. And some authors identify themselves by the state they were born or educated in, never mind if they haven’t lived there since childhood.
But if it’s any help, check the authors in my Category list and if you find one that you’ve read, click on it. Chances are that at the bottom of the review where WordPress lists the tags and categories I’ve used, it will tell you which state the author comes from, if I know it.
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By: Lisa Hill on November 2, 2019
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