![]() It’s published here in honour of St Valentine’s Day and the official launch of the National Year of Reading.Īustralian romance fiction has often touched on issues affecting Australian society. ![]() Laura kindly sent AWW an overview of Australian romance fiction, gleaned from For Love and Money, her study of popular romance writing. One independent scholar writing in the romance field is Laura Vivanco, contributor to the influential blog, Teach Me Tonight. Since then, the association has flourished, attracting an increasing number scholars, including some notable Australians such as Juliet Flesch and author Bronwyn Parry who insist on taking romance writing seriously. ![]() The first IASPR international conference was held in Brisbane in 2009. ![]() In recent years, the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance (IASPR) has been established in an effort to address this very problem. In the lead-up to International Women’s Day (March 8) and The Stella Prize discussions on the nature of women’s writing (whether it differs from men’s), maybe it’s time to question why romance writers and their chosen genre have yet to achieve the respect they deserve. ![]() Of all the women writers in Australia, romance writers are among the most under-recognised, despite their success internationally.They are victims not only of gender bias, but also of genre bias. ![]()
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