It is commendable that recent Prime Ministers have continued the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards even though, as with some other literary prizes, its future has often seemed under threat. It is a prestigious national award amongst the also-important state and other literary prizes. And it is lucrative, with winners receiving $80 000 and shortlisted authors […]
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The shortlists for this year’s Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced.
The shortlisted titles are:
Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction ($25,000)
- Foal’s Bread (Gillian Mears, A&U)
- A History of Books (Gerald Murnane, Giramondo)
- The Cook (Wayne Macauley, Text)
- Mateship with Birds (Carrie Tiffany, Picador)
- All That I Am (Anna Funder, Penguin)
- Cold Light (Frank Moorhouse, Vintage)
Nettie Palmer Prize for Nonfiction ($25,000)
- The Biggest Estate on Earth (Bill Gammage, A&U)
- The Hall of Uselessness (Simon Leys, Black Inc.)
- Her Father’s Daughter (Alice Pung, Black Inc.)
- Adelaide (Kerryn Goldsworthy, NewSouth)
- 1835: The Founding of Melbourne and The Conquest of Australia(James Boyce, Black Inc.)
- True North: The Story of Mary and Elizabeth Durack (Brenda Niall, Text)
Prize for Writing for Young Adults ($25,000)
- All I Ever Wanted (Vikki Wakefield, Text)
- The Shadow Girl (John Larkin, Woolshed Press)
- The Shiny Guys (Doug MacLeod, Penguin
CJ Dennis Prize for Poetry ($25,000)
- Southern Barbarians (John Mateer, Giramondo)
- Vishvarupa (Michelle Cahill, Five Islands Press)
- Armour (John Kinsella, Picador)
Louis Esson Prize for Drama ($25,000)
- National Interest (Aiden Fennessy)
- A Golem Story (Lally Katz)
- Boxman (Daniel Keene).
The winners of this year’s awards will be announced at a ceremony on 16 October.
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