Twenty-four judges considered hundreds of entries across nine prize categories to arrive at today’s shortlist. As Senior Judge for this year’s Premier’s Literary Awards, I am proud to announce this year’s shortlist, honouring our dynamic literary community:
CHRISTINA STEAD PRIZE FOR FICTION
• The Secret Lives of Men, Georgia Blain (Scribe Publications)
• The Narrow Road to the Deep North, Richard Flanagan (Random House Australia)
• The Railwayman’s Wife, Ashley Hay (Allen & Unwin)
• Questions of Travel, Michelle de Kretser (Allen & Unwin)
• Game, Trevor Shearston (Allen & Unwin)
• The Swan Book, Alexis Wright (Giramondo Publishing)
UTS GLENDA ADAMS AWARD FOR NEW WRITING
▪ The Night Guest, Fiona McFarlane (Penguin Group (Australia))
▪ Holiday in Cambodia, Laura Jean McKay (Black Inc.)
▪ The First Week, Margaret Merrilees (Wakefield Press)
▪ Letters to the End of Love, Yvette Walker (University of Queensland Press)
DOUGLAS STEWART PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION
▪ Stillways: A Memoir, Steve Bisley (HarperCollins Publishers)
▪ Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler? Peter Butt (New Holland)
▪ Rendezvous with Destiny, Michael Fullilove (Penguin Group (Australia))
▪ On Warne, Gideon Haigh (Penguin Group (Australia))
▪ Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia, David Hunt (Black Inc.)
▪ Boy, Lost: A Family Memoir, Kristina Olsson (University of Queensland Press)
KENNETH SLESSOR PRIZE FOR POETRY
▪ The Mundiad, Justin Clemens (Hunter)
▪ The Stone Garden: poems from Clare, Diane Fahey (Clouds of Magellan)
▪ Boom, Liam Ferney (Grand Parade Poets)
▪ Novelties, Fiona Hile (Hunter)
▪ Ephemeral Waters, Kate Middleton (Giramondo Publishing)
▪ Marionette: A biography of Miss Marion Davies, Jessica Wilkinson (Vagabond Press)
PATRICIA WRIGHTSON PRIZE FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
▪ The Big Dry, Tony Davis (HarperCollins Publishers)
▪ Refuge, Jackie French (HarperCollins Publishers)
▪ Jandamarra, Mark Greenwood and Terry Denton (Allen & Unwin)
▪ A Very Unusual Pursuit, Catherine Jinks (Allen & Unwin)
▪ The Girl Who Brought Mischief, Katrina Nannestad (HarperCollins Publishers)
▪ Stay Well Soon, Penny Tangey (University of Queensland Press)
ETHEL TURNER PRIZE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE
▪ Zac and Mia, AJ Betts (Text Publishing)
▪ The Incredible Here and Now, Felicity Castagna (Giramondo Publishing)
▪ Black Spring, Alison Croggon (Walker Books)
▪ Sultan’s Eyes, Kelly Gardiner (HarperCollins Publishers)
▪ My Life as an Alphabet, Barry Jonsberg (Allen & Unwin)
▪ Wildlife, Fiona Wood (Pan Macmillan)
BETTY ROLAND PRIZE FOR SCRIPTWRITING
▪ An Accidental Soldier, Blake Ayshford (Goalpost Pictures & Taylor Media/ABC TV)
▪ Top Of The Lake – Episode 1, Jane Campion & Gerard Lee (See Saw Films/BBC UKTV)
▪ A Moody Christmas – Episode 1: Separate Seats, Phil Lloyd & Trent O’Donnell (Jungleboys/ABC TV)
▪ The Rocket, Kim Mordaunt (Red Lamp Films)
▪ Devil’s Dust, Kris Mrksa (Fremantle Media/ABC TV)
▪ Dance Academy – Season 3, Episode 13: Not For Nothing, Samantha Strauss (Werner Film/ABC3)
NICK ENRIGHT PRIZE FOR PLAYWRITING
▪ Muff, Van Badham (The Bakehouse Theatre/five.point.one)
▪ The Secret River (an adaptation for the stage), Andrew Bovell (Sydney Theatre Company)
▪ Dreams in White, Duncan Graham (Griffin Theatre/Currency Press)
▪ Medea, Anne-Louise Sarks and Kate Mulvany (after Euripides) (Belvoir)
COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION FOR A MULTICULTURAL NSW AWARD
▪ Marrying Italian: When Love is not enough, Vivien Achia (Hybrid Publishers)
▪ Clear Brightness, Kim Cheng Boey (Puncher & Wattmann)
▪ The Secret River, Andrew Bovell (Currency Press)
▪ Refuge, Jackie French (HarperCollins Publishers)
▪ Questions of Travel, Michelle de Kretser (Allen & Unwin)
▪ The Flash of Recognition: Photography and the Emergence of Indigenous Rights, Jane Lydon
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