More prize news! Here’s the 2012 National Biography Award. No literary bios, *sigh*.
- Robyn Arianrhod Seduced by Logic: Emilie Du Chatelet, Mary Somerville and the Newtonian Revolution, University of QLD Press
- Tim Bonyhady Good Living Street: The Fortunes of My Viennese Family Allen & Unwin (definitely the best cover art)
- Alexander Brown Michael Kirby: Paradoxes and Principles, The Federation Press
- Pamela Burton From Moree to Mabo: The Mary Gaudron Story, UWA Publishing
- Sophie Cunningham Melbourne, NewSouth Publishing (on my TBR, as you’d expect!)
- Delia Falconer Sydney: Haunted City, NewSouth Publishing
- John Howard Lazarus Rising, Harper Collins
- Paul Kelly How to Make Gravy, Penguin
- Mark McKenna An Eye for Eternity: The Life of Manning Clark, Melbourne University Publishing (on my TBR)
- Martin Thomas The Many Worlds of R.H. Mathews: In Search of an Australian Anthropologist, Allen & Unwin
- David Walker Not Dark Yet, Giramondo Publishing
- Patrick Wilcken Claude Levi-Strauss: The Father of Modern Anthropology, Bloomsbury
The 2012 shortlist will be out (in a mere fortnight!) on Tuesday 1 May 2012. That’s not much time to read ‘em all and choose-your-own!
The winner will be announced at the Sydney Writers’ Festival.
Oooh, I like the sound of the science one, “Seduced by Logic”. Will have to keep my eyes open for it.
By: wookieebender on April 17, 2012
at 11:36 am
I think The Spouse might like that one for a birthday present. (Or is that just me, trying to justify buying it when I’m supposed to be saving up for our trip?)
By: Lisa Hill on April 17, 2012
at 12:30 pm
I reckon it might be a good plane book for your trip, if you need further justification… :)
By: wookieebender on April 17, 2012
at 3:25 pm
Nope, I’ll be reading something light and easy like a Penny Vincenzi.
By: Lisa Hill on April 17, 2012
at 3:35 pm
Thanks for posting the list, Lisa. I hope Michael Kirby: Paradoxes and Principles is short listed. What an amazing man.
By: Elisabeth Storrs on April 17, 2012
at 4:26 pm
Have you reviewed any of these, Elisabeth? I’d like to add links to reviews if I can.
By: Lisa Hill on April 17, 2012
at 4:40 pm
I’m afraid not. Michael Kirby’s and Delia Falconer’s are added to the ballycumber of TBR that threatens to topple from my bedside table!
By: Elisabeth Storrs on April 17, 2012
at 5:00 pm
*chuckle* I have the Manning Clark – it is 5cm thick!
PS How’s the novel going?
By: Lisa Hill on April 17, 2012
at 5:47 pm