I am indebted to Bookseller and Publisher for the news that the shortlist for the 2012 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature, have been announced.
Fiction ($15,000)
- All That I Am by Anna Funder, on my TBR
- Five Bells by Gail Jones, see Kim’s review at Reading Matters
- Autumn Laing by Alex Miller, on my TBR
- That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott, see my review
- Bright and Distant Shores byDominic Smith, see my review
- The Roving Party by Rohan Wilson, see my review
Nonfiction ($15,000)
- 1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia by James Boyce See my review
- My Blood’s Country: In the Footsteps of Judith Wright by Fiona Capp See my review
- A Three-cornered Life: The Historian W.K. Hancock by Jim Davidson
- An Eye for Eternity: The Life of Manning Clark by Mark McKenna, on my TBR
- Franklin and Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage by the late Hazel Rowley
- Reading by Moonlight by Brenda Walker See my review.
You can see the shortlisted titles in the Children’s Literature and Young Adult categories at the Bookseller and Publisher website.
Award winners will be announced on March 3rd during the 2012 Adelaide Writers’ Week. There is also an overall winner’s prize of $10,000.
Congratulations to all the authors, editors and publishers of the shortlisted books – well done!
ANZ LitLovers LitBlog 
What a good shortlist! Often I look at shortlists and wonder about some of the titles suggested, but this one I found myself nodding with each one.
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By: residentjudge on February 6, 2012
at 10:26 pm
I think it’s an especially strong NF shortlist. I know I haven’t read them all, but I have heard such good things about Hazel Rowley’s bio, and the Manning Clark bio is very impressive. (I think it’s actually the longest book on my TBR LOL. Except maybe for Bolano’s 2666? I’d have to get them down and check to know for sure.)
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By: Lisa Hill on February 6, 2012
at 10:54 pm