The 2012 Kibble and Dobbie Award winners were announced on July 25th.
According to the Trust website:
The Awards recognise the works of women writers of fiction or non-fiction classified as ‘life writing’. This includes novels, autobiographies, biographies, literature and any writing with a strong personal element.
The Kibble Literary Award for Women Writers is worth $30,000 and recognises the work of established women writers. The winner was
- Five Bells by Gail Jones, see Kim’s review at Reading Matters and one from Kevin from Canada.
and the shortlisted titles were
- Foal’s Bread by Gillian Mears, (which has just won the Prime Minister’s Literary Award, see my review
- Animal People by Charlotte Wood, see my review.
The Dobbie Encouragement Award, worth $5000, is ‘for accomplished work of a first published female writer’. The winner was
and the shortlisted titles were
- End of the Night Girl by Amy Matthews, see my review
- Bearings by Leah Swann, see Sue’s review at Whispering Gums
Congratulations to all the authors, editors and publishers!
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ANZ LitLovers LitBlog 
Having read both Five Bells by Gail Jones and Past the Shadows by Pavel Parrett; I think the judges made excellent choices. I was hoping Five Bells would win the Miles Franklin Award. I haven’t read End of the Night Girl or Bearings. I will try to read them.
Meg
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By: meg on July 30, 2012
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I must admit that I would like to see Charlotte Wood win a major award. I think she’s a fine writer.
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By: Lisa Hill on July 30, 2012
at 9:17 pm