Tonight I attended the presentation of the 2012 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, and am pleased to share the following news:
Prize for Fiction
The winner was Foal’s Bread, Gillian Mears, see my review
The shortlisted titles were
- A History of Books, Gerald Murnane, see my review
- The Cook, Wayne Macauley, see my review
- Mateship with Birds, Carrie Tiffany, see my review
- All That I am, Anna Funder, see my review
- Cold Light, Frank Moorhouse, see my review
Prize for Non-Fiction
The winner was The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia, Bill Gammage (on my TBR) This book also won the Victorian Prize for Literature.
The shortlisted titles were
- The Hall of Uselessness: Collected Essays, Simon Leys
- Her Father’s Daughter, Alice Pung, see Karenlee Thompson’s review
- Adelaide, Kerryn Goldsworthy, on my TBR
- 1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia & The Conquest of Australia, James Boyce, see my review
- True North: The Story of Mary and Elizabeth Durack, Brenda Niall, on my TBR
Prize for Writing for Young Adults
The winner was Shadow Girl, by John Larkin
The shortlisted titles were
- All I Ever Wanted, Vikki Wakefield
- The Shiny Guys Doug McLeod
Prize for Poetry
The winner was Armour, John Kinsella
The shortlisted collections were
- Southern Barbarians, John Mateer
- Vishvarupa, Michelle Cahill
Prize for Drama
The winner was A Golem Story by Lally Katz
The shortlisted plays were
- National Interest by Aidan Fennessy (which won the People’s Choice award)
- Boxman by Daniel Keene
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well I ve one of these lisa I had the cook arrive this week and fact it had nick cave quote on cover I ll be reading it ,all the best stu
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By: winstonsdad on October 17, 2012
at 2:27 am
You’ll enjoy it Stu!
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By: Lisa Hill on October 17, 2012
at 8:52 pm
I’m glad to see Foal’s Bread doing well, I thought it was a great book!
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By: Tania on October 17, 2012
at 9:54 pm
I get a bit torn by these decisions: I like the very best book to win, but I also like to see awards spread around because they can do so much good in terms of supporting authors financially. I like books to win when they are bracve and adventurous and challenging, but I also like books to win if they are more accessible because it helps to secure funding for them when ‘the public’ support them. I’m glad I don’t have to do the choosing!
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By: Lisa Hill on October 18, 2012
at 7:31 pm