I am delighted to see so many titles from Australia and New Zealand on the IMPAC longlist, and even more pleased to see that I have already reviewed most of them!
What the Family Needed by Steve Amsterdam, see my review
Estuary by Sam Bunny (Fishpond doesn’t seem to stock this)
Spirit of Progress by Steven Carroll, see my review and a Sensational Snippet
Wulf by Hamish Clayton (NZ), see my review, and a Sensational Snippet
All That I Am by Anna Funder, see my review and a Sensational Snippet
Sarah Thornhill by Kate Grenville, see my review
Five Bells by Gail Jones, see Kim’s review at Reading Matters and one from Kevin from Canada.
The Larnachs by Owen Marshall
Foal’s Bread by Gillian Mears, see my review
Autumn Laing by Alex Miller, see my review
Cold by Frank Moorhouse, see my review
Rangatira by Paula Morris (NZ), on my TBR because the ANZLL bookgroup has scheduled it for 2013.
Past the Shallows by Favel Parrett, see my review
The Street Sweeper by Elliot Perlman, see my review
The Conductor by Sarah Quigley (NZ)
Links on the titles are to Fishpond.
Congratulations to everyone!
PS Let me know if I’ve missed any…
ANZ LitLovers LitBlog 
It’s a *very* longlist ;)
Oh, and our favourite Korean book also made it :(
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By: Tony on November 12, 2012
at 8:12 pm
Yeah, I saw that.
Oh well…
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By: Lisa Hill on November 12, 2012
at 8:16 pm
it has been a bumper year for Australian books this year I fell ,all the best stu
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By: winstonsdad on November 12, 2012
at 9:26 pm
Great Lisa … thanks for doing all that work of separating them out for us. There’s a couple there I hadn’t heard of – the Bunny and the Marshall. So many to keep up with!
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By: whisperinggums on November 12, 2012
at 9:51 pm
I’ve just reserved some of the ones I hadn’t read at the library via Z-portal inter-library loan.
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By: Lisa Hill on November 13, 2012
at 4:53 pm
Oh good for you … you are so conscientious about all these new books. I’m impressed. Somehow, I seem to be finding little time to read these days … pulled in too many directions. Excuses, excuses, eh?
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By: whisperinggums on November 13, 2012
at 5:21 pm
*chuckle* It’s because you’re ‘retired’. All my friends who are retired have too much to do!
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By: Lisa Hill on November 13, 2012
at 5:23 pm
It is you know … because you have so much free time you fill it up with so many things you want to do and then demands appear as well, offers of jobs, trips away, and time whizzes by even though you go to bed later cos you don’t have to go to work!
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By: whisperinggums on November 13, 2012
at 6:19 pm
I think Canada just nipped Australia — the National Post says 19 Canadian titles are on the list. Now if we add the two together, that does mean than Australia and Canada are the source of more than 20 per cent of the titles :-).
And I have to admit that you top me on the number reviewed — by my count, I’ve only reviewed seven of the Canadian titles.
On a more prosaic note, I would observe that — since the “longlist” comes from titles nominated by libraries without any other screening — both Australia and Canada seem to have very healthy library systems, a good sign in these times.
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By: KevinfromCanada on November 13, 2012
at 3:39 am
Indeed yes, and *touch wood* there doesn’t seem to be any suggestion that we should be closing them as in the UK and US.
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By: Lisa Hill on November 13, 2012
at 4:52 pm
The IMPAC list is a VERY long list! It is great to see so many good books on there though.
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By: Marg on November 13, 2012
at 6:14 am
It just shows us how daft most longlists are, really, because there ARE a lot of great books around the world. This list is actually more realistic.
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By: Lisa Hill on November 13, 2012
at 4:50 pm
I don’t what impresses me more: that so many Australian books are on the longlist or that you have reviewed so many of them! :-)
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By: kimbofo on November 13, 2012
at 6:48 am
I’m quite pleased about it, it feels like an affirmation that I’m keeping up (at least with the Aussie ones)…
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By: Lisa Hill on November 13, 2012
at 4:49 pm