The 2012 Western Australian Premier’s Literary Awards shortlist was announced today.
(No, that’s not a typo, they announce their 2012 awards the following year.)
On the Fiction shortlist are :
- The Voyage by Murray Bail (Text) See my review.
- The Conversation by David Brooks (UQP) See my review.
- Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser (Allen & Unwin) See my review.
- The Meaning of Grace by Deborah Forster (Vintage) On my TBR.
- The Mountain by Drusilla Modjeska (Vintage) See my review.
- Mateship with Birds by Carrie Tiffany (Picador) See my review and Carrie Tiffany at the Parkdale Library.
Nonfiction
- Exile: The Lives and Hopes of Werner Pelz by Roger Averill (Transit Lounge) See my review
- Montebello by Robert Drewe (Penguin Group Australia) See my review
- Sandakan: The Untold Story of the Sandakan Death Marches by Paul Ham (Random House Australia)
- Earth Wars: The Battle for Global Resources by Geoff Hiscock (John Wiley & Sons)
- The Mind of a Thief by Patti Miller (University of Queensland Press)
- Mr JW Lewin, Painter and Naturalist by Richard Neville (New South Publishing)
Congratulations to all the authors and publishers!
Visit the Award website to see nominees in other categories.
ANZ LitLovers LitBlog 
Interesting list, I don’t know any of these authors. It’s good to hear new names (new to me).
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By: booketta on July 3, 2013
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