There are 142 books on the IMPAC longlist but these are the Aussie and Kiwi ones, with links to the ones I’ve reviewed, and some reviewed by Kim at Reading Matters, with further links from Sue at Whispering Gums and Kevin at Kevin from Canada. We’ve nearly got them all covered!
- The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan (Aus): see my review
- Burial Rites by Hannah Kent (Aus) See Kim’s review at Reading Matters
- Mullumbimby by Melissa Lucashenko (Aus): See my review
- Coal Creek by Alex Miller (Aus) See Kim’s review at Reading Matters
- The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion (Aus) See my review
- Barracuda by Christos Tsiolkas (Aus) See Kim’s review at Reading Matters, Kevin’s at Kevin from Canada and Sue’s at Whispering Gums.
- Eyrie by Tim Winton (Aus) See Kim’s review at Reading Matters
- Cairo by Chris Womersley (Aus) See my review
- The Swan Book by Alexis Wright (Aus) See my review
- The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton (NZ) See my review
- The Last Days of the National Costume by Anne Kennedy (NZ)
- The Infinite Air by Fiona Kidman (NZ) See my review
- The Disestablishment of Paradise by Phillip Mann (NZ)
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Well done Lisa for picking up all these. In case you are interested, I’ve reviewed Barracuda (and four others, but you and Kim have got them covered!).
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By: whisperinggums on November 26, 2014
at 12:54 am
I’ll contribute a link to my review of Barracuda: http://kevinfromcanada.wordpress.com/2014/05/26/barracuda-by-christos-tsiolkas/ .
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By: KevinfromCanada on November 26, 2014
at 4:08 am
Thanks, Kevin – I saw the Orenda there on that longlist, now I really feel guilty about it languishing there on my TBR.
Are there others from Canada?
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By: Lisa Hill on November 26, 2014
at 7:24 pm
Just answering my own question: here they are
•MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood
•The Strangers’ Gallery by Paul Bowdring
•The Orenda by Joseph Boyden (on my TBR)
•The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton (Canada? NZ? LOL)
•Three Souls by Janie Chang
•For Sure by France Daigle
•Under Budapest by Ailsa Kay
•Anatomy of a Girl Gang by Ashley Little
•The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud
•A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki (on my TBR)
•Love Letters of the Angels of Death by Jennifer Quist
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By: Lisa Hill on November 26, 2014
at 7:25 pm
I think Claire Messud is American Lisa … I’ve read one of her novels, though not this one.
And, LOL, I think it’s a stretch to call Catton Canadian! But, you know, we Aussies like to grab anyone we can so why not the Canadians too! In the end the important thing is the work isn’t it!
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By: whisperinggums on November 30, 2014
at 3:36 pm
LOL I got the info from a Canadian website so *smile* perhaps they are harvesting authors from the globe!
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By: Lisa Hill on November 30, 2014
at 6:01 pm
Oh maybe they are. The novel I read was set in the USA and Wikipedia said she was born in the US. But it also says she grew up in the US, Canada and Australia! We can claim her too! Seriously though it says her mother was Canadian and her father French Algerian.
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By: whisperinggums on November 30, 2014
at 6:12 pm
A hybrid, like me!
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By: Lisa Hill on November 30, 2014
at 6:14 pm
Thanks for all these links, Lisa. I’ve also reviewed Barracuda but I know you’re not a fin, oops I mean fan. 😉
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By: kimbofo on November 26, 2014
at 6:38 am
Ha ha! I didn’t realise you’d read the Tsolkias, I’ll go hunt for the link on your blog now!
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By: Lisa Hill on November 26, 2014
at 7:04 pm
I’ve actually read 4 of them and loved 3. :-) The Narrow Road to the Deep North, The Rosie Project, Burial Rites and The Luminaries. I’d say Narrow Road and Luminaries are both sooo excellent but I’d hate to see any one book/author win all the awards. We’ll see. (How can Narrow Road be up against The Luminaries when they won the Booker in different years?)
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By: beckylindroos on November 26, 2014
at 9:17 am
Hi Becky
I think there are Booker winners from different years because the nominations come from libraries and they’re not limited by a year of publication time-frame.
But I’m happy to be corrected if I’m wrong.
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By: Lisa Hill on November 26, 2014
at 7:03 pm
Wonderful list, Lisa! Richard Flanagan, Hannah Kent, Tim Winton, Eleanor Catton – it is so wonderful to see them all on that list! I didn’t know that the author of ‘The Rosie Project’, Graeme Simsion was Australian. I love the title of Melissa Lucashenko’s book – ‘Mullumbimby’ – a very Australian title. Looking forward to finding out which books make it into the shortlist. I can’t believe that the IMPAC committee put 142 books on the longlist. But the great thing about that is we get introduced to many wonderful literary works.
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By: Vishy on November 26, 2014
at 4:26 pm
Hi Vishy, it’s an interesting list, isn’t it?
Are there some from India included?
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By: Lisa Hill on November 26, 2014
at 7:01 pm
!42 novels – That is quite a long longlist.
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By: Anokatony on November 30, 2014
at 11:21 am