Phew! it’s getting hard to keep up with all the awards!
This is the longlist for the Dobbie Literary Award for a first time published author ($5,000 prize)
- Shirley Barrett: Rush Oh! Pan Macmillan Australia (see Kate’s review at Books are my Favourite and Best)
- Anna Broinowski: The Director is the Commander, Penguin
- Sonja Dechian: An Astronaut’s Life, The Text Publishing Company
- Amanda Hickie: An Ordinary Epidemic, Midnight Sun Publishing
- Magda Szubanski: Reckoning: A Memoir, The Text Publishing Company
- Lucy Treloar: Salt Creek, Pan Macmillan Australia (see my review)
- Lesley and Tammy Williams: Not Just Black and White,University of Queensland Press (see my review)
And this is the longlist for the Kibble Literary Award for an established author($ 30,000 prize)
- Debra Adelaide:The Women’s Pages, Pan Macmillan Australia (See Sue’s review at Whispering Gums)
- Tegan Bennett Daylight: Six Bedrooms, Random House Australia (see Sue’s review at Whispering Gums)
- Elizabeth Harrower: A Few Days in the Country And Other Stories, The Text Publishing Company (see Sue’s review at Whispering Gums)
- Gail Jones: A Guide to Berlin, Random House Australia, (see Kim’s review at Reading Matters)
- Drusilla Modjeska: Second Half First, Random House Australia
- Charlotte Wood: The Natural Way of Things, Allen & Unwin (see combined reviews)
- Fiona Wright: Small Acts of Disappearance, Giramondo Publishng (see Sue’s review at Whispering Gums)
Congratulations to all the authors, editors and publishers!
ANZ LitLovers LitBlog 
Astonishing to see A Guide to Berlin on the list – I couldn’t get beyond the half way mark with it
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By: BookerTalk on April 14, 2016
at 12:17 pm
No, I’m not surprised. Jones is a Big Deal in the Sydney writing scene, and it would be like leaving a new novel by Tim Winton off the list. Besides, as I’ve said elsewhere, it’s a hyper-literary style of writing that some people really like.
I think I’m going to have to get round to reading it to see what I think instead of just hovering around it!
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By: Lisa Hill on April 14, 2016
at 12:22 pm
Again, thanks for the links. My, I’m surprised at how many I’ve read of the Kibble. Unheard of for me. I hope they’re the ones that make the shortlist!! Haha.
I’ve been hearing interesting things about the Barrett in the Dobbie list, and about the Treloar. And I do want to read Gail Jones – notwithstanding your and Karen’s comments – and Modjeska’s memoir.
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By: whisperinggums on April 14, 2016
at 12:42 pm
I’m pleased to see the indigenous list, there’s a few there I hadn’t heard of that I can add to my Indigenous Lit Week reading list.
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By: Lisa Hill on April 14, 2016
at 1:50 pm
You mean in the NSW Premier’s List? Yes. I haven’t heard of the Harkin, but have been wanting to read Ally Cobby Ackerman’s and of course Dark emu which you’ve reviewed. I tried to get my reading group to do that one – maybe the second half of the year. I’m working towards getting us to do one indigenous book a year. I’ve dropped the idea but it hasn’t been leapt on yet!
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By: whisperinggums on April 14, 2016
at 5:45 pm
Yay, sign ’em all up for ILW in July!
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By: Lisa Hill on April 14, 2016
at 6:03 pm
That might be a step too far, but I’ll give it a go!
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By: whisperinggums on April 14, 2016
at 6:18 pm
So pleased to see Barrett on the list – I really loved Rush Oh! – one of the most original books I’ve read in years.
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By: Kate W on April 15, 2016
at 1:33 pm
Hi Kate, Have you got a review I can link to?
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By: Lisa Hill on April 15, 2016
at 1:57 pm
Sorry, only just saw your request – thanks for the link to my review. As mentioned, LOVED Rush Oh!
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By: Kate W on April 16, 2016
at 9:39 am