Prize news this week includes the news that Sam Carmody’s The Windy Season (see my review) has won the Readings Prize for 2017 from a shortlist which included:
- Australia Day by Melanie Cheng,
- The Lost Pages by Marija Peričić (see my review)
- From the Wreck by Jane Rawson, (see my review)
- Jean Harley Was Here by Heather Taylor Johnson and
- The Good People by Hannah Kent.
(Links are to Readings Bookshop)
And (thanks to a heads-up from Bookseller and Publisher), there’s also news of the Voss Literary prize shortlist, and I’ve read and liked nearly all of the titles – and am relieved I’m not a judge who has to choose between them!
- Dodge Rose (Jack Cox, Text) see my review
- Our Magic Hour (Jennifer Down, Text) see the review at the SMH
- Our Tiny, Useless Hearts (Toni Jordan, Text) see my review
- Music and Freedom (Zoe Morrison, Vintage) see my review
- The Last Days of Ava Langdon (Mark O’Flynn, UQP) see my review
- A Loving, Faithful Animal (Josephine Rowe, UQP) see my review
Update 29/8/18 And the winner of the Voss Prize was The Last Days of Ava Langdon by Mark O’Flynn.
Congratulations to all the authors, editors and publishers!
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