2021 ARA Historical Novel Prize Longlists were announced today.
What follows was shamelessly pilfered from the ARA’s Facebook page…
(I went to physio today and my paw is painful so any shortcut is a good shortcut).
The Longlist for the 2021 ARA Historical Novel Prize – Adult Category is:
- The Tolstoy Estate, by Steven Conte (HarperCollins Australia), see my review
- A Room Made of Leaves, by Kate Grenville (Text Publishing)
- Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray River of Dreams, by Anita Heiss (Simon and Schuster), see my review
- The Last Convict, by Anthony Hill (Penguin Random House)
- The Glass Harpoon, by Robert Horne (Ginninderra Press)
- Our Shadows, by Gail Jones (Text Publishing)
- The Madwoman’s Coat, by Ian Reid (Framework Press)
- The Burning Island, by Jock Serong (Text Publishing), see my review
- The Silent Listener, by Lyn Yeowart (Penguin Random House)
The judges also awarded two books a Highly Commended honour:
- The Tulip Tree, by Suzanne McCourt (Text Publishing)
- Lucky’s, by Andrew Pippos (Pan MacMillan Australia)
Links on the titles go to the publisher’s website.
Click here for further information about the longlisted Adult books and their authors.
Click here for information about the longlisted Children’s and YA books and their authors.
ANZ LitLovers LitBlog 
Poor you, those physio sessions can sometimes be so painful. These days its hard to find a physio who does much hands on work, they seem to rely a lot of machinery….
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By: BookerTalk on September 9, 2021
at 5:36 am
I know what you mean, but this was more like rehab, where a skilled practitioner can push you a little bit further than you think you can go, so that as you do their exercises over the next week or so, you know what to aim for and can eventually get there even though it hurts. I was somewhat cheered to find that I’ve improved on flexibility by 20% but on strength, my grip is terrible. My left hand, which has been doing all the work since the first week of July scored 30, while my right hand was only a pitiful 9. No wonder I can’t open a jam jar… I’m going to have to work at that!
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By: Lisa Hill on September 9, 2021
at 9:11 am
I’m very confident that you’ll be an A grade student and will do the rehab exercises. It might be slow progress but at least you ARE making progress
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By: BookerTalk on September 9, 2021
at 7:10 pm
I’ll let you know when I can slice a loaf of bread for my toast in the morning!
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By: Lisa Hill on September 9, 2021
at 8:29 pm
I haven’t even heard of half of these 🤦🏻♀️ and only read one (the Gail Jones)
Hope your paw improves & feels better soon 😊
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By: kimbofo on September 9, 2021
at 1:22 pm
I tried driving the car today, the first time my car’s been started up for 8 weeks! I managed to wrangle it out of our awkward driveway and tootled round the block, then ventured onto the highway to charge up the battery a bit. I was just starting to enjoy myself when it dawned on me that charging the battery isn’t one of the five legal reasons to leave home during Lockdown so I scarpered back home as fast as I legally could!
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By: Lisa Hill on September 9, 2021
at 5:01 pm
Oops 🙊
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By: kimbofo on September 10, 2021
at 3:25 pm
[…] To see the shortlisted authors, see here. and the longlist here. […]
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By: 2021 ARA Historical Novel Prize winners | ANZ LitLovers LitBlog on October 23, 2021
at 12:00 pm