The shortlist for the 2022 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction has been announced. Links go to Readings bookstore. The nominees are:
Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au, see my review
Hovering by Rhett Davis, the pick of the bunch IMO, see my review
Losing Face by George Haddad, abandoned
Love and Virtue by Diana Reid
Loveland by Robert Lukins, see my review
Sunbathing by Isobel Beech
Read more about these titles at the Readings website.
Posted in Readings Prize | Tags: 2022 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction shortlist
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Love and virtue sounds really interesting!
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By: thegirlwhoreadsforyou on August 23, 2022
at 3:10 pm
Do you think you might review it? It’s not on my wishlist, but I’d like to have a link to a review of it.
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By: Lisa Hill on August 23, 2022
at 3:14 pm
I think Kate might have reviewed this one 🤷🏻♀️
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By: kimbofo on August 23, 2022
at 6:58 pm
I’ve read two of these but own another two. I feel quite all over this list, lol!
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By: Theresa Smith Writes on August 28, 2022
at 4:09 pm
Do you have a favourite?
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By: Lisa Hill on August 28, 2022
at 4:14 pm
Out of Loveland and Love and Virtue, definitely Loveland.
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By: Theresa Smith Writes on August 28, 2022
at 5:00 pm
I like that one too.
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By: Lisa Hill on August 28, 2022
at 5:08 pm
Why did you abandon ‘Losing Face’?
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By: bikerpaul68 on August 29, 2022
at 5:59 pm
Hi Paul, I read up to page 50, but I’m not interested in reading about drug addicts (or any other kind of addict) and I didn’t understand the slang. Have you read it? What did you think?
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By: Lisa Hill on August 29, 2022
at 6:08 pm
No, I haven’t read it. I’m not keen on fiction about addicts either, so I probably won’t!
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By: bikerpaul68 on August 29, 2022
at 7:11 pm
There’s a lot of it about ATM. I’m often startled by the amount of smoking in contemporary novels… I mean, less than 12% of Australians smoke, and perhaps we can assume that most of those are older Australians who began long ago when less was known about how stupid it is to smoke, or who come from countries that haven’t had the education programs that we’ve had. Yes, there they are in so many novels, puffing away as if it’s normal, when it’s not.
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By: Lisa Hill on August 29, 2022
at 8:04 pm