Thursday, 26 November 2015

2015 Prime Minister's Literary Award Shortlist

This week the shortlist was released for the 2015 Prime Minister's Literary Award. It is rather late in the year for such an announcement  although our PM does change every few months, so it must be difficult to keep continuity going. I can't find the date for the award announcements. 

 The awards are given in six categories. Fiction. Poetry. Prize for Australian History. Nonfiction. Young Adult Fiction. Children's Fiction. We'll look at the last two categories here- the other categories are available on the website. ,

 Young Adult Fiction

 Are You Seeing Me? - Darren Groth

 The Astrologer's Daughter - Rebecca Lim

 The Minnow - Diana Sweeney

WINNER - The Protected - Claire Zorn (see my review)

 Tigers on the Beach - Doug MacLeod




Children's Fiction

 My Dad is a Bear - Nicola Connelly, Annie White (illustrator)

 My Two Blankets - Irena Kobald, Freya Blackwood (illustrator) (see my review)

WINNER - One Minute's Silence - David Metzenthen, Michael Camilleri (illustrator) (see my review)

 Two Wolves - Tristan Bancks (see my review)

 Withering-by-Sea - Judith Rossell (see my review)


The Prime Minister's Literary Award is quite a generous prize- the winner takes home $80,000, while the shortlisted authors all receive $5,000.  I look forward to finding out the winners.
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5 comments:

  1. Brona27 November 2015 at 13:43

    I'm not sure how they will judge the junior books - such a diverse age range in the five books nominated as well as very different styles/genres. I did love Withering though, so I hope it gets a nod this time.

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  2. Beth F28 November 2015 at 23:09

    I love the cover of Tigers on the Beach!

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  3. Tamara1 December 2015 at 22:17

    I could be sacked for this - but does our prime minister read fiction? Some interesting books on this list. If you didn't post it I dont think I would've seen it. Thanks

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  4. bermudaonion4 December 2015 at 00:10

    Those are all new titles to me.

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  5. Deb Nance at Readerbuzz5 December 2015 at 22:09

    I finally got around to cataloging the books I picked up for our library from the October book fair. My Two Blankets is definitely one I cataloged yesterday. Must give it a read soon. Scholastic is so good at picking wonderful books and they are strangely good at including wonderful Australian books now and then.

    http://readerbuzz.blogspot.com/2015/12/elves-in-preparation.html

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