{"id":111911,"date":"2019-10-09T12:33:35","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T01:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/?p=111911"},"modified":"2019-10-11T09:05:14","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T22:05:14","slug":"see-the-2019-voss-literary-prize-longlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2019\/10\/09\/see-the-2019-voss-literary-prize-longlist\/","title":{"rendered":"See the 2019 Voss Literary Prize longlist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The 2019 Voss Literary Prize longlist was announced yesterday, with authors such as Trent Dalton, Tim Winton and Melissa Lucashenko all scoring a nomination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Launched in 2014 and dedicated to the memory of the late historian Vivian Robert Le Vaux Voss (1930-1963), the prize rewards the best novel from the previous year, with past winners including Leah Kaminsky (The Waiting Room<\/a><\/strong><\/em>) and Bram Presser (The Book of Dirt<\/a><\/strong><\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Voss Literary Prize<\/a><\/strong> is judged by the Australian University Heads of English, the peak Australian body for tertiary English study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shortlist will be announced in November – see the full longlist below!<\/p>\n\n\n\n