{"id":48446,"date":"2015-04-24T17:26:42","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T07:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/?p=48446"},"modified":"2016-03-01T09:23:25","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T23:23:25","slug":"breaking-news-2015-nsw-premiers-literary-awards-shortlists-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2015\/04\/24\/breaking-news-2015-nsw-premiers-literary-awards-shortlists-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: 2015 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards Shortlists Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Premiers-literary-awards\"<\/p>\n

The shortlists for this year’s NSW Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced, featuring some of Australia’s most celebrated writers and young up and comers.<\/p>\n

How many have you read?<\/p>\n

CHRISTINA STEAD PRIZE FOR FICTION<\/h2>\n

*\u00a0Ceridwen Dovey –\u00a0Only the Animals <\/strong>\"golden-boys\"<\/a>(More…<\/a>)<\/p>\n

*\u00a0Elizabeth Harrower –<\/em>\u00a0In Certain Circles<\/em><\/strong> (More…<\/a>)
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

*\u00a0Sonya Hartnett –\u00a0Golden Boys <\/strong><\/strong><\/em>(More…<\/a>)
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

*\u00a0Mark Henshaw – The Snow Kimono<\/strong><\/em> (More…<\/a>)
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

*\u00a0Joan London –\u00a0The Golden Age <\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong>(More…<\/a>)
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

*\u00a0Gerald Murnane –\u00a0A Million Windows <\/em><\/strong>(More…<\/a>)
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

UTS GLENDA ADAMS AWARD FOR NEW WRITING<\/h2>\n

*\u00a0Michael Mohammed Ahmad –\u00a0The Tribe<\/strong><\/em> (More…<\/a>)\"9781922213211\"<\/a><\/p>\n

*\u00a0Maxine Beneba Clarke –\u00a0Foreign Soil<\/em><\/strong> (More…<\/a>)<\/p>\n

*\u00a0Emily Bitto –\u00a0The Strays<\/em><\/strong> (More…<\/a>)<\/p>\n

*\u00a0Luke Carman –\u00a0An Elegant Young Man<\/em><\/strong> (More…<\/a>)<\/p>\n

*\u00a0Omar Musa –\u00a0Here Come the Dogs<\/em><\/strong> (More…<\/a>)<\/p>\n

*\u00a0Ellen van Neerven –\u00a0Heat and Light<\/em><\/strong> (More…<\/a>)<\/p>\n

DOUGLAS STEWART PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION<\/h2>\n

*\u00a0Alan Atkinson –\u00a0The Europeans in Australia <\/em><\/strong>(More…<\/a>)\"the-bush\"<\/a>
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

*\u00a0<\/strong>Philip Dwyer –\u00a0Citizen Emperor: Napoleon in Power 1799 \u2010 1815 <\/em><\/strong>(More…<\/a>)
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

*\u00a0Helen Garner –\u00a0This House of Grief <\/em><\/strong>(More…<\/a>)
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

*\u00a0Iain McCalman –\u00a0The Reef: A Passionate History <\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong>(More…<\/a>)
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

*\u00a0Biff Ward –\u00a0In My Mother\u2019s Hands <\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong>(More…<\/a>)
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

*\u00a0Don Watson – The Bush<\/em> <\/strong>(More…<\/a>)
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

PATRICIA WRIGHTSON PRIZE FOR CHILDREN\u2019S LITERATURE<\/h2>\n

*\u00a0Allan Baillie –\u00a0The First Voyage <\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong>(More…<\/a>)\"9780143307679\"<\/a>
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

*\u00a0Trace Balla –\u00a0Rivertime <\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong>(More…<\/a>)
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

*\u00a0Tamsin Janu –\u00a0Figgy in the World <\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong>(More…<\/a>)
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

*\u00a0Glenda Millard, Stephen Michael King (Illustrator) – The Duck and the Darklings <\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong>(More…<\/a>)
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

*\u00a0Catherine Norton –\u00a0Crossing <\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong>(More…<\/a>)
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

*\u00a0James O\u2019Loghlin –\u00a0The Adventures of Sir Roderick, the Not-Very Brave <\/em><\/strong>(More…<\/a>)
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

ETHEL TURNER PRIZE FOR YOUNG ADULT’S LITERATURE<\/h2>\n

*\u00a0K.A. Barker –\u00a0The Book of Days <\/em><\/strong>(More…<\/a>)\"9781742614175\"<\/a>
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

*\u00a0Jackie French – The Road to Gundagai<\/strong><\/em> (More…<\/a>)
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

*\u00a0Darren Groth –\u00a0Are You Seeing Me? <\/em><\/strong>(More…<\/a>)
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

*\u00a0Justine Larb alestier –\u00a0Razorhurst <\/em><\/strong>(More…<\/a>)
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

*\u00a0Jaclyn Moriarty –\u00a0The Cracks in the Kingdom <\/em><\/strong>(More…<\/a>)
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

*\u00a0Clare Strahan –\u00a0Cracked <\/em><\/strong>(More…<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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The shortlists for this year’s NSW Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced, featuring some of Australia’s most celebrated writers and young up and comers. How many have you read? CHRISTINA STEAD PRIZE FOR FICTION *\u00a0Ceridwen Dovey –\u00a0Only the Animals (More…) *\u00a0Elizabeth Harrower –\u00a0In Certain Circles (More…) *\u00a0Sonya Hartnett –\u00a0Golden Boys (More…) *\u00a0Mark Henshaw – The Snow Kimono (More…) *\u00a0Joan London –\u00a0The Golden Age (More…) *\u00a0Gerald Murnane –\u00a0A Million Windows (More…) UTS GLENDA ADAMS AWARD FOR NEW WRITING *\u00a0Michael Mohammed Ahmad –\u00a0The Tribe (More…) *\u00a0Maxine Beneba Clarke –\u00a0Foreign Soil (More…) *\u00a0Emily Bitto –\u00a0The Strays (More…) *\u00a0Luke Carman –\u00a0An Elegant Young Man (More…) *\u00a0Omar Musa –\u00a0Here Come the Dogs (More…) *\u00a0Ellen van Neerven –\u00a0Heat and Light (More…) DOUGLAS STEWART PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION *\u00a0Alan Atkinson –\u00a0The Europeans in Australia (More…) *\u00a0Philip Dwyer –\u00a0Citizen Emperor: Napoleon in Power 1799 \u2010 1815 (More…) *\u00a0Helen Garner –\u00a0This House of Grief (More…) *\u00a0Iain McCalman –\u00a0The Reef: A Passionate History (More…) *\u00a0Biff Ward –\u00a0In My Mother\u2019s Hands (More…) *\u00a0Don Watson – The Bush (More…) PATRICIA WRIGHTSON PRIZE FOR CHILDREN\u2019S LITERATURE *\u00a0Allan Baillie –\u00a0The First Voyage (More…) *\u00a0Trace Balla –\u00a0Rivertime (More…) *\u00a0Tamsin Janu –\u00a0Figgy in the World (More…) *\u00a0Glenda Millard, Stephen Michael King (Illustrator) – The Duck and the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[92,24,118,39,40,85],"tags":[4015],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48446"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48446"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55919,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48446\/revisions\/55919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}