Thanks to Brona from Brona’s Books and Books and Publishing for the heads-up…
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2020 shortlists announced
The shortlists for the 2020 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced.
The shortlisted titles in each category are:
Christina Stead Prize for Fiction ($40,000)
- The White Girl (Tony Birch, UQP), see my review
- The Palace of Angels (Mohammed Massoud Morsi, Wild Dingo Press), see my review
- The Electric Hotel (Dominic Smith, A&U), see my review
- Exploded View (Carrie Tiffany, Text), see my review
- Wolfe Island (Lucy Treloar, Picador), see my review
- The Yield (Tara June Winch, Hamish Hamilton), see my review
Multicultural NSW Award ($20,000)
- Growing Up African in Australia (ed by Maxine Beneba Clarke, Black Inc.), see my review
- Room for a Stranger (Melanie Cheng, Text), see my review
- White Tears/Brown Scars (Ruby Hamad, MUP)
- Australianama: The South Asian Odyssey in Australia (Samia Khatun, UQP)
- The Pillars