2020 literary prize winners

Forgotten Corners: Essays in Search of an Island’s Soul

Pete Hay

This collection of essays by Tasmanian writer and environmentalist Pete Hay collects his essays published since 2003. They follow on from his previous essay collection, ‘Vandiemonian Essays’ (Walleah Press, 2002).

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The Lost Arabs

Omar Sakr

Award-winning Arab Australian poet Omar Sakr presents a pulsating collection of poetry that interrogates the bonds and borders of family, faith, queerness, and nationality.

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Meeting the Waylo: Aboriginal Encounters in the Archipelago

Tiffany Shellam

This book explores the experiences of Indigenous Australians who participated in Australian exploration enterprises in the early nineteenth century

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Songspirals: Sharing Women’s Wisdom of Country Through Songlines

Gay'wu Group of Women

Songspirals is a rare opportunity for outsiders to experience Aboriginal women’s role in crying the songlines in a very authentic and direct form.

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The Eighth Life (For Brilka)

Nino Haratischvili, Charlotte Collins (trans.), Ruth Martin (trans.)

At the start of the twentieth century, on the edge of the Russian Empire, a family prospers. It owes its success to a delicious chocolate recipe, passed down the generations…

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Australia’s Creative Native Cuisine

Andrew Fielke

Australia’s Creative Native Cuisine is the ultimate resource for home cooks looking to use lots of Australian native ingredients in their food preparation, but also includes everyday alternative ingredients for…

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Heaven, My Home

Attica Locke

The thrilling follow-up to the award-winning Bluebird, Bluebird Texas Ranger Darren Matthews is on the hunt for a boy who’s gone missing - but it’s the boy’s family of white…

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Fallen

Lucie Morris-Marr

The dramatic story of the trial of ‘God’s treasurer’ for child sex abuse, and the conviction that sent ripples around the world.

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Shuggie Bain

Douglas Stuart

A heart-wrenching debut novel set in Thatcher-era Glasgow: Shuggie Bain tells the story of a boy’s doomed attempt to save his proud, alcoholic mother from her addiction.

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Tiberius with a Telephone

Patrick Mullins

William McMahon was a significant, if widely derided and disliked, figure in Australian politics in the second half of the 20th century. This biography tells the story of his life…

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Wolfe Island

Lucy Treloar

The stunning new novel from the award-winning author of Salt Creek is Barkskins or The Son meets The Road…

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Fathoms: The World in the Whale

Rebecca Giggs

A stunning meditation on the awe-inspiring lives of whales, revealing what they can teach us about ourselves, our planet, and our relationship to other species.

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Stone Sky Gold Mountain: The multi-award-winning Australian historical novel

Mirandi Riwoe

Family circumstances force siblings Ying and Lai Yue to flee their home in China to seek their fortunes in Australia. Life on the gold fields is hard, and they soon…

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Good Girl, Bad Girl (Cyrus Haven, Book 1)

Michael Robotham

The first in an exciting new series featuring forensic psychologist Cyrus Haven, from world-renowned author Michael Robotham.

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Hello Friend We Missed You

Richard Owain Roberts

Hello Friend We Missed You is a deeply poignant and bleakly comic debut novel about loneliness, the ‘violent revenge thriller’ category on Netflix, solipsism, rural gentrification, Jack Black, and learning…

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Milkman

Anna Burns

Middle sister, our protagonist, is busy attempting to keep her mother from discovering her maybe-boyfriend and to keep everyone in the dark about her encounter with Milkman. To be interesting…

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Baby Business

Jasmine Seymour

Baby Business tells the story of the baby smoking ceremony that welcomes baby to country. The smoke is a blessing - it will protect the baby and remind them that…

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Young Dark Emu: A Truer History

Bruce Pascoe

The highly-anticipated junior version of Bruce Pascoe’s multi award-winning book.

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I Need a Parrot

Chris McKimmie

A book about wanting and needing what a child wants and what a wild bird needs.

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My Friend Fred

Frances Watts

A delightful picture book about a friendship between an exuberant but loveable dachshund and his more retiring, tidy housemate.

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This Is How We Change The Ending

Vikki Wakefield

A gritty, ultimately triumphant novel from one of Australia’s most loved YA writers, the author of award-winning Friday Brown

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The Little Wave

Pip Harry

When a Manly school sets out to bring a country class to the city for a beach visit, three very different kids find each other and themselves.

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The Wife and the Widow

Christian White

Brilliant and beguiling, The Wife and the Widow takes you to a cliff edge and asks the question: how well do we really know the people we love?

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Present Tense

Natalie Conyer

What if justice isn’t enough?

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Bowraville

Dan Box

From the creator of the Walkley Award-winning podcast comes the story of a small Australian town, the murders of three children and a desperate fight for justice.

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The Chain

Adrian McKinty

A high concept thriller masterpiece by a world class writer: it doesn’t get any better than The Chair.

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The Trespassers

Meg Mundell

The Trespassers is a beguiling novel that explores the consequences of greed, the experience of exile, and the unlikely ways strangers can become the people we hold dear.

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Banking Bad

Adele Ferguson

How corporate greed broke our trust and failed Australia.

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The Old Drift

Namwali Serpell

On the banks of the Zambezi River, a few miles from the majestic Victoria Falls, there was once a colonial settlement called The Old Drift. In 1904, in a smoky…

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Diary of a Young Naturalist

Dara McAnulty

An astonishing, evocative exploration of the natural world and all its wonders, by 15-year-old conservationist and rising literary star Dara McAnulty.

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State Highway One

Sam Coley

A stunning debut novel about what it means to come home, from the winner of the 2017 Richell Prize for Emerging Writers.

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Kokomo

Victoria Hannan

Winner of the 2019 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript. Both tender and fierce, heartbreaking and funny, Kokomo is a story about how secrets and love have the…

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Ghost Bird

Lisa Fuller

An intriguing and gripping young adult novel by the winner of the David Unaipon award.

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The Girl, the Cat & the Navigator

Matilda Woods, Anuska Allepuz (illus.)

An enchanting, charming story of bravery on the ice-tipped ocean, with stunning art by Anuska Allepuz on every page.

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Tales from the Inner City

Shaun Tan

The visionary Shaun Tan returns to show us the soul-opening work he’s been doing for the past five years.

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Lark

Anthony McGowan

Nicky and Kenny’s mum is coming to visit for the first time in years. But when an outdoor adventure to take their minds off everything goes from bad to worse…

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The Narrow Land

Christine Dwyer Hickey

The stunning new novel from the beloved Christine Dwyer Hickey, the bestselling author of Last Train from Liguria.

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Meat Market: The London Collection

Juno Dawson

Jana Novak is catapulted to superstardom when she’s scouted by a model agency. But the fashion industry is as grimy as it is glamorous, and there are predators at every…

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The Nickel Boys

Colson Whitehead

A devastating, driven narrative by a great American novelist whose work is essential to understanding the current reality of the United States.

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The Whole Fish Cookbook

Josh Niland

A completely new way to think about all aspects of fish cookery.

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Lot

Bryan Washington

Stories of a young man finding his place among family and community in Houston, from a powerful, emerging American voice.

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Sweet Taste of Liberty

W. Caleb McDaniel

The extraordinary life of Henrietta Wood - a formerly enslaved woman sold back into slavery, eventually freed again, and who then sued the man who had sold her back into…

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The Tradition

Jericho Brown

The powerful second poetry collection published in the UK from award-winning American poet Jericho Brown.

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See What You Made Me Do

Jess Hill

Combining exhaustive research with riveting storytelling, See What You Made Me Do dismantles the flawed logic of victim-blaming and challenges everything you thought you knew about domestic and family violence.

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Magical Negro

Morgan Parker

New collection of poems by Morgan Parker, author of There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonce: ‘This is a marvelous book. See for yourself. Morgan Parker is a fearlessly forward…

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The Queen

Josh Levin

The never-before-told story of a beguilingly complex American character, lost in the rush to create a vicious stereotype. For fans of incredible investigative writing in the vein of David Grann…

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Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

Patrick Radden Keefe

Winner of the Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2019. A gripping story forensically reported, Say Nothing explores the extremes people will go to for an ideal, and the way societies…

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Nganajungu Yagu

Charmaine Papertalk Green

An award-winning work of poetry from Charmaine Papertalk Green.

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2020 literary prize winners

Forgotten Corners: Essays in Search of an Island’s Soul

The Lost Arabs

Meeting the Waylo: Aboriginal Encounters in the Archipelago

Songspirals: Sharing Women’s Wisdom of Country Through Songlines

The Eighth Life (For Brilka)

Australia’s Creative Native Cuisine

Heaven, My Home

Fallen

Shuggie Bain

Tiberius with a Telephone

Wolfe Island

Fathoms: The World in the Whale

Stone Sky Gold Mountain: The multi-award-winning Australian historical novel

Good Girl, Bad Girl (Cyrus Haven, Book 1)

Hello Friend We Missed You

Milkman

Baby Business

Young Dark Emu: A Truer History

I Need a Parrot

My Friend Fred

This Is How We Change The Ending

The Little Wave

The Wife and the Widow

Present Tense

Bowraville

The Chain

The Trespassers

Banking Bad

The Old Drift

Diary of a Young Naturalist

State Highway One

Kokomo

Ghost Bird

The Girl, the Cat & the Navigator

Tales from the Inner City

Lark

The Narrow Land

Meat Market: The London Collection

The Nickel Boys

The Whole Fish Cookbook

Lot

Sweet Taste of Liberty

The Tradition

See What You Made Me Do

Magical Negro

The Queen

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

Nganajungu Yagu