Last month we announced our inaugural shortlist for the Readings New Australian Writing Award! This Award is for an Australian author’s first or second book of fiction, and recognises exciting and exceptional new literary talent.
To celebrate the shortlist, we’ve asked each of our six shortlisted authors five quick questions.
- Click here to read our Q&A with Christine Piper, author of After Darkness.
- Click here to read our Q&A with Luke Carman, author of An Elegant Young Man.
- Click here to read our Q&A with Maxine Beneba Clarke, author of Foreign Soil.
- Click here to read our Q&A with Fiona McFarlane, author of The Night Guest.
- Click here to read our Q&A with Ceridwen Dovey, author of Only the Animals.
- Click here to read our Q&A with Michael Mohammed Ahmad, author of The Tribe.
You can also read our judges’ report on the six shortlisted titles here, or sign up for our NAW Reading Challenge here.
