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The longlists for this year’s Kibble and Dobbie Literary Awards have been announced. The Kibble and Dobbie Literary Awards are open to Australian women writers who have published a book of fiction or nonfiction classifiable as ‘life writing’. The Kibble Literary Award recognises the work of an established Australian woman writer and the Dobbie Literary Award recognises the work of a first-time published Australian woman writer.

The longlisted titles for the $30,000 Kibble Literary Award are:

The longlisted titles for the $5,000 Dobbie Literary Award are:

The shortlists will be announced on 3 June 2015, and the winners will be announced on 15 July 2015. To find out more about the awards, click here.