Congratulations to all the authors shortlisted for this year’s Kibble and Dobbie Literary Awards.

The Kibble and Dobbie Literary Awards are open to Australian women writers who have published a book of fiction or non-fiction classifiable as ‘life writing’.

Here is the shortlist for the $30,000 Kibble Literary Award (for an established author):

• Warning: The Story of Cyclone Tracy by Sophie Cunningham – Read our review
• This House of Grief by Helen Garner – Read our review
• The Golden Age by Joan London – Read our review

Here is the shortlist for the $5,000 Dobbie Literary Award (for a first-time author):

• The Strays by Emily Bitto – Read our review
• After Darkness by Christine Piper
• Heat and Light by Ellen van Neerven – Read our review

The winners for both awards will be announced on 15 July 2015. Find more information about the awards here.