Congratulations to all the authors shortlisted for this year’s Kibble and Dobbie Literary Awards. These Awards are open to Australian women writers who have published a book of fiction or nonfiction classifiable as ‘life writing’.
The shortlisted titles for the $30,000 Nita B Kibble Literary Award for an established author are:
- The Hate Race by Maxine Beneba Clarke
- The Life to Come by Michelle de Kretser
- Everywhere I Look by Helen Garner
- The High Places by Fiona McFarlane
The shortlisted titles for the $5000 Dobbie Literary Award for a first-time published author are:
- Troppo by Madelaine Dickie
- The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein
- The Healing Party by Micheline Lee
The winners will be announced on 25 July. To find out more about the awards, click here.
