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2012 Book Awards
Literary Prize Calendar 2012
VALENTINES DAY FOR BOOKLOVERS...
Jan 26 2012
2012 Best Fiction for Young Adults from ALA
'Each year, YALSA presents the Best Fiction for Young Adults list after ALA's Midwinter Meeting. This year's list of 113 books was drawn from 211 official nominations. The books, recommended for ages 12-18, meet the criteria of both good quality literature and appealing reading for teens. '
Some that have been reviewed on ReadPlus:
Billingsley, Franny. Chime.
Black, Holly. Red Glove
Bray, Libba. Beauty Queens
Cooper, Michelle. The FitzOsbornes in Exile
Dessen, Sarah. What Happened to Goodbye
DeStafano, Lauren. Wither
Forman, Gayle. Where She Went
Johnson, Maureen. The Name of the Star.
Lu, Marie. Legend
Ness, Patrick. A Monster Calls.
Perera, Anna. Guantanamo Boy
Perkins, Stephanie. Anna and the French Kiss
Perkins, Stephanie. Lola and the Boy Next Door
Roth, Veronica. Divergent
Sedgwick, Marcus. White Crow.
Selznick, Brian. Wonderstruck.
*Sepetys, Ruta. Between Shades of Gray.
Silvey, Craig. Jasper Jones.
Stiefvater, Maggie. The Scorpio Races.
*Taylor, Laini. Daughter of Smoke and Bone.
Wynne-Jones, Tim. Blink and Caution.
Young, Moira. Blood Red Road.
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Australia’s independent booksellers are pleased to announce the shortlist for the Indie Awards 2012, recognizing their favourite Australian authors from the past 12 months.
The category winners and the overall ‘Book of the Year’ winner will be revealed on Saturday 10th March 2012.
‘It’s a great honour to be listed for the Indie Awards. Independent bookstores support our reading and writing culture in essential and indispensable ways - through vigorous advocacy, personal recommendations, events, launches, intelligent and friendly conversation - and above all by promoting a genuine solidarity with both readers and writers. They’re a precious national treasure it’s been a great delight to work with them.’ – Gail Jones
"I’m honoured to have The 13-Storey Treehouse shortlisted for the Indie awards. Independent bookshops have always played a crucial role in helping me to find--and keep--an audience for my books. And just as important, they have provided the venues for the many hundreds of in-store events over the years where my readers and I have been able to get to know each other first hand, which ultimately leads to me being able to write better books." -Andy Griffiths
The shortlisted books for the Indie Awards 2012 are:
FICTION
Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks (Harper Collins)
The Street Sweeper by Elliot Perlman (Random House)
Foal's Bread by Gillian Mears (Allen & Unwin)
Five Bells by Gail Jones (Random House)
NON-FICTION
Worse Things Happen at Sea by William McInnes and Sarah Watt (Hachette)
Notebooks by Betty Churcher (MUP)
After Words: Post Prime Ministerial Speeches by Paul Keating (Allen & Unwin)
A Private Life by Michael Kirby (Allen & Unwin)
DEBUT FICTION
Past the Shallows by Favel Parrett (Hachette)
All That I Am by Anna Funder (Penguin)
The Roving Party by Rohan Wilson (Allen & Unwin)
Watercolours by Adrienne Ferreira (Harper Collins)
CHILDREN’S
The 13-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths & Illus Terry Denton (Pan Macmillan)
The Jewel Fish of Karnak by Graeme Base (Penguin)
The Little Refugee by Anh & Suzanne Do & Illus Bruce Whatley (Allen & Unwin)
The Coming of the Whirlpool: Ship Kings 1 by Andrew McGahan (Allen & Unwin)
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COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR - OVERALL WINNER Jan 26
Andrew Miller has won the Costa Book of the Year for his sixth novel, Pure.
American Library Association announces 2012 Youth Media Award winners January 24
DALLAS - The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, video and audiobooks for children and young adults – including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and Printz awards – at its Midwinter Meeting in Dallas.
A list of all the 2012 award winners follows:
John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature:
“Dead End in Norvelt,” written by Jack Gantos, is the 2012 Newbery Medal winner.
Two Newbery Honor Books also were named:
"Inside Out & Back Again," written by Thanhha Lai
Breaking Stalin’s Nose,” written and illustrated by Eugene Yelchin
Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children:
“A Ball for Daisy," illustrated and written by Chris Raschka, is the 2012 Caldecott Medal winner.
Three Caldecott Honor Books also were named:
“Blackout,” illustrated and written by John Rocco,
"Grandpa Green" illustrated and written by Lane Smith,
“Me … Jane,” illustrated and written by Patrick McDonnell,
Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults:
“Where Things Come Back,” written by John Corey Whaley, is the 2012 Printz Award winner.
Four Printz Honor Books also were named:
“Why We Broke Up,” written by Daniel Handler,
“The Returning,” written by Christine Hinwood
Jasper Jones,” written by Craig Silvey
“The Scorpio Races,” written by Maggie Stiefvater
Schneider Family Book Award for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience:
Two books were selected for the middle school award (ages 9 – 13):
“close to famous,” written byJoan Bauer
“Wonderstruck: A Novel in Words and Pictures,” written by Brian Selznick
The teen (ages 14-18) award winner is
“The Running Dream,” written by Wendelin Van Draanen
Alex Awards for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences:
- “Big Girl Small,” by Rachel DeWoskin,
- “In Zanesville,” by Jo Ann Beard,
- “The Lover’s Dictionary,” by David Levithan,
- “The New Kids: Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for Immigrant Teens,” by Brooke Hauser,
- “The Night Circus,” by Erin Morgenstern,
- “Ready Player One,” by Ernest Cline,
- “Robopocalypse: A Novel,” by Daniel H. Wilson,
- “Salvage the Bones,” by Jesmyn Ward,
- “The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt: A Novel in Pictures,” by Caroline Preston,
- “The Talk-Funny Girl,” by Roland Merullo, p
Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults:
Susan Cooper is the 2012 Edwards Award winner. Her books include: The Dark Is Rising Sequence: “Over Sea, Under Stone”; “The Dark Is Rising”; “Greenwitch”; “The Grey King”; and “Silver on the Tree.”
May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award recognizing an author, critic, librarian, historian or teacher of children's literature, who then presents a lecture: Michael Morpurgo will deliver the 2013 lecture.
Stonewall Book Award -Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award given annually to English-language children’s and young adult books of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience:
“Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy,” written by Bill Wright - WINNER
Four Honor Books were selected:
“a + e 4ever,” drawn and written by Ilike Merey
“Money Boy,” written by Paul Yee an
“Pink,” written by Lili Wilkinson
“with or without you,” written by Brian Farrey.
William C. Morris Award for a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens:
“Where Things Come Back,” written by John Corey Whaley is the 2012 Morris Award winner.
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults, ages 12 – 18, each year:
“The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery” written by Steve Sheinkin, is the 2012 Excellence winner.
Costa Book Awards 2011 winners announced
The Costa Book Awards recognise some of the most outstanding and enjoyable books of the last year by writers based in the UK and Ireland.
The five Costa Book Award CATEGORY winners are listed below. The five books are now eligible for the ultimate prize - the 2011 Costa Book of the Year, which will be announced on Tuesday 24th January 2012.
The five successful authors are:
| Costa Novel Award |
Pure |
Andrew Miller |
| Costa First Novel Award |
Tiny Sunbirds Far Away |
Christie Watson |
| Costa Biography Award |
Now All Roads Lead to France: The
Last Years of Edward Thomas |
Matthew Hollis |
| Costa Poetry Award |
The Bees |
Carol Ann Duffy |
Costa Children’s Book Award |
Blood Red Road |
Moira Young
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2011 AWARDS
Major new award goes to author of The Torchlight List
Jim Flynn, author of the best-selling book The Torchlight List and a recognised international expert on intelligence and IQ, has won a top new award.
17 Nov 2011
History, Maths and Maori language winners of CLL Educational Publishing Awards 2011
Publishers put their best educational books forward for the CLL Educational Publishing Awards presented on 17 November in Auckland.
The x factors that helped titles make the shortlist included exemplary pedagogical approaches and important New Zealand content presented in accessible and inspiring ways,” said Gillian Candler. “The winners combined these factors with excellent instructional design, illustrative flair, and ease of use.”
Best Book in Higher Education Winner:
Contested Ground Te Whenua I Tohea: The Taranaki Wars 1860–1881 ed. Kelvin Day, published by Huia Publishers. “A valuable text that makes good use of original material, draws together experts, presents fresh insight,” said the judges.
Best Book or Series in Secondary Education Winner
Gamma Mathematics: NCEA Level 1 by David Barton, published by Pearson. “A good use of colour and layout along with clear explanations and New Zealand examples make this text appealing to students.”
Best Book or Series in Primary Education Winner
School Journal Part 4 Number 3 2010 and Part 3 Number 3 2010 ed. Susan Paris, published by Learning Media. “These two issues of the School Journal are dedicated to the Moriori people… a significant contribution to our knowledge and understanding of an important group of New Zealanders.”
Best Digital Publishing Solution
Sails Shared Interactive published by Pearson. “Engaging and easy to use, a product which will be loved by both students and teachers.”
The judges also gave Highly Commended Awards in three categories:
Higher Education Highly Commended: Teaching Primary School Mathematics and Statistics: Evidence-Based Practice ed. Robin Averill and Roger Harvey, published by NZCER Press
Secondary Education Highly Commended: Ngarimu: Te Tohu Toa by Kawata Teepa, published by Huia Publishers
Primary Education Highly Commended: Hina ed. Hana Pomare, published by Hana Limited
Wellcome Trust Book Prize - winner: Turn of Mind, by Alice LaPlante,
The third Wellcome Trust Book Prize has been awarded to Alice LaPlante for her debut novel Turn of Mind, a tale of a family’s secrets exposed by murder and a brilliant mind in terminal decline. It is the first work of fiction to win the Prize. The £25,000 Wellcome Trust Book Prize is open to outstanding works of fiction and non-fiction on the theme of health and medicine. It brings together the worlds of medicine and literature, appealing to literature lovers and science enthusiasts alike.
Longlist Announced for International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2012
www.arabicfiction.org
The longlist of 13 novels in contention for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2012 is announced today, Thursday 10 November 2011.
Sarmada
Fadi Azzam
Syria
Thaqafa Paving the Sea
ashid al-Daif
Lebanon
Riyad al-Rayyes
The Vagrant
Jabbour Douaihy
Lebanon
Dar al-Nhar
Embrace on Brooklyn Bridge
Ezzedine Choukri Fishere
Egypt
Dar al-Ain
The Druze of Belgrade
Rabee Jaber
Lebanon
Al-Markez al-Thaqafi al-Arabi
The Unemployed
Nasr Iraq
Egypt
Al-Dar al-Masriya al-Lubnaniya
Toy of Fire
Bashir Mufti
Algeria
Al-Ikhtilef
Under the Copenhagen Sky
Hawra al-Nadawi
Iraq/Denmark
Dar al-Saqi
Suitcases of Memory
Sharbel Qatan
Lebanon
Naufel
Nocturnal Creatures of Sadness
Mohamed al-Refai
Egypt
Dar Merit
The Women of al-Basatin
Habib Selmi
Tunisia
Dar al-Adab
The Amazing Journey of Khair al-Din ibn Zard
Ibrahim al-Zaarur
Jordan
Dar Fada'at
The Nabatean
Youssef Ziedan
Egypt
OCTOBER 18 Julian Barnes is named the winner of this year's £50,000 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for The Sense of an Ending.
MAN BOOKER SHORTLIST 2011
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Jamrach’s Menagerie by Carol Birch
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman
Snowdrops by A D MilleR
The Travelling Restaurant by Barbara Else, has been selected as the IBBY New Zealand 2012 Honour Book for Writing. The Honour Book list is promoted by IBBY biennially to bring to international attention to outstanding books.
Kate De Goldi has won the 2011 Corine International Book Prize Young Readers Award for The 10pm Question.
The Library & Information Association (LIANZA) has paid tribute to some of New Zealand’s most famous writers and artists in their annual LIANZA Children's Book Award Winners.
Hill and Hole by Kyle Mewburn and Vasanti Unka, (Puffin Books) has won the 2011 Russell Clark medal.
Diana Menefy received the LIANZA Esther Glen medal, New Zealand’s oldest book prize for The Shadow of the Boyd, (HarperCollins Publishers (NZ) Ltd).
Fierce September by Fleur Beale,(Random House New Zealand) received the LIANZA Young Adult medal.
MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2011 LONG LIST ANNOUNCED:
Julian Barnes The Sense of an Ending
Sebastian Barry On Canaan's Side
Carol Birch Jamrach's Menagerie
Patrick deWitt The Sisters Brothers
Esi Edugyan Half Blood Blues
Yvvette Edwards A Cupboard Full of Coats
Alan Hollinghurst The Stranger's Child
Stephen Kelman Pigeon English
Patrick McGuinness The Last Hundred Days
A.D. Miller Snowdrops
Alison Pick Far to Go
Jane Rogers The Testament of Jessie Lamb
D.J. Taylor Derby Day
LIANZA announces the Children’s Book Award Finalists for 2011
The LIANZA awards, which are given by Librarians for outstanding children’s literature are for excellence in junior fiction, young adult fiction, illustration, non-fiction and te reo Maori.
The full list of the LIANZA 2011 Finalists:
LIANZA Esther Glen Award (Junior Fiction)
•The Haystack by Jack Lasenby,
•Dreams of Warriors by Susan Brocker
•Sheep on the Fourth Floor by Leonie Thorpe
•Boy Zero Wannabe Hero by Peter Millet (•Shadow of the Boyd by Diana Menefy
LIANZA Young Adult Award (Fiction)
•Smiling Jack by Ken Catran
•Fierce September by Fleur Beale
•Ebony Hill by Anna Mackenzie
•Blood Lines by TK Roxborogh
•Lethal Deliveries by Ken Benn
•The Limping Man by Maurice Gee
LIANZA Russell Clark Award (Illustration)
•The Moon and Farmer McPhee by Margaret Mahy and David Elliot
•Quaky Cat by Diana Noonan and Gavin Bishop
•Hill and Hole by Kyle Mewburn and Vasanti Unka
•The Fierce Little Woman and the Wicked Pirate by Joy Cowley and Sarah Davis
•A Dog Like That! by Janene Cooper and Evie Kemp
LIANZA Elsie Locke (Non Fiction)
•Weird Wabbit & Friends/ Star Boy and Friends Series by Vasanti Unka
•The Life Cycle of the Pukeko by Betty Brownlie
•Sensational Survivors by Sandra Morris
•The Kiwi Fossil Hunters Handbook by James Campton and Marianna Terezow
•The Tui NZ Kids Garden by Diana Noonan and Keith Olsen
Te Kura Pounamu (te reo Maori)
•Mahiara by Sally Sutton, Illustrated by Brian Lovelock, Translated by Kāterina Te Heikōkō Mataira
•Ngarimu: Te Tohu Toa by Andrew Burdan
•Rāwiri, Matiu, He Kura Te Tangata, He Ora Kai Te Kupu Series by Peti Nohotima (He Kupenga Hao i te Reo)
•Manu Haututū by June Peka. Illustrated by Jo Thapa. Translated by Kāterina Te Heikōkō Mataira (
•Kapa, Te Niu Series by Hana Pōmare and Heni Jacob (HANA Limited/ Te Tāuhuhu o te Mātauranga – Ministry of Education)
•Te Mata o Tuna, a Hina rāua ko Mo’o Kuna by Hana Pōmare, Ellie-May Logan and Hēni Jacob (HANA Limited/ Te Tāuhuhu o te Mātauranga – Ministry of Education)
2011 New Zealand Post Book Awards JUNE 1
The full list of finalists in the 2011 New Zealand Post Book Awards by category are:
FICTION:
The Hut Builder by Laurence Fearnley (Penguin Group NZ)
The Night Book by Charlotte Grimshaw (Vintage, Random House NZ)
Their Faces Were Shining by Tim Wilson (Victoria University Press)
POETRY:
The Mirror of Simple Annihilated Souls by Kate Camp (Victoria University Press)
The Radio Room by Cilla McQueen (Otago University Press)
Mauri Ola: Contemporary Polynesian Poems in English –Whetu Moana II by Albert Wendt, Reina Whaitiri and Robert Sullivan (Auckland University Press)
GENERAL NON-FICTION:
99 Ways into New Zealand Poetry by Paula Green and Harry Ricketts (Vintage, Random House NZ)
Blue Smoke: The Lost Dawn of NZ Popular Music 1918-1964 by Chris Bourke (Auckland University Press)
Mune: An Autobiography by Ian Mune (Craig Potton Publishing)
No Fretful Sleeper: A Life of Bill Pearson by Paul Millar (Auckland University Press)
The Tasman: Biography of an Ocean by Neville Peat (Penguin Group NZ)
ILLUSTRATED NON-FICTION:
Brian Brake: Lens on the World by Athol McCredie (Te Papa Press)
Pounamu by Russell Beck, Maika Mason and Andris Apse (Viking, Penguin Group NZ)
Still Life: Inside the Antarctic Huts of Scott and Shackleton by Nigel Watson and Jane Ussher (Murdoch Books)
The Dress Circle by Douglas Lloyd Jenkins, Claire Regnault and Lucy Hammonds (Godwit, Random House NZ)
The Passing World: The Passage of Life: John Hovell and the Art of Kowhaiwhai by Dr. Damian Skinner (Rim Books)
2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners:
FICTION - "A Visit from the Goon Squad" by Jennifer Egan
DRAMA - "Clybourne Park" by Bruce Norris
HISTORY - "The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery" by Eric Foner
BIOGRAPHY - "Washington: A Life" by Ron Chernow
POETRY - "The Best of It: New and Selected Poems" by Kay Ryan
GENERAL NONFICTION - "The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal Shortlist for 2011:
(picture books)
GRAHAME BAKER-SMITH,
FarTHER (Ages 8+)97848771260
ANTHONY BROWNE, ME AND YOU
(Ages 4+) 9780385614894
BOB GRAHAM, APRIL UNDERHILL TOOTH FAIRY
(Ages 5+)9781406321555
MINI GREY, (text by Hilaire Belloc) JIM
(Ages 6+)9780224083676
OLIVER JEFFERS, THE HEART AND THE BOTTLE
(Ages 5+)9780007182305
KRISTIN OFTEDAL(text by Carl Norac) BIG BEAR, LITTLE BROTHER
(Age range: 3+)9781405051989
CATHERINE ERNEST RAYNER
(Age range: 3+)9780230529199
JUAN WIJNGAARD (text by Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham) CLOUD TEA MONKEYS
(Age range: 8+)9781406300925
The CILIP Carnegie Medal Shortlist 2011:
THERESA BRESLIN
PRISONER OF THE INQUISITION
(Ages 12+) 9781406310276
GERALDINE McCAUGHREAN, THE DEATH DEFYING PEPPER ROUX
(Ages 10+) 9780192756022
PATRICK NESS, MONSTERS OF MEN
Ages 14+ 9780385617031
MEG ROSOFF
THE BRIDE'S FAREWELL (Ages 12+)
9780141383934
MARCUS SEDGWICK WHITE CROW
(Ages 12+)9781842551875
JASON WALLACE OUT OF SHADOWS
(Ages 14+) 9781849390484
Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Short List - 2011
Older Readers Short List 2011:
Cath Crowley,Graffiti Moon
Sonya Hartnett, The Midnight Zoo
Joanne Horniman, About a Girl
Doug MacLeod, The Life of a Teenage Body-Snatcher
Melina Marchetta, The Piper’s Son
Fiona Wood Six Impossible Things
Younger Readers Short List 2011:
Michael Gerard Bauer, Just a Dog
Christine Bongers, Henry Hoey Hobson
Anna Branford, Ill. Sarah Davis: Violet Mackerel’s Brilliant Plot
Isobelle Carmody, The Red Wind
Meg McKinlay, Ill. Leila Rudge: Duck for a Day
Sally Murphy Ill. Rhian Nest James: Toppling
Picture Book Short List 2011:
Jeannie Baker, Mirror
Bronwyn Bancroft, Why I Love Australia
Nicki Greenberg, Hamlet
Chris McKimmie, Two Peas in a Pod
Lucia Masciullo, Family Forest
Written by Kim Kane
Tohby Riddle, My Uncle's Donkey
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books Short list 2011:
Nicolas Brasch, Theme Parks, Playgrounds and Toys
Ron Brooks, Drawn from the Heart: A Memoir
Leon Davidson, Zero Hour: The Anzacs on the Western Front
Ursula Dubosarsky, Illustrated by Tohby Riddle The Return of the Word Spy
Alison Lloyd, Illustrated by Terry Denton Wicked Warriors & Evil Emperors: The True Story of the Fight for Ancient China
One Arm Point Remote Community School Our World: Bardi Jaawi: Life at Ardiyooloon
12 April 2011: The Orange Prize for Fiction announces the 2011 shortlist. Celebrating its sixteenth anniversary this year, the Prize celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in women’s writing from throughout the world:
•Emma Donoghue (Irish) - Room
•Aminatta Forna (British/Sierra Leonean) - The Memory of Love
•Emma Henderson (British) - Grace Williams Says it Loud
•Nicole Krauss (American) - Great House
•Téa Obreht(Serbian/American) - The Tiger’s Wife
•Kathleen Winter (Canadian) - Annabel; Jonathan Cape
NEW ZEALAND POST 2011 CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARDS
PICTURE BOOKS:
Baa Baa Smart Sheep by Mark Sommerset, illustrated by Rowan Sommerset (Duck Creek Press) 9781877378416
A Dog Like That! by Janene Cooper, illustrated by Evie Kemp (Duck Creek Press) 9781877378416
Hill and Hole by Kyle Mewburn, illustrated by Vasanti Unka(Penguin Group NZ) 9780143504696
Marmaduke Duck and the Marmalade Jam by Juliette MacIver, illustrated by Sarah Davis (Scholastic New Zealand) 9781869439286
The Moon & Farmer McPhee by Margaret Mahy, illustrated by David Elliot (Random House New Zealand) 9781869794064
NON-FICTION:
The Kiwi Fossil Hunter's Handbook by James Crampton and Marianna Terezow (Random House New Zealand) 9781869791889
The life cycle of the Pukeko by Betty Brownlie(Scholastic New Zealand) 9781869439637
Sensational Survivors: An Illustrated Guide to New Zealand's Remarkable Wildlife
by Sandra Morris (Walker Books Australia) 9781921150661
Who's Cooking Tonight? by Claire Gourley & Glenda Gourley Who's Cooking Tonight? (Penguin Group NZ) 9780143205425
Zero Hour: The Anzacs on the Western Front by Leon Davidson
(Text Publishing Company) 9781921656071
JUNIOR FICTION:
Finnigan & the Pirates by Sherryl Jordan (Scholastic New Zealand) 9781869439279
The Haystack by Jack Lasenby
(Harper Collins Publishers) 9781869508524
Hollie Chips by Anna Gowan Winner of Tom Fitzgibbon Award 2009.
(Scholastic New Zealand) 9781869439316
Shadow of the Boyd by Diana Menefy (Harper Collins Publishers) 9781869508609
Tussock by Elizabeth Pulford (Walker Books Australia) 9781921529450
YOUNG ADULT:
Ebony Hill by Anna Mackenzie (sequel to the Sea Wreck Stranger)(Random House New Zealand) 9781877460487
Fierce September by Fleur Beale (sequel to Juno of Taris)(Random House New Zealand) 9781869793289
Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey (Allen & Unwin) 9781741758801
The Limping Man by Maurice Gee (Penguin) 9780143305163
Smiling Jack by Ken Catran (Harper Collins Publishers) 9781869508128
2011 Regional winners
The Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. internationally recognised for promoting ground-breaking works of fiction from across the globe, has announced an eclectic mix of writers from the four regions of the Commonwealth who will be heading to the final stages of the competition at Sydney Writers’ Festival in May.
The regional prize winners are:
Africa:
Best Book: The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna (Sierra Leone)
Best First Book: Happiness is a four-letter word by Cynthia Jele (South Africa)
Caribbean and Canada:
Best Book: Room by Emma Donoghue (Canada)
Best First Book: Bird Eat Bird by Katrina Best (Canada)
South Asia and Europe:
Best Book: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell (UK)
Best First Book: Sabra Zoo by Mischa Hiller (UK)
South East Asia and Pacific:
Best Book: That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott (Australia)
Best First Book: A Man Melting by Craig Cliff (New Zealand)
The overall winners of Best Book and Best First Book will be announced on 21 May.
Commonwealth Writers Prize 2011 Asia and South PAcific shortlist:
The shortlisted writers for the South East Asia and Pacific Best Book are:
•Reading Madame Bovary by Amanda Lohrey (Australia)
•That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott (Australia)
•Time’s Long Ruin by Stephen Orr (Australia)
•Hand Me Down World by Lloyd Jones (New Zealand)
•Notorious by Roberta Lowing (Australia)
•Gifted by Patrick Evans (New Zealand)
The shortlisted writers for the South East Asia and Pacific region Best First Book were:
•21 Immortals by Rozlan Mohd Noor (Malaysia)
•A Man Melting by Craig Cliff (New Zealand)
•The Graphologist’s Apprentice by Whiti Hereaka (New Zealand)
•The Body in the Clouds by Ashley Hay (Australia)
•Traitor by Stephen Daisley (Australia/New Zealand)
•A Few Right Thinking Men by Sulari Gentill (Australia)
Waterstone's Children's Book Prize 2011 - shortlisted books:
Rise of the Wolf by Curtis Jobling
Mortlock by Jon Mayhew
A Beautiful Lie by Irfan Master
Fantastic Frankie and the Brain-drain Machine by Anna Kemp, et al.
The Memory Cage by Ruth Eastham
Tall Story by Candy Gourlay
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
the Pain Merchants by Janice Hardy
The winner of this year's Waterstone's Children's Book Prize is Artichoke Hearts by Sita Brahmachari.
It is an insightful, honest novel exploring the delicate balance, and often injustice, of life and death - but at its heart is a celebration of friendship, culture - and life.
COSTA BOOK AWARDS 2011
Category Award Winners
Costa Novel Award
Maggie O'Farrell - The Hand That First Held Mine
Costa First Novel Award
Kishwar Desai - Witness the Night
Costa Biography Award
Edmund de Waal - The Hare With Amber Eyes
that is rare."
Costa Poetry Award
Jo Shapcott - Of Mutability
Costa Children's Book Award
Jason Wallace - Out of Shadows
2011 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
announced on March 15.
Shortlist:
Jennifer Egan’s A Visit from the Goon Squad
The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg
Jaimy Gordon’s Lord of Misrule
Eric Pucher’s Model Home
Brad Watson’s Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives
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