Category Archives: Book Awards

2020 Davitt Awards Longlists

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The link below is to an article reporting on the longlists for the 2020 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women.

For more visit:
https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/06/01/151357/davitt-awards-2020-longlists-announced/

The Peter Carey Short Story Award

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The link below is to an article reporting on the shortlist for the 2020 Peter Carey Short Story Award.

For more visit:
https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/06/01/151363/peter-carey-short-story-award-2020-shortlist-announced/

The link below is to an article reporting on the winner of the Peter Carey Short Story Award.

For more visit:
https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/06/15/151909/roff-wins-2020-peter-carey-short-story-award/

2020 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize award for Best Unpublished Manuscript Shortlist

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The link below is to an article reporting on the 2020 shortlist for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize award for Best Unpublished Manuscript.

For more visit:
https://www.thebookseller.com/news/wilbur-smith-adventure-writing-prize-shortlist-best-unpublished-manuscript-announced-1204709

The Les Carlyon Literary Prize

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The link below is to an article reporting on the establishment of a new book award in Australia, the $10,000 Les Carlyon Literary Prize.

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https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/05/28/151289/australian-war-memorial-establishes-10k-les-carlyon-literary-prize/

2020 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal Shortlist

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The link below is to an article reporting on the shortlist for the 2020 Australian Literature Society Gold Medal.

For more visit:
https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/05/20/150833/als-gold-medal-2020-shortlist-announced/

2020 Booksellers’ Choice Book of the Year Awards Longlists

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The link below is to an article reporting on the longlists for the 2020 Booksellers’ Choice Book of the Year Awards.

For more visit:
https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/05/22/151025/booksellers-choice-2020-book-of-the-year-awards-longlists-announced/

2020 New York Public Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award Shortlist

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The links below are to articles reporting on the shortlist for the 2020 New York library’s Young Lions Fiction Award.

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– https://publishingperspectives.com/2020/05/award-notes-new-york-public-librarys-young-lions-finalists-named/
– https://lithub.com/the-nypl-has-announced-the-2020-young-lions-fiction-award-finalists/

2020 Orwell Prize for Fiction Shortlist

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The link below is to an article reporting on the shortlist for the 2020 Orwell Prize for Fiction.

For more visit:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/21/orwell-prize-for-fiction-shortlist-bernardine-evaristo-girl-woman-other-will-vie-with-lucy-ellmann-ducks-newburyport

2020 Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards Winners

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The link below is to an article reporting on the winners of the 2020 Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards.

For more visit:
https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/05/26/151116/shilton-tan-jonsberg-win-2020-chief-ministers-nt-book-awards/