Susan Wyndham, of "The Sydney Morning Herald", has announced that the shortlisted works for the 2009 Australian Literature Society Gold Medal have been released.
The shortlist is as follows:
Her Father's Daughter by John Clanchy (UQP)
The Spare Room by Helen Garner (Text)
House of Exile by Evelyn Juers (Giramondo)
Divine Comedy: Journeys through a Regional Geography by John Kinsella (UQP)
The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas (Allen & Unwin)
Telling a Hawk from a Handsaw by Chris Wallace Crabbe (Carcenet)
No word at this time as to when the winner will be announced. You can see the list of previous winners on Wikipedia.
