Back in April we reported that a new literary prize had been announced. That prize aimed to honour the memory of John Button, ex-politician and writer, who died last year. We can now report that the longlisted works for the 2009 John Button Prize have now been released:
Articles and Essays
Robyn Archer - "Industry that pays, and art that doesn't"
Don Watson - "Once upon a time in America"
Galarrwuy Yunupingu - "Tradition, truth and tomorrow"
Geoff Russell - "J'acccuse.... CSIRO"
Marcia Langton - "The end of big men politics"
Michael Fullilove - "Hope or glory? The Presidential election, foreign policy and Australia"
Laura Tingle - "On our selection"
David Heatherington - "Reimagining the Australian settlement"
Annabel Crabb - "Stop at nothing: The life and adventures of Malcolm Turnbull"
Kate Jennings - "American revolution"
Tim Flannery - "Now or never"
Paul Toohey - "Last drinks"
Guy Pearse - "Quarry vision"
Books
Peter Hartcher - To the Bitter End
Peter Van Onselen and Philip Senior - Howard's End: The Unravelling of a Government
Sarah Maddison - Black Politics
Geoffrey Robertson - The Statue of Liberty
Paula Shaw - Seven Seasons in Aurukun
Chloe Hooper - The Tall Man
Peter Singer - The Life You Can Save
Michelle Schwarz - A Question of Power
Quentin Beresford - The Godfather
Mark Davis - The Land of Plenty
Greg Buckman - Tasmania's Wilderness Battles
David Marr - The Henson Case
Ben McNeil - The Clean Industrial Revolution
Geoff Boucher and Matthew Sharpe - The Times Will Suit Them
Andrew Scott - Politics, Parties and Issues in Australia: An Introduction
Gideon Haigh - The Racket: How Abortion Became Illegal in Australia
Margot O'Neil - Blind Conscience
Tony Taylor - Denial
The existence of a longlist leads me to believe that a shortlist will also be announced at some time, but I can't find out when. In any event the winner will be announced at the inaugural John Button Lecture at the Melbourne Writers Festival on August 28th.
