The shorlists for the 2009 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards have been announced.
Fiction Book Award
Wanting by Richard Flanagan, Random House Australia (Knopf)
The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville,Text Publishing
The Boat by Nam Le, Penguin Group (Australia)
Ransom by David Malouf, Random House Australia (Knopf)
The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas, Allen & Unwin
Non-Fiction Book Award
Gough Whitlam by Jenny Hocking, Melbourne University Publishing
The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island by Chloe Hooper, Penguin Group (Australia)
Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists by Vivien Johnson, IAD Press
Shadowed Days by Garry Kinnane, Clouds of Magellan
Manning Clark: A Life by Brian Matthews, Allen & Unwin
Emerging Queensland Author - Manuscript Award
Bone Mother by Pamela S. Douglas
The Knock Knock by Rachel Rutter
Off the Grid by Inga Simpson
Young Liars and Other Stories by Chris Somerville
Unpublished Indigenous Writer - Arts Queensland David Unaipon Award
Which Way? by John Davis
Aprons and Stock-whips by Alfa Emily Geiszler and Maryann Lazarus
Magpies by Jeanine Leane
Only a Bridge by Ngitji Ngitji Mona Tur
The Boundary by Nicole Watson
Film Script - Pacific Film and Television Commission Award
Cedar Boys by Serhat Caradee, Cedar Boys Pty Ltd
Mary and Max by Adam Elliot, Melodrama Pictures Pty Ltd
The Last Ride by Mac Gudgeon, Last Ride Pty Ltd
Mao's Last Dancer by Jan Sardi, Last Dancer Pty Ltd
Television Script - QUT Creative Industries Award
False Witness by Peter Gawler, Screentime Pty Ltd
K9 - Regeneration - Episode 1 by Shane Krause and Shayne Armstrong, Metal Mutt Productions Pty Ltd
East West 101 - Just Cargo - Episode 9 by Michelle Offen, Knapman Wyld Television Pty Ltd
Underbelly - A Tale of Two Cities - Judas Kiss - Episode 9 by Felicity Packard, Screentime Pty Ltd
My Place - 1978 - Mike by Nicholas Parsons, Chapman Pictures Pty Ltd
Drama Script (Stage) Award
Realism by Paul Galloway, Currency Press
Frankenstein by Lally Katz
The Great by Tony McNamara, Currency Press
The Modern International Dead by Damien Millar, Currency Press
The Messenger: The Play by Ross Mueller, Currency Press
Poetry Collection - Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Award
Aria by Sarah Holland-Batt, University of Queensland Press
The Striped World by Emma Jones, Faber and Faber
Divine Comedy: Journeys Through a Regional Geography by John Kinsella, University of Queensland Press
The Other Way Out by Bronwyn Lea, Giramondo Publishing
Australian Short Story Collection - Arts Queensland Steele Rudd Award
Her Father's Daughter by John Clanchy, University of Queensland Press
The Rip by Robert Drewe, Penguin Group (Australia)
The Bird in the Egg and Other Stories by Steve Holden, Ginninderra Press
The Boat by Nam Le, Penguin Group (Australia)
Children's Book - Mary Ryan's Award
Possum and Wattle: My Big Book of Australian Words by Bronwyn Bancroft, Little Hare Books
Little Blue by Gaye Chapman, Little Hare Books
The Camel Who Crossed Australia by Jackie French, HarperCollins Publishers Australia
Darius Bell and the Glitter Pool by Odo Hirsch, Allen & Unwin
Pearl Verses the World by Sally Murphy and Heather Potter, Walker Books Australia
Young Adult Book Award
Into White Silence by Anthony Eaton, Random House Australia
The Beginner's Guide to Living by Lia Hills, Text Publishing
Sprite Downberry by Nette Hilton, HarperCollins Publishers Australia
My Candlelight Novel by Joanne Horniman, Allen & Unwin
A Small Free Kiss in the Dark by Glenda Millard, Allen & Unwin
Science Writer Award
Small Wonders: how microbes rule our world by Idan Ben-Barak, Scribe Publications
Pasteur's Gambit: Louis Pasteur, The Australasian Rabbit Plague and a Ten Million Dollar Prize by Stephen Dando-Collins, Random House Australia (Vintage)
Darwin's Armada by Iain McCalman, Penguin Group (Australia)
Evolution's Edge: The Coming Collapse and Transformation of our World by Graeme Taylor, New Society Publishers
Hendra and the bats by Ian Townsend, ABC Radio National
History Book - Faculty of Arts, University of Queensland Award
The Collectors of Lost Souls: Turning Kuru Scientists into Whitemen by Warwick Anderson, The Johns Hopkins University Press
Churchill and Australia by Graham Freudenberg, Pan Macmillan Australia
Travels in Atomic Sunshine by Robin Gerster, Scribe Publications
Darwin's Armada by Iain McCalman, Penguin Group (Australia)
Stella Miles Franklin by Jill Roe, HarperCollins Publishers Australia
Literary or Media Work Advancing Public Debate - The Harry Williams Award
The Drugs Scourge by Michael Crutcher and Matthew Fynes-Clinton, "The Courier-Mail"
Code of Silence by Sarah Ferguson, ABC Four Corners
The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island by Chloe Hooper, Penguin Group (Australia)
Quarterly Essay - Last Drinks: The Impact of the Northern Territory Intervention by Paul Toohey, Black Inc
Crisis for Children by Ian Townsend, ABC Radio National
The winners will be announced at the State Library of Queensland on Tuesday 8th September.
