The shortlists for the 2011 Prime Minister's Literary Awards have been released.
The shortlisted works are:
Fiction
Traitor, Stephen Daisley
Notorious, Roberta Lowing
When Colts Ran, Roger McDonald
Glissando, David Musgrave
That Deadman Dance, Kim Scott
Non-fiction
Sydney, Delia Falconer
How to Make Gravy, Paul Kelly
The Party, Richard McGregor
The Hard Light of Day, Rod Moss
Claude Levi-Strauss, Patrick Wilcken
Young adult fiction
Good Oil, Laura Buzo
Graffiti Moon, Cath Crowley
The Three Loves of Persimmon, Cassandra Golds
About a Girl, Joanne Horniman
The Piper's Son, Melina Marchetta
Children's fiction
Why I Love Australia, Bronwyn Bancroft
Flyaway, Lucy Christopher
Now, Morris Gleitzman
April Underhill, Tooth Fairy, Bob Graham
Shake a Leg, Boori Monty Pryor and Jan Ormerod
The judging panels comprised of Professor Peter Pierce (chair), Professor John Hay AC and Dr Lyn Gallacher (fiction); Mr Brian Johns AO (chair), Mr Colin Steele and Dr Faye Sutherland (non-fiction); and Dr Robyn Sheahan-Bright (chair), Mr Mike Shuttleworth and Ms Mary-Ruth Mendel (children's and young adult fiction).
The winners will be announced in the week of 4-8 July.
The shortlisted works are:
Fiction
Traitor, Stephen Daisley
Notorious, Roberta Lowing
When Colts Ran, Roger McDonald
Glissando, David Musgrave
That Deadman Dance, Kim Scott
Non-fiction
Sydney, Delia Falconer
How to Make Gravy, Paul Kelly
The Party, Richard McGregor
The Hard Light of Day, Rod Moss
Claude Levi-Strauss, Patrick Wilcken
Young adult fiction
Good Oil, Laura Buzo
Graffiti Moon, Cath Crowley
The Three Loves of Persimmon, Cassandra Golds
About a Girl, Joanne Horniman
The Piper's Son, Melina Marchetta
Children's fiction
Why I Love Australia, Bronwyn Bancroft
Flyaway, Lucy Christopher
Now, Morris Gleitzman
April Underhill, Tooth Fairy, Bob Graham
Shake a Leg, Boori Monty Pryor and Jan Ormerod
The judging panels comprised of Professor Peter Pierce (chair), Professor John Hay AC and Dr Lyn Gallacher (fiction); Mr Brian Johns AO (chair), Mr Colin Steele and Dr Faye Sutherland (non-fiction); and Dr Robyn Sheahan-Bright (chair), Mr Mike Shuttleworth and Ms Mary-Ruth Mendel (children's and young adult fiction).
The winners will be announced in the week of 4-8 July.
