2010 Prime Minister's Literary Awards

Arts Minister Peter Garrett has announced 29 great Australian titles that have made it onto the 2010 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards shortlists.

Minister Garrett said being shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards is a great achievement for authors that will bring further public recognition of their writing.

For the first time, Young Adult Fiction and Children’s Fiction categories have been added to the awards.
Fiction shortlist

    * Summertime, J.M. Coetzee
    * The Book of Emmett, Deborah Forster
    * The Lakewoman, Alan Gould
    * Dog Boy, Eva Hornung
    * Ransom, David Malouf
    * Lovesong, Alex Miller
    * As the Earth turns Silver, Alison Wong

Non-Fiction shortlist

    * The Water Dreamers: The Remarkable History of Our Dry Continent, Michael Cathcart
    * Strange Places: A Memoir of Mental Illness, Will Elliott
    * The Colony: A History of Early Sydney, Grace Karskens
    * The Life and Death of Democracy, John Keane
    * The Blue Plateau: A Landscape Memoir, Mark Tredinnick
    * The Ghost at the Wedding, Shirley Walker

Young Adult Fiction shortlist

    * Stolen, Lucy Christopher
    * The Winds of Heaven, Judith Clarke
    * Confessions of a Liar, Thief and Failed Sex God, Bill Condon
    * The Museum of Mary Child, Cassandra Golds
    * Swerve, Phillip Gwynne
    * Jarvis 24, David Metzenthen
    * Beatle meets Destiny, Gabrielle Williams

Children’s Fiction shortlist

    * Cicada Summer, Kate Constable
    * The Terrible Plop, Ursula Dubosarsky and illustrated by Andrew Joyner
    * Just Macbeth, Andy Griffiths and illustrated by Terry Denton
    * Mr Chicken goes to Paris, Leigh Hobbs
    * Running with the Horses, Alison Lester
    * Star Jumps, Lorraine Marwood
    * Mannie and the Long Brave Day, Martine Murray and illustrated by Sally Rippin
    * Tensy Farlow and the Home for Mislaid Children, Jen Storer
    * Harry and Hopper, Margaret Wild and illustrated by Freya Blackwood

Find out more about the shortlists at www.arts.gov.au/pmliteraryawards/shortlists