SA authors shortlisted for PM's Literary Awards
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Adelaide food historian and author Barbara Santich’s exploration of Australia’s gastronomic heritage, Bold Palates, has been shortlisted for the 2013 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards.
Published by Wakefield Press, Bold Palates tells the stories behind characteristic Australian food, recipes and ways of cooking and eating, and also looks at the quest to identify a national cuisine, from meat pies and Vegemite to Anzac biscuits.
It has been shortlisted in the non-fiction section of the Literary Awards alongside another Wakefield title Plein Airs and Graces, by Adrian Mitchell, which traces the life of landscape painter George Collingridge. Other non-fiction contenders are Bradman’s War by Malcolm Knox; Uncommon Soldier by Chris Masters and The Australian Moment by George Megalogenis.
Adelaide author Vikki Wakefield has made the shortlist in the young adult category for her second novel, Friday Brown, published by Text, about a 17-year-old girl on the run, while Marianne Musgrove has been shortlisted in the children’s fiction category for The Beginner’s Guide to Revenge.
The Prime Minister’s Literary Awards are described as the richest literary awards in Australia, with a total of $595,000 awarded in six award categories: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, Australian history, young adult and children’s fiction. The winner of each category wins $80,000, while shortlisted entries receive $5000.
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The full fiction shortlist announced yesterday is: Floundering by Romy Ash; The Chemistry of Tears by Peter Carey; Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser; Lost Voices by Christopher Koch and 2013 Stella prize winner Mateship with Birds by Carrie Tiffany.
Shortlists for all categories can be viewed online.
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