Bookends: April 2013

Friday, April 12, 2013

The Stella Prize

The Stella Prize is a new award which celebrates, promotes and rewards Australian female writers. The winner will be announced on the 16 April. Read reviews of each book. Check out the judges. Follow udpates on twitter or facebook.

These are the books on the inaugural longlist:

The burial by Courtney Collins

Questions of travel by Michelle de Kretser

The sunlit zone by Lisa Jacobson

Like a house on fire by Cate Kennedy

Sea hearts by Margo Lanagan

Mateship with birds by Carrie Tiffany

Monday, April 8, 2013

Miles Franklin Award

This year the Miles Franklin award has been flooded with female writers. This year they will be supporting a reading challenge (Miles of reading) where you can join the forum, talk with other readers or post a review and enter the competition to win!

Follow them on twitter for more updates. The winner will be announced on the 19 June. There is plenty of time to read them all!

Here is the current long list and the shortlist will be announced on 30 April. Who do you hope will win?

Floundering by Romy Ash

Lola Bensky by Lily Brett

Street to street by Brian Castro

Questions of travel by Michelle de Kretser

The beloved by Annah Faulkner

The daughters of Mars by Tom Keneally

The mountain by Drusilla Modjeska

The light between oceans by M.L. Stedman

Mateship with birds by Carrie Tiffany

Red dirt talking by Jacqueline Wright