from Castleton Lyons accessed 6/21/13
"It is only right to promote the horse through literature." - Dr. Tony Ryan
In 2006, the late Dr. Tony Ryan had a vision for supporting those who promote the Thoroughbred through literature. In a perfect culmination of his love for fine arts and for Thoroughbred racing, Dr. Ryan developed his idea for a literary award that would honor the best books pertaining to any aspect dealing with Thoroughbreds.
As with everything he set his mind to, this would not be done in just any way. He conceived the idea to recognize the best racing-related books published in a given year with $10,000 to be awarded to the winner, a cash prize that competes with literature awards such as the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize. Nominees from any category may be submitted: fiction,non-fiction, handicapping, children's, health care, photography, etc., as long as it pertains to any aspect of the Thoroughbred.
Dr. Ryan partnered with the THOROUGHBRED TIMES to promote and coordinate what would be the inaugural Castleton Lyons-Thoroughbred Times Book Award in 2007. Now in it's seventh consecutive year the Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award, since named for the visionary responsible for its inception, still remains one of the richest literature awards in the world.
Winners of the Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award;
2012 - Patrick Smithwick, Flying Change: A year of Racing and Family and Steeplechasing
2011 - Milton Toby, Dancer's Image: The Forgotten Story
2010 - Jaimy Gordon, Lord of Misrule
2009 - James E. "Ted" Bassett & Bill Mooney, Keeneland's Ted Bassett: My Life
2008 - Rudy Alvarado, The Untold Story of Joe Hernandez: The Voice of Santa Anita
2007 - T.D. Thornton, Not By a Long Shot: A Season at a Hard Luck Horse Track
2006 - Joe Drape, Black Maestro
Friday, June 21, 2013
Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award 2010-2013
from Booktrust.org accessed 6/21/13
The world’s richest award for a single short story
The Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Award honours the finest writers of short stories in the UK and Ireland. Worth £30,000 to the winning author, it is open to anyone with a previous record of publication in creative writing in the UK or Ireland. The winner is announced at the Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival each spring.
The prize follows the success in The Sunday Times Magazine of a regular story slot which has attracted some of the most talented names in short-story writing.
Previous winners
2013 Junot Díaz 'Miss Lora'
2012 Kevin Barry 'Beer Trip to Llandudno'
2011 Anthony Doerr 'The Deep'
2010 C K Stead 'Last Season's Man'
The world’s richest award for a single short story
The Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Award honours the finest writers of short stories in the UK and Ireland. Worth £30,000 to the winning author, it is open to anyone with a previous record of publication in creative writing in the UK or Ireland. The winner is announced at the Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival each spring.
The prize follows the success in The Sunday Times Magazine of a regular story slot which has attracted some of the most talented names in short-story writing.
Previous winners
2013 Junot Díaz 'Miss Lora'
2012 Kevin Barry 'Beer Trip to Llandudno'
2011 Anthony Doerr 'The Deep'
2010 C K Stead 'Last Season's Man'
Dilys Award (1992-2013)
from: Independent Mystery Booksellers Association accessed 6/21/13
The Dilys Award have been presented every year since 1992 by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. It is given to the mystery title of the year which the member booksellers have most enjoyed selling. The Independent Mystery Booksellers Association is an association of retail businesses that are either wholly or substantially devoted to the sale of mystery books. The Dilys award is named after Dilys Winn who founded the first specialty bookseller of mystery books in the United States.
2013 Nominees
Before the Poison by Peter Robinson (Morrow) -- Winner!
Grandad, There's a Head on the Beach by Colin Cotterill (Minotaur)
Broken Harbor by Tana French (Viking)
Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal (Bantam)
The Expats by Chris Pavone (Crown)
2012 Nominees
Ghost Hero by S. J. Rozan* (Minotaur - e-book available).
When Elves Attack by Tim Dorsey - Morrow
Wicked Autumn by G. M. Malliet - Minotaur (e-book available)
Tag Man by Archer Mayor - Minotaur (e-book available)
A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny - Minotaur (e-book available)
2011 Nominees
Love Songs from a Shallow Grave by Colin Cotterill
The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton
Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny -- Winner!
Once a Spy by Keith Thomson
Savages by Don Winslow
Awards
Winners and nominated titles for each year:
Year Winner followed by Other nominees
2010
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Steig Larsson(Millenium#2) #1 Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2009 Trigger City by Sean Chercover
* The Victoria Vanishes by Christopher Fowler
* Silent in the Sanctuary by Deanna Raybourn
2008 Thunder Bay by William Kent Krueger
* Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen
* The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz
* Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn
* The Blade Itself by Marcus Sakey
* Holmes on the Range by Steve Hockensmith
* Mournful Teddy by John J. Lamb
* The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
* The Virgin of the Small Plains by Nancy Pickard
2006 Thirty-Three Teeth by Colin Cotterill
* In a Teapot by Terence Faherty
* The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson
* Half Broken Things by Morag Joss
* The Tenor Wore Tap Shoes by Mark Schweitzer
* The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow
2005 Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay by
* The Enemy by Lee Child
* Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
* The Intelligencer by Leslie Silbert
* Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear
* The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
2004 Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
* Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon by Donna Andrews
* The Sixth Lamentation by William Brodrick
* Monkeewrench by P. J. Tracy
* Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
2003 In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming
* You've Got Murder by Donna Andrews
* Without Fail by Lee Child
* The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
* Hell to Pay by George Pelecanos
2002 Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
* The Cold Blue Blood by David Handler
* Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
* Purgatory Ridge by William Kent Krueger
* The Reaper by Peter Lovesey
2001 A Place of Execution by Val McDermid
* The Sibyl in Her Grave by Sarah Caudwell
* The Hearse You Came in On by Tim Cockey
* Demolition Angel by Robert Crais
* Hot Six by Janet Evanovich
2000 L.A. Requiem by Robert Crais
* River of Darkness by Rennie Airth
* Murder with Peacocks by Donna Andrews
* Boundary Waters by William Kent Krueger
* California Fire and Life by Don Winslow
1999 Gone, Baby, Gone by Dennis Lehane
* Blind Descent by Nevada Barr
* The Ghosts of Morning by Richard Barre
* Sunset Limited by James Lee Burke
* Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger
* Wings of Fire by Charles Todd
1998 Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich
* Killing Floor by Lee Child
* Back Spin by Harlan Coben
* Sacred by Dennis Lehane
* Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs
* The Devil in Music by Kate Ross
1997 The Poet by Michael Connelly
* Fade Away by Harlan Coben
* Hearts and Bones by Margaret Lawrence
* Darkness, Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane [#1 A Drink Before the War]
* Tularosa by Michael McGarrity
* Moody Gets the Blues by Steve Oliver
* Dance for the Dead by Thomas Perry
* A Test of Wills by Charles Todd
1996 The Last Coyote by Michael Connelly
* Voodoo River by Robert Crais
* Who in Hell is Wanda Fuca? by G. M. Ford
* If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him by Sharyn McCrumb
* The Codicil by Tom Topor
1995 One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
* Do Unto Others by Jeff Abbott
* Aunt Dimity and the Duke by Nancy Atherton
* A Superior Death by Nevada Barr
* The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly
* Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell
* Walking Rain by Susan Wade
1994 Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg
* Death Comes As Epiphany by Sharan Newman
* Wolf in the Shadows by Marcia Muller
* By Evil Means by Sandra West Prowell
* Catilina's Riddle by Stephen Saylor
* The Sculptress by Minette Walters
* Way Down On The High Lonely by Don Winslow
1993 Booked to Die by John Dunning
* The Black Echo by Michael Connelly
* Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron
* The Ice House by Minette Walters
1992 Native Tongue by Carl Hiaasen
* A Suitable Vengeance by Elizabeth George
* Book Case by Stephen Greenleaf
* Hour of the Hunter by J.A. Jance
* We Wish You A Merry Murder by Valerie Wolzien
The Dilys Award have been presented every year since 1992 by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. It is given to the mystery title of the year which the member booksellers have most enjoyed selling. The Independent Mystery Booksellers Association is an association of retail businesses that are either wholly or substantially devoted to the sale of mystery books. The Dilys award is named after Dilys Winn who founded the first specialty bookseller of mystery books in the United States.
2013 Nominees
Before the Poison by Peter Robinson (Morrow) -- Winner!
Grandad, There's a Head on the Beach by Colin Cotterill (Minotaur)
Broken Harbor by Tana French (Viking)
Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal (Bantam)
The Expats by Chris Pavone (Crown)
2012 Nominees
Ghost Hero by S. J. Rozan* (Minotaur - e-book available).
When Elves Attack by Tim Dorsey - Morrow
Wicked Autumn by G. M. Malliet - Minotaur (e-book available)
Tag Man by Archer Mayor - Minotaur (e-book available)
A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny - Minotaur (e-book available)
2011 Nominees
Love Songs from a Shallow Grave by Colin Cotterill
The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton
Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny -- Winner!
Once a Spy by Keith Thomson
Savages by Don Winslow
Awards
Winners and nominated titles for each year:
Year Winner followed by Other nominees
2010
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley -- Winner!
A Quiet Belief in Angels by R.J. Ellroy
The Dark Horse by Craig Johnson (Walt Longmire #5) #1 Cold DishThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Steig Larsson(Millenium#2) #1 Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Ghosts of Belfast by Stuart Neville
The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny (Armand Gamache, #5) #1 Still Life
The Shanghai Moon by S.J. Rozan
2009 Trigger City by Sean Chercover
* The Victoria Vanishes by Christopher Fowler
* Silent in the Sanctuary by Deanna Raybourn
* Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
* Dawn Patrol by Don Winslow2008 Thunder Bay by William Kent Krueger
* Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen
* The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz
* Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn
* The Blade Itself by Marcus Sakey
2007 Still Life by Louise Penny
* Billy Boyle by James R. Benn* Holmes on the Range by Steve Hockensmith
* Mournful Teddy by John J. Lamb
* The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
* The Virgin of the Small Plains by Nancy Pickard
2006 Thirty-Three Teeth by Colin Cotterill
* In a Teapot by Terence Faherty
* The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson
* Half Broken Things by Morag Joss
* The Tenor Wore Tap Shoes by Mark Schweitzer
* The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow
2005 Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay by
* The Enemy by Lee Child
* Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
* The Intelligencer by Leslie Silbert
* Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear
* The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
2004 Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
* Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon by Donna Andrews
* The Sixth Lamentation by William Brodrick
* Monkeewrench by P. J. Tracy
* Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
2003 In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming
* You've Got Murder by Donna Andrews
* Without Fail by Lee Child
* The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
* Hell to Pay by George Pelecanos
2002 Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
* The Cold Blue Blood by David Handler
* Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
* Purgatory Ridge by William Kent Krueger
* The Reaper by Peter Lovesey
2001 A Place of Execution by Val McDermid
* The Sibyl in Her Grave by Sarah Caudwell
* The Hearse You Came in On by Tim Cockey
* Demolition Angel by Robert Crais
* Hot Six by Janet Evanovich
2000 L.A. Requiem by Robert Crais
* River of Darkness by Rennie Airth
* Murder with Peacocks by Donna Andrews
* Boundary Waters by William Kent Krueger
* California Fire and Life by Don Winslow
1999 Gone, Baby, Gone by Dennis Lehane
* Blind Descent by Nevada Barr
* The Ghosts of Morning by Richard Barre
* Sunset Limited by James Lee Burke
* Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger
* Wings of Fire by Charles Todd
1998 Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich
* Killing Floor by Lee Child
* Back Spin by Harlan Coben
* Sacred by Dennis Lehane
* Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs
* The Devil in Music by Kate Ross
1997 The Poet by Michael Connelly
* Fade Away by Harlan Coben
* Hearts and Bones by Margaret Lawrence
* Darkness, Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane [#1 A Drink Before the War]
* Tularosa by Michael McGarrity
* Moody Gets the Blues by Steve Oliver
* Dance for the Dead by Thomas Perry
* A Test of Wills by Charles Todd
1996 The Last Coyote by Michael Connelly
* Voodoo River by Robert Crais
* Who in Hell is Wanda Fuca? by G. M. Ford
* If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him by Sharyn McCrumb
* The Codicil by Tom Topor
1995 One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
* Do Unto Others by Jeff Abbott
* Aunt Dimity and the Duke by Nancy Atherton
* A Superior Death by Nevada Barr
* The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly
* Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell
* Walking Rain by Susan Wade
1994 Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg
* Death Comes As Epiphany by Sharan Newman
* Wolf in the Shadows by Marcia Muller
* By Evil Means by Sandra West Prowell
* Catilina's Riddle by Stephen Saylor
* The Sculptress by Minette Walters
* Way Down On The High Lonely by Don Winslow
1993 Booked to Die by John Dunning
* The Black Echo by Michael Connelly
* Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron
* The Ice House by Minette Walters
1992 Native Tongue by Carl Hiaasen
* A Suitable Vengeance by Elizabeth George
* Book Case by Stephen Greenleaf
* Hour of the Hunter by J.A. Jance
* We Wish You A Merry Murder by Valerie Wolzien
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2006-2013
From wikipedia and Waterstones accessed 6/19/13
The Waterstone's Children's Book Prize is an annual award given to a work of children's literature published during the previous year. First awarded in 2005, the purpose of the prize is "to uncover hidden talent in children's writing" and is therefore open only to authors who have published no more than three books.
For the first two years, the award was known as the Ottakar's Children's Book Prize, but when all Ottakar's stores were rebranded as Waterstone's following the HMV Group takeover of the Ottakar's chain, the prize also changed its name.
Beginning in 2012, the prize was divided into three categories: Picture Books, Fiction 5–12, Teen.[1] Each category winner receives £2,000 with an overall winner chosen from the three getting an additional £3,000 (thus the overall winner receives £5,000 in-total).
2005 The Cry of the Icemark by Stuart Hill
Nelly the Monster Sitter by Kes Gray
Siberia by Ann Halam
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
The Merrybegot by Julie Hearn
The Whole Business with Kiffo and the Pitbull by Barry Jonsberg
Urchin of the Riding Stars by M. I. McAllister
The Whispering Road by Livi Michael
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
Olivia Kidney by Ellen Potter
Jammy Dodgers on the Run by Bowering Sivers
The Time Wreccas by Val Tyler
2006 The Diamond of Drury Lane by Julia Golding
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
Shakespeare's Secret by Elise Broach
The Quantum Prophecy by Michael Carroll
Gregor and the Rats of Underland by Suzanne Collins
Jack Slater, Monster Investigator by John Dougherty
Ralph the Magic Rabbit by Adam Frost
The Lottery by Beth Goobie
North Child by Edith Pattou
Spymice by Heather Vogel Frederick
2007 Darkside by Tom Becker
Nathan Fox: Dangerous Times by L. Brittney
The Werewolf Teacher by Michael Broad
Sebastian Darke by Philip Caveney
A Swift Pure Cry by Siobhan Dowd
Bunker 10 by J. A. Henderson
The Black Book of Secrets by F. E. Higgins
The Case of the Missing Cats by Gareth P. Jones
The Thing with Finn by Tom Kelly
Smugglers by Christopher Russell
2008 Ways to Live Forever by Sally Nicholls
Tumtum and Nutmeg by Emily Bearn
TIM Defender of the Earth by Sam Enthoven
Shadow Forest by Matt Haig
Blue Sky Freedom by Gabrielle Halberstam
Between Two Seas by Marie-Louise Jensen
Ancient Appetites by Oisín McGann
Stone Goblins by David Melling
Broken Soup by Jenny Valentine
2009 13 Treasures by Michelle Harrison
How Kirsty Jenkins Stole the Elephant by Elen Caldecott
Zelah Green Queen of Clean by Vanessa Curtis
Changeling by Steve Feasey
Gnomes are Forever by Ceci Jenkinson
The Lady in the Tower by Marie-Louise Jensen
Mapmaker's Monsters by Rob Stevens
Numbers by Rachel Ward
2010 The Great Hamster Massacre by Katie Davies
Flyaway by Lucy Christopher
The Crowfield Curse by Pat Walsh
The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester
Love, Aubrey by Suzanne Lafleur
The Seven Sorcerers by Caro King
The Toymaker by Jeremy De Quidt
Meteorite Strike by A.G. Taylor
Desperate Measures by Laura Summers
2011 Artichoke Hearts by Sita Brahmachari
The Memory Cage by Ruth Eastham
Tall Story by Candy Gourlay
The Pain Merchants by Janice Hardy
Wereworld: The Rise of the Wolf by Curtis Jobling
Fantastic Frankie and the Brain-Drain by Anna Kemp
A Beautiful Lie by Irfan Master
Mortlock by Jon Mayhew
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
2012 Overall + Picture Book: The Pirates Next Door by Jonny Duddle [2]
Fiction 5–12: The Brilliant World of Tom Gates – Tom Gates by Liz Pichon
Teen: You Against Me by Jenny Downham
2013
Picture Book: Lunchtime by Rebecca Cobb
Fiction 5-12: Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Teen: Ketchup Clouds by Annabel Pitcher
The Waterstone's Children's Book Prize is an annual award given to a work of children's literature published during the previous year. First awarded in 2005, the purpose of the prize is "to uncover hidden talent in children's writing" and is therefore open only to authors who have published no more than three books.
For the first two years, the award was known as the Ottakar's Children's Book Prize, but when all Ottakar's stores were rebranded as Waterstone's following the HMV Group takeover of the Ottakar's chain, the prize also changed its name.
Beginning in 2012, the prize was divided into three categories: Picture Books, Fiction 5–12, Teen.[1] Each category winner receives £2,000 with an overall winner chosen from the three getting an additional £3,000 (thus the overall winner receives £5,000 in-total).
2005 The Cry of the Icemark by Stuart Hill
Nelly the Monster Sitter by Kes Gray
Siberia by Ann Halam
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
The Merrybegot by Julie Hearn
The Whole Business with Kiffo and the Pitbull by Barry Jonsberg
Urchin of the Riding Stars by M. I. McAllister
The Whispering Road by Livi Michael
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
Olivia Kidney by Ellen Potter
Jammy Dodgers on the Run by Bowering Sivers
The Time Wreccas by Val Tyler
2006 The Diamond of Drury Lane by Julia Golding
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
Shakespeare's Secret by Elise Broach
The Quantum Prophecy by Michael Carroll
Gregor and the Rats of Underland by Suzanne Collins
Jack Slater, Monster Investigator by John Dougherty
Ralph the Magic Rabbit by Adam Frost
The Lottery by Beth Goobie
North Child by Edith Pattou
Spymice by Heather Vogel Frederick
2007 Darkside by Tom Becker
Nathan Fox: Dangerous Times by L. Brittney
The Werewolf Teacher by Michael Broad
Sebastian Darke by Philip Caveney
A Swift Pure Cry by Siobhan Dowd
Bunker 10 by J. A. Henderson
The Black Book of Secrets by F. E. Higgins
The Case of the Missing Cats by Gareth P. Jones
The Thing with Finn by Tom Kelly
Smugglers by Christopher Russell
2008 Ways to Live Forever by Sally Nicholls
Tumtum and Nutmeg by Emily Bearn
TIM Defender of the Earth by Sam Enthoven
Shadow Forest by Matt Haig
Blue Sky Freedom by Gabrielle Halberstam
Between Two Seas by Marie-Louise Jensen
Ancient Appetites by Oisín McGann
Stone Goblins by David Melling
Broken Soup by Jenny Valentine
2009 13 Treasures by Michelle Harrison
How Kirsty Jenkins Stole the Elephant by Elen Caldecott
Zelah Green Queen of Clean by Vanessa Curtis
Changeling by Steve Feasey
Gnomes are Forever by Ceci Jenkinson
The Lady in the Tower by Marie-Louise Jensen
Mapmaker's Monsters by Rob Stevens
Numbers by Rachel Ward
2010 The Great Hamster Massacre by Katie Davies
Flyaway by Lucy Christopher
The Crowfield Curse by Pat Walsh
The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester
Love, Aubrey by Suzanne Lafleur
The Seven Sorcerers by Caro King
The Toymaker by Jeremy De Quidt
Meteorite Strike by A.G. Taylor
Desperate Measures by Laura Summers
2011 Artichoke Hearts by Sita Brahmachari
The Memory Cage by Ruth Eastham
Tall Story by Candy Gourlay
The Pain Merchants by Janice Hardy
Wereworld: The Rise of the Wolf by Curtis Jobling
Fantastic Frankie and the Brain-Drain by Anna Kemp
A Beautiful Lie by Irfan Master
Mortlock by Jon Mayhew
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
2012 Overall + Picture Book: The Pirates Next Door by Jonny Duddle [2]
Fiction 5–12: The Brilliant World of Tom Gates – Tom Gates by Liz Pichon
Teen: You Against Me by Jenny Downham
2013
Picture Book: Lunchtime by Rebecca Cobb
Fiction 5-12: Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Teen: Ketchup Clouds by Annabel Pitcher
Australian Indie Award 2013
From Australian Independent Bookseller accessed 6/19/13
The Shortlist for the 2013 Australian Independent Bookseller Awards has been announced. Voted on by the independent booksellers of Australia, The Indie Awards have a proud tradition of picking the best of the best of Australian writing. All of the previous winners, (Breath by Tim Winton, Jasper Jones by Craig Sylvie, The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do, All That I Am by Anna Funder) have gone on to win other major literary awards.
The sixteen shortlisted books will be vying for the top spot as the Indie ‘Book of the Year’ for 2013. Panels of expert judges (all indie booksellers and avid readers) choose winners from four book categories – Fiction, Debut Fiction, Non-Fiction and Children’s. Independent booksellers from around the country will then vote to select their favourite book for the year. The category winners and the overall ‘Book of the Year’ winner will be announced on Monday, 25 March 2013.
The shortlisted books for the Indie Awards 2013 are:
FICTION SHORTLIST:
The Shortlist for the 2013 Australian Independent Bookseller Awards has been announced. Voted on by the independent booksellers of Australia, The Indie Awards have a proud tradition of picking the best of the best of Australian writing. All of the previous winners, (Breath by Tim Winton, Jasper Jones by Craig Sylvie, The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do, All That I Am by Anna Funder) have gone on to win other major literary awards.
The sixteen shortlisted books will be vying for the top spot as the Indie ‘Book of the Year’ for 2013. Panels of expert judges (all indie booksellers and avid readers) choose winners from four book categories – Fiction, Debut Fiction, Non-Fiction and Children’s. Independent booksellers from around the country will then vote to select their favourite book for the year. The category winners and the overall ‘Book of the Year’ winner will be announced on Monday, 25 March 2013.
The shortlisted books for the Indie Awards 2013 are:
FICTION SHORTLIST:
- Nine Days by Toni Jordan (Text) -- Winner!
- Lost Voices by Christopher Koch (HarperCollins)
- Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser (Allen & Unwin)
- The Mountain by Drusilla Modjeska (Random House)
- Lake Eyre by Paul Lockyer (HarperCollins)
- QF32 by Richard de Crespigny (Macmillan) -- Winner!
- Sandakan by Paul Ham (Random House)
- The Essential Leunig: Cartoons from a Winding Path by Michael Leunig (Penguin)
- The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman (Random House) -- Winner!
- Eleven Seasons by Paul D. Carter (Allen & Unwin)
- The Cartographer by Peter Twohig (HarperCollins)
- Secrets of the Tides by Hannah Richell (Hachette Little Brown)
- The Convent by Maureen McCarthy (Allen & Uwnin)
- The 26-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton (Macmillan)
- Sea Hearts by Margo Lanagan (Allen & Unwin) -- Winner!
- Unforgotten by Tohby Riddle (Allen & Unwin)
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Miles Franklin Literary Award 1957-2013
Australia’s most prestigious literary award was established through the will of the writer Stella Miles Franklin, best known for her novel My Brilliant Career. The bequest came as a surprise to the literary world as Franklin had told nobody – save her trustees – of her plans.
List below copied from wikipedia, accessed on 6/19/13:
The 2010 Miles Franklin longlist:
Lovesong by Alex Miller -- shortlist
The Bath Fugues by Brian Castro -- shortlist
Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey -- shortlist
Sons of the Rumour by David Foster
The Book of Emmett by Deborah Forster -- shortlist
Siddon Rock by Glenda Guest
Boy on a Wire by Jon Doust
Figurehead by Patrick Allington
Patrick and Olivier in America by Peter Carey
Truth by Peter Temple -- Winner!, sequel to Broken Shore
Butterfly by Sonya Hartnett -- shortlist
The People's Train by Thomas Keneally
The shortlist for the 2009 Miles Franklin Literary Award, one of Australia's most important literary prizes and worth $42,000 (about US$30,000), is:
The Pages by Murray Bail (to be published here by Vintage September 22)
The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas
Wanting by Richard Flanagan (to be published here by Atlantic Monthly May 12)
Bookseller and Publisher Online pointed out that Winton has won the Miles Franklin award three times already and Bail has won once. The winner will be announced June 18.
Female authors dominate this year's longlist for the $60,000 (about US$62,728) Miles Franklin Literary Award, Australia's prestigious prize honoring a novel "of the highest literary merit and which must present Australian life in any of its phases." The shortlist will be announced April 30 and the winner named June 19. The 2013 Miles Franklin longlisted titles are:
Floundering by Romy Ash
Lola Bensky by Lily Brett
Street to Street by Brian Castro
Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser -- Winner!
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
List below copied from wikipedia, accessed on 6/19/13:
The 2010 Miles Franklin longlist:
Lovesong by Alex Miller -- shortlist
The Bath Fugues by Brian Castro -- shortlist
Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey -- shortlist
Sons of the Rumour by David Foster
The Book of Emmett by Deborah Forster -- shortlist
Siddon Rock by Glenda Guest
Boy on a Wire by Jon Doust
Figurehead by Patrick Allington
Patrick and Olivier in America by Peter Carey
Truth by Peter Temple -- Winner!, sequel to Broken Shore
Butterfly by Sonya Hartnett -- shortlist
The People's Train by Thomas Keneally
The shortlist for the 2009 Miles Franklin Literary Award, one of Australia's most important literary prizes and worth $42,000 (about US$30,000), is:
Breath: A Novel by Tim Winton -- Winner!
Ice by Louis NowraThe Pages by Murray Bail (to be published here by Vintage September 22)
The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas
Wanting by Richard Flanagan (to be published here by Atlantic Monthly May 12)
Bookseller and Publisher Online pointed out that Winton has won the Miles Franklin award three times already and Bail has won once. The winner will be announced June 18.
Female authors dominate this year's longlist for the $60,000 (about US$62,728) Miles Franklin Literary Award, Australia's prestigious prize honoring a novel "of the highest literary merit and which must present Australian life in any of its phases." The shortlist will be announced April 30 and the winner named June 19. The 2013 Miles Franklin longlisted titles are:
Floundering by Romy Ash
Lola Bensky by Lily Brett
Street to Street by Brian Castro
Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser -- Winner!
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
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (2003-2013)
Info from The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award and wikipedia accessed 6/19/13
The award was established in 2002 by the Swedish government following the death of Pippi Longstocking author Lindgren, aged 94, and is given to a body of work "in the spirit of Astrid Lindgren, with a focus on a profound respect for democratic values and human rights". Previous winners include Philip Pullman, Maurice Sendak and Sonya Hartnett.
"It's nice to be on the list but I'm not going to hold my breath," said Chambers. "I've been on it every year since it started [so] my form is not too good. If I were a racehorse, I wouldn't be backing me."
The winner of the prize, selected by a 12-member jury of experts in children's literature and children's rights, including a member of Lindgren's family is announced in March at Lindgren's birth place in Vimmerby, Sweden.
Year Winner Country
2003 Maurice Sendak United States & Christine Nöstlinger Austria
2004 Lygia Bojunga Nunes Brazil
2005 Philip Pullman United Kingdom & Ryōji Arai Japan
2006 Katherine Paterson United States
2007 Banco del Libro Venezuela
2008 Sonya Hartnett Australia
2009 Tamer Institute for Community Education Palestine
2010 Kitty Crowther - Belgium
2011 Shaun Tan - Australia
2012 Guus Kuijer - Netherlands
2013 Isol - Argentina
The award was established in 2002 by the Swedish government following the death of Pippi Longstocking author Lindgren, aged 94, and is given to a body of work "in the spirit of Astrid Lindgren, with a focus on a profound respect for democratic values and human rights". Previous winners include Philip Pullman, Maurice Sendak and Sonya Hartnett.
"It's nice to be on the list but I'm not going to hold my breath," said Chambers. "I've been on it every year since it started [so] my form is not too good. If I were a racehorse, I wouldn't be backing me."
The winner of the prize, selected by a 12-member jury of experts in children's literature and children's rights, including a member of Lindgren's family is announced in March at Lindgren's birth place in Vimmerby, Sweden.
Year Winner Country
2003 Maurice Sendak United States & Christine Nöstlinger Austria
2004 Lygia Bojunga Nunes Brazil
2005 Philip Pullman United Kingdom & Ryōji Arai Japan
2006 Katherine Paterson United States
2007 Banco del Libro Venezuela
2008 Sonya Hartnett Australia
2009 Tamer Institute for Community Education Palestine
2010 Kitty Crowther - Belgium
2011 Shaun Tan - Australia
2012 Guus Kuijer - Netherlands
2013 Isol - Argentina
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