Waverley Library Award 2013 shortlist announced
The shortlist for the 2013 Waverley Library Award for Literature, known as ‘the Nib’, has been announced.
The shortlisted titles are:
- Three Crooked Kings (Matthew Condon, UQP)
- Rendezvous with Destiny (Michael Fullilove, Viking)
- On Warne (Gideon Haigh, Hamish Hamilton)
- The Price of Valour (John Hamilton, Pan)
- Burial Rites (Hannah Kent, Picador)
- Madeleine: A Life of Madeleine St John (Helen Trinca, Text).
The winner of this year’s award will be announced on 20 November. The winner will receive a cash price of $20,000 and each of the shortlisted authors will receive the Alex Buzo Shortlist Prize of $1000.
The Waverley Library Award was established in 2002 to recognise the role of research in fiction and nonfiction. This year, fiction and nonfiction books published between 1 July 2012 and 30 June 2013 were eligible for the award. Last year’s award was presented to Jane Gleeson-White for her book Double Entry (A&U).
To see the titles longlisted for this year’s award, click here. For more information about the award, visit the Waverley Library website here.
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