Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award 2025 longlist announced
The Foundation for Australian Literary Studies (FALS) has announced the longlist for the Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award, worth $50,000.
The 10 longlisted titles, chosen from over 200 entries, are:
- The Death of Dora Black (Lainie Anderson, Hachette)
- Dusk (Robbie Arnott, Picador)
- Six Summers of Tash and Leopold (Danielle Binks, Lothian)
- Sanctuary (Garry Disher, Text)
- Look Me in the Eye (Jane Godwin, Lothian)
- One Another (Gail Jones, Text)
- Disorders of the Blood (Leah Kaminsky, Puncher & Wattmann)
- The Wobbly Bike (Darren McCallum, illus by Craig Smith, Walker Books)
- Fragile Creatures: A Memoir (Khin Myint, Black Inc.)
- The Fighter: The Legendary Life of an Australian Champion (John Wayne Parr, with Jarrod Boyle, Hachette).
This year’s award is judged by Leigh Dale (chair), Townsville journalist Mary Vernon and La Trobe University professor emerita Susan K Martin, with the assistance of University of Queensland professor emeritus Alan Lawson.
Founded in 1967 by Australian writer, editor, academic and educator Colin Roderick, and administered by FALS at James Cook University, the award recognises the best original book, according to the judges, that is published in Australia in the previous calendar year, dealing with ‘any aspect of Australian life’.
A shortlist will be announced in August, with the winner to be announced at a presentation in September.
The 2024 winner was Melissa Lucashenko for Edenglassie (UQP). More information about the award is available on the FALS website.
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