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Announcing the 2022 Novel Prize shortlist

Giramondo Publishing, Fitzcarraldo Editions and New Directions are pleased to announce the shortlist for The Novel Prize, the biennial award for a book-length work of literary fiction written in English by published and unpublished writers around the world.

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Shaun Prescott: a note on The Town

Six years after it was first published, Shaun Prescott reflects on his debut novel The Town, released in a new edition in February 2023 with Giramondo. Prescott’s second novel, Bon and Lesley, was published in 2022.

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Antigone Kefala wins 2022 Patrick White Literary Award

‘I am full of admiration for Patrick White, and for the encouragement he has given to Australian writers. I met him several times and liked him. I am very honoured to receive this prestigious award given in his name, and the recognition it offers, as for a long time my writing has existed outside the major lines of Australian literature.’

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Imants Tillers: a note on Credo

‘Just as “quotation” and “appropriation” are fundamental tenets of my work, so too is “repetition”. Also, as Mallarmé once declared: “All the Great masters, ancient and modern, plagiarized Homer, and Homer plagiarized God.”‘

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