Rights were sold to And Other Stories (UK), who will publish Praiseworthy and Tracker, and to New Directions (US), who will publish Praiseworthy and Carpentaria.
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for The Novel Prize, the biennial award for a book-length work of literary fiction written in English by published and unpublished writers around the world.
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.
Au has been nominated in the Fiction category for her novel Cold Enough for Snow, and Fogarty has been nominated in the Indigenous Writing category for his poetry collection, Harvest Lingo.
’His poems are blistering in their power, wonderfully subtle, objective and with no self-pity,’ write the judges of Jackson’s award-winning collection.
Lucy Dougan’s poetry collection Monster Field was launched in late November 2022 at The Balmoral Hotel in Perth, Western Australia. Here, we publish the launch speech given at the event by Josephine Wilson.
‘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.’
‘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.”‘
‘The judging panel reflected on, rather than judged, how each title gave us a new insight into our humanity. To that end, Jessica Au’s quiet contemplative prose about a mother and a daughter traveling was considered the needed juxtaposition to the past year.’ – Judges’ report
