Key Information
When
21st October 2024
5:30pm - 8pm
Where
Central Plaza, JCU Townsville, Bebegu Yumba Campus
Cost
FALS Members Free | Non FALS Members $10
Audience
Public and Community
Contact
Marg Naylor | fals@jcu.edu.au
Presented by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies, the Award, established in 1967, recognises the most outstanding original book, as determined by the judges, that was first published in Australia during the preceding calendar year. Submissions explore any aspect of Australian life and may be in any genre or form of writing, whether verse or prose.
Join us on the night to find out which finalist will win the $50,000 prize:
*Trent Dalton - Lola in the Mirror [Fourth Estate/HarperCollins]
*Aisha Dow and Melissa Cunningham - Life As We Knew It: The Extraordinary Story of Australia's Pandemic [Scribe Publications]
*Kate Grenville - Restless Dolly Maunder [Text Publishing]
*Rebecca Lim - Two Sparrowhawks in a Lonely Sky [Allen & Unwin]
*Amanda Lohrey - The Conversion [Text Publishing]
*Melissa Lucashenko - Edenglassie [University of Queensland Press]
*Rachelle Unreich - A Brilliant Life [Hachette]
*Alexis Wright - Praiseworthy [Giramondo]
The winning author will join us on the night to receive their award and MaryWho? Bookshop will have copies of the winning book for sale on the night.