#Australian Literary Leftovers

1. Since award season has drawn to a close
2. I still have lots of reading to do!
3. Australian Literary Leftovers
4. ….and I mean this in a good way...
5. …books I did not  have the time to read.
6. I’m working to reduce my Aussie TBR in 2019.
7. I find making a shortlist
8. …keeps me motivated to read and
9. …I don’t waste time searching for my next book.

 

Poetry:   2/13

1. Lemons in the Chicken Wire – A. Whittaker
2. Interval – Judith Bishop
3. Things I thought to tell you since I saw you last – P. Layland
4. Little Bit Long Time – A. Eckermann
5. Tilt – Kate Lilley – READ  38/38 poems  #AWW2019
   
6. The Radio Room – Cilla McQueen (NZ) –    READ poems 34/34   #AWW2019
   
7. Carrying The World – Maxine Beneba Clarke
8. Waiting For the Past – Les Murray   RIP 29.04.2019
9. Poūkahangatus – Tayi Tibble (NZ)
10. There’s No Place Like the Internet in Springtime – E. Kennedy (NZ)
11. Novelties – Fiona Hile
12. Blakwork – Allison Whittaker
13. The Lost Arabs – Omar Sakr

 

Plays:   1/10

1. Black is the New White – N. Lui – READ  #AWW2019
   
2. The Almighty Sometimes – K. Feaver – READ  #AWW2019
   
3. Highway of Lost Hearts – M.A. Butler
4. The Torrents – Oriel Gray
5. Transparency – Suzie Miller
6. The Call – Patricia Cornelius
7. Jump For Jordan – Donna Abela
8. The Secret River – Andrew Bovell
9. Broken – Mary Anne Butler – READING
   
10. When the Rain Stops Falling – Andrew Bovell

 

Fiction:   1/13

1. The Mortal Boy – Fiona Kidman  (historical fiction) (NZ) – READ  #AWW2019
   
2. Flames – R. Arnott – READ  (..not my kind of book)
   
3. The Lebs – M.M. Ahmad – READ
   
4. Astonished Dice – Geoff Cochrane (NZ)
5. The New Ships – Kate Duignan (NZ)
6. To the Islands – R. Stow
7. Wake in Fright – K. Cook
8. The High Places – Fiona McFarlane
9. The Commandant – Jessica Anderson
10. The Choke – Sofie Laguna
11. The Biographer’s Lover – Ruby J Murray
12. Coach Fitz – Tom Lee
    
13. Paris dreaming – Anita Heiss

 

Non-Fiction:  2/9

1. Beyond Words: A Year with Kenneth Cook – J. Kent – READ  #AWW2019
   
2. A Life Underwater – Charlie Venon
3. No Friend But the Mountains – B. Boochani  NSW  Award 2019 – READ  (…review soon)
   
4. Not Just Black and White – L. Williams, T. Williams – READ  (…review soon)
   
5. Cadence: Travels with music – Emma (now Eddie) Ayres
6. Bearing Witness – P. Rees
7. True Stories: The Collected Short Non-Fiction – Helen Garner
8. The First Casualty – Peter Greste
9. Maybe tomorrow – Boori Monty Pryor

 

 

Australia has much to offer!

1. National Biography Award
2. Queensland Literary Awards
3. Queensland Premier’s Award for Drama
4. Queensland Literary Award shortlist 2018
5. Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards
6. Prime Minister’s Literary Awards
7. Australian Book Industry Awards
8. National Biography Awards Australia
9. Christina Stead Awards
10. Stella Prize
11. ALS Gold Medal
12. Kibble and Dobbie Awards
13. Miles Franklin Literary Award
14. New Zealand Book Awards
15. Aurealis Awards Prize announcement 04 May 2019
16. Steele Rudd Awards
    
17. Indie Book Awards
18. Patrick White Award
19. The Walkley Awards
    
20. Pascall Prize
21. Calibre Essay Prize
22. Viva La Novella Prize
23. Kathleen Mitchell Prize (bi-annual for young authors)
24. #ABIA2018 Longlist
25. #ABIA2017 Longlist  ( great books!)
26. Waverly Library Awards
27. Anne Elder Award (poetry)
28. Barbara Jefferis Award:
29. NSW Premier’s Literary Award
30. NSW Premier’s Literary Award shortlist 2019
31. Western Australian Premier’s Book Award