NSW Premier makes his selection
The shortlists for the various categories of the NSW Premier’s Awards have been announced.
The Ethel Turner Prize for Young People’s Literature is worth $15 000 to the eventual winner, who will be selected from:
- Lollie Barr for The Mag Hags
- David Metzenthen for Black Water
- Robert Newton for The Black Dog Gang (review coming soon)
- James Roy for Town
- David Spillman & Lisa Wilyuka for Us Mob Walawurru and
- Lizzie Wilcock for GriEVE
Scroll down to the judges’ comments on the announcement to see just why they have selected these particular titles.
The NSW Premier’s Literary Awards were instigated by Neville Wran in 1979.
