Awards, awards and yes, more awards
It’s been a busy 24 hours in the world of literary awards:
Neil Gaiman has won the Hugo Award for Best Novel for The Graveyard Book
The Age Book of the Year Awards shortlists have been revealed, and include Sonya Hartnett for Butterfly.
Fleur Beale has taken New Zealand’s Esther Glen Award (LIANZA) for Juno of Taris, and
The Victorian Premier’s Awards Shortlists have been announced. In the Young Adult category, it will be one of these three titles that will take the ultimate honour although the judges have commended several other titles. Obviously a tough category to whittle down.
- Two Pearls of Wisdom (Alison Goodman)
- The Beginner’s Guide to Living (Lia Hills)
- Something in the World Called Love (Sue Saliba)
And although we are still waiting patiently to view Melina Marchetta’s acceptance speech for her Printz Award, here’s an extract from the Penguin Australia site (scroll down a little to view it).
Congratulations abound.
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September 2nd, 2009 at 10:23 am
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