The shortlists for the 2010 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards were announced today.
A big congratulations to all shortlisted authors. Here are the category lists The’Verse is most interested in.
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Henry Hoey Hobson by Christine Bongers (Random House)
Mirror by Jeanne Baker (Walker Books)
Sarindi’s Dragon Kite by Janine M. Fraser/Illus. Elise Hurst (HarperCollins Aust)
The Red Wind by Isobelle Carmody (Penguin Group Australia)
The Three Loves of Persimmon by Cassandra Golds (Penguin Group Australia)
Toppling by Sally Murphy/Illus. Rhian Nest James (Walker Books)
YOUNG ADULTS
Anonymity Jones by James Roy (Random House Australia)
Happy as Larry by Scot Gardner (Allen & Unwin)
The FitzOsbornes in Exile: The Montmaray Journals 2 by Michelle Cooper (Random House)
The Midnight Zoo by Sonya Hartnett (Penguin Group Australia)
This Is Shyness by Leanne Hall (Text Publishing Co.)
Wavelength by A.J. Betts (Fremantle Press)
The winners will be announced in September 2011.
For further information go here
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