2013 Tasmanian Literary Prizes: shortlist announcement

Friday, 22 February 2013

The Tasmanian Literary Prizes recognise that great writing enriches our culture and our lives. They celebrate the richness of the Tasmanian literary sector and acknowledge the particular influence that this island has on written work.

On the 18th of February the Premier and Minister for the Arts, Lara Giddings, announced the authors whose works have been shortlisted for the 2013 Tasmanian Literary Prizes. We join the Premier in congratulating the writers and wish them well for the gala announcement of the winners on March 22 during Ten Days on the Island.

People's Choice Awards

This year the public will have the opportunity to choose their favourites works in the People's Choice Awards. Click on the titles below to read extracts from each shortlisted work.

Vote online and go into the draw to win all of the shortlisted books.

The Tasmania Book Prize - $25 000

For the best book with Tasmanian content in any genre.
Shortlisted books are:

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• 1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the conquest of Australia by James Boyce. Published by Black Ink
• This Woman by Adrienne Eberhard. Published by Black Pepper
• Last Days of the Mill by Pete Hay and Tony Thorne. Published by Forty Degrees South
• The Roving Party by Rohan Wilson. Published by Allen & Unwin

Margaret Scott Prize - $5 000

For the best book by a Tasmanian writer.

Shortlisted books are:

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• 1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the conquest of Australia by James Boyce. Published by Black Ink
• Pedder Dreaming, Olegas Truchanas and A Lost Tasmanian Wilderness by Natasha Cica. Published by University of Queensland Press
• Reading Madame Bovary by Amanda Lohrey. Published by Black Inc.
• The Roving Party by Rohan Wilson. Published by Allen & Unwin

The award is supported by the University of Tasmania.

The University of Tasmania Prize - $5 000

For the best new unpublished literary work by an emerging Tasmanian writer.

Shortlisted manuscripts are:

• Kubla by Katherine Johnson
• Shadow in the Forest by Leigh Swinbourne
• Lurching by Ben Walter

This award is supported by the University of Tasmania

Acknowledgements

The 2013 Tasmanian Literary Prizes are presented by Arts Tasmania and the University of Tasmania as part of Ten Days on the Island.

The 2013 Tasmanian Literary Prizes are supported by 936 ABC Hobart.