Earlier today, the 2021 Prime Minister’s Literary Award shortlists were revealed, with authors such as Davina Bell, Danielle Binks and Andrew Pippos, as well as this year’s Miles Franklin winner Amanda Lohrey and Stella Prize winner Evie Wyld, all making the list.
The awards are an annual celebration of the talents of Australia’s established and emerging writers, with the winners chosen by a judging panel in collaboration with the current Prime Minister.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said,
‘Australia’s storytellers and historians have provided a place for reflection as we have faced the ongoing challenges of the pandemic. That’s the power of our literature and the stories being told. Congratulations to everyone shortlisted, and thank you to the judges.’
The winners will be revealed on a yet-to-be-announced date in December. Scroll down to check out the full 2021 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards!
Fiction
A Treacherous Country by K. M. Kruimink
In the Time of Foxes by Jo Lennan
Lucky’s by Andrew Pippos
The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld
The Labyrinth by Amanda Lohrey
Poetry
Change Machine by Jaya Savige
Homer Street by Laurie Duggan
Nothing to Declare by Mags Webster
Shorter Lives by John A. Scott
The Strangest Place by Stephen Edgar
Non-Fiction
Flight Lines: Across the globe on a journey with the astonishing ultramarathon birds by Andrew Darby
The Altar Boys by Suzanne Smith
The Details: On love, death and reading by Tegan Bennett Daylight
The Stranger Artist: Life at the edge of Kimberley painting by Quentin Sprague
Truganini: Journey through the apocalypse by Cassandra Pybus
Australian history
Ceremony Men: Making ethnography and the return of the Strehlow collection by Jason M. Gibson
Pathfinders: A history of Aboriginal trackers in NSW by Michael Bennett
People of the River: Lost worlds of early Australia by Grace Karskens
Representing Australian Aboriginal Music and Dance 1930-1970 by Amanda Harris
The Convict Valley: The bloody struggle on Australia’s early frontier by Mark Dunn
Young Adult
Loner by Georgina Young
Metal Fish, Falling Snow by Cath Moore
The End of the World is Bigger than Love by Davina Bell
The F Team by Rawah Arja
When Rain Turns to Snow by Jane Godwin
Children’s Literature
Fly on the Wall by Remy Lai
How to Make a Bird by Meg McKinlay & Matt Ottley (illustrator)
The January Stars by Kate Constable
The Stolen Prince of Cloudburst by Jaclyn Moriarty & Kelly Canby (illustrator)
The Year the Maps Changed by Danielle Binks
Congratulations to all of the authors shortlisted for the 2021 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards!
Find out more about the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards here
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Comments
October 23, 2021 at 10:36 am
Thank you for this 2021 Shortlist. I have noticed that there is no mention of this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature Winner, Abdulrazek Gurnah on your blog? Hopefully you can publish some more information about Gurnah. I am patiently waiting to receive some of Gurnah’s novels ordered through Booktopia.