Commonwealth Writers' Prize

The South East Asia and Pacific regional shortlist for the 2011 Commonwealth Writers' Prize has been announced.

The nominees for the South East Asia and Pacific best book are:

• Reading Madame Bovary by Amanda Lohrey (Black Inc., Australia)
• That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott (Pan Macmillan, Australia)
• Time's Long Ruin by Stephen Orr (Wakefield Press, Australia)
• Hand Me Down World by Lloyd Jones (Text, New Zealand)
• Notorious by Roberta Lowing (A&U, Australia)
• Gifted by Patrick Evans (Victoria University Press, New Zealand)

The nominees for the South East Asia and Pacific best first book are:

• 21 Immortals by Rozlan Mohd Noor (Malaysia)
• A Man Melting by Craig Cliff (Random House NZ, New Zealand)
• The Graphologist's Apprentice by Whiti Hereaka (Huia Publishers, New Zealand)
• The Body in the Clouds by Ashley Hay (A&U, Australia)
• Traitor by Stephen Daisley (Text, Australia / New Zealand)
• A Few Right Thinking Men by Sulari Gentill (Pantera Press, Australia).

So...rather pleased.  :)

Comments

[Nihal]

Congratulations from a proud 'Old Man" - Love Dad.

[Jayantha]

Wow! I am not one of those avid readers, but boy didn't I enjoy this book. Well done Sulari. The reason for picking your book was Nihal and then having to live by myself in Yeronga. I could not put the book down. Such a shame that my life in the 1930's ended in two days. I would have loved to have been part of the 30's life in NSW. A very expressive era without serious consequences. I need to dig into the seqel. Thank you for sharing your fantastic skill with rest of the world.