The shortlists for the 2011 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced.
Christina Stead Prize for Fiction
- Peter Carey – Parrot and Olivier In America
- Stephen Daisley – Traitor
- Lisa Lang – Utopian Man
- Alex Miller – Lovesong
- Kristel Thornell – Night Street
- Ouyang Yu – The English Class
Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction
- Malcolm Fraser And Margaret Simons- Malcolm Fraser: The Political Memoirs
- Anna Krien – Into the Woods: The Battle for Tasmania’s Forests
- Tony Moore – Death or Liberty: Rebels and Radicals Transported to Australia 1788-1868
- Ranjana Srivastava – Tell Me The Truth: Conversations With My Patients About Life And Death
- Maria Tumarkin – Otherland
- Brenda Walker – Reading By Moonlight: How Books Saved a Life
Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry
Ethel Turner Prize for Young People’s Literature
Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children’s Literature
People’s Choice Award
- Peter Carey – Parrot and Olivier In America
- Stephen Daisley – Traitor
- Lisa Lang – Utopian Man
- Alex Miller – Lovesong
- Kristel Thornell – Night Street
- Ouyang Yu – The English Class
There are shortlist for other types. You can go to http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/ to find out more information, and how to vote for ‘People’s choice award’. Parramatta City Library holds most of titles and you can reserve them online http://www.parracity.nsw.gov.au/play/facilities/library.