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INDIE Book Award 2015

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INDIE AWARDS

 

 

 

The Indie Awards shortlist for 2015 has been announced!

How many have you read?

Pick your winners from the shortlist before they are announced on 25th March 2015.

 

DEBUT FICTION

Lost & found by Brooke Davis

Foreign soil by Maxine Beneba Clarke

The strays by Emily Bitto

After Darkness by Christine Piper

FICTION

Amnesia by Peter Carey

Golden Boys by Sonya Hartnett

The Rosie effect by Graeme Simsion

When the night comes by Favel Parrett

NON FICTION

This house of grief by Helen Garner

The Bush: travels in the heart of Australia by Don Watson

Where song began by Tim Low

Cadence by Emma Ayres

CHILDREN’S & YOUNG ADULT

The 52-storey treehouse by Andy Griffiths

Pig the Pug by Aaron Blabey

Withering-by-sea by Judith Rossell

Laurinda by Alice Pung

 

 

Questions of Travel

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Questions of Travel

Michelle De Krester

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A mesmerising literary novel, Questions of Travel charts two very different lives. Laura travels the world before returning to Sydney, where she works for a publisher of travel guides. Ravi dreams of being a tourist guide until he is driven from Sri Lanka by devastating events. Around these two superbly drawn characters, a double narrative assembles an enthralling array of people, places and stories – from Theo, whose life plays out in the long shadow of the past, to Hana, an Ethiopian woman determined to reinvent herself in Australia.

 

 

 

Comments

Read half of it, enjoyed it. Parallel stories, quite interesting a nice read.

A worthy book, too many themes, too many characters; enjoyed the prose various quotes from book.

Ready only 200 pages excellent characterisation. Tourism and travel. Took a while to get into. I think I will finish it. Shows how people can change from travel.

Did not read, only 100 pages, did not enjoy.

Did not read, started and could not get into.

Did not read

Read by – The First Wednesday Book Group