This will be the first literary award in 2018, yes, we’re running into 2018!

Leading Edge Books has announced the longlists for the 2018 Indie Book Awards for books published in 2017.

The longlisted titles in each category are:

Fiction

A Long Way from Home (Peter Carey, Hamish Hamilton)

The Life to Come (Michelle de Kretser, A&U)

First Person (Richard Flanagan, Vintage)

Force of Nature (Jane Harper, Pan)

The Choke (Sofie Laguna, A&U)

The Passage of Love (Alex Miller, A&U)

The Secrets She Keeps (Michael Robotham, Hachette)

Taboo (Kim Scott, Picador)

On the Java Ridge (Jock Serong, Text)

City of Crows (Chris Womersley, Picador) Continue reading →