The shortlisted titles in each of the categories are listed below.
Christina Stead Prize for Fiction
Ghost River (Tony Birch, UQP)
Locust Girl: A Lovesong (Merlinda Bobis, Spinifex Press)
Clade (James Bradley, Hamish Hamilton)
The Life of Houses (Lisa Gorton, Giramondo)
A Guide to Berlin (Gail Jones, Vintage)
The World without Us (Mireille Juchau, Bloomsbury)
You can participate people’s choice for this category on http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/about-library-awards-nsw-premiers-literary-awards/christina-stead-prize-fiction-peoples-choice