Fiction category:
Coal Creek by Alex Miller
Australian history category:
Broken Nation by Joan Beaumont
Children's fiction category:
My Life as an Alphabet by Barry Jonsberg
Song for a Scarlet Runner by Julie Hunt
Established in 2008, the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards are Australia’s richest literary prize with a total prize pool of $600,000 to winners and shortlisted authors across the six categories.
See all shortlisted titles here
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