The New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards short lists have been announced. Here are the ones that pertain to teens and children:
ETHEL TURNER PRIZE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE
A Corner of White by Jaclyn Moriarty
The Ink Bridge by Neil Grant
Into that Forest by Louis Nowra
Sea Hearts by Margo Lanagan (The Brides of Rollrock Island in the US)
Three Summers by Judith Clarke
Unforgotten by Tohby Riddle
PATRICIA WRIGHTSON PRIZE FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
A Bear and a Tree by Stephen Michael King
Blood Brothers by Carole Wilkinson
Brotherband 1: The Outcasts by John Flanagan
The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon by Aaron Blabey
Pookie Aleera Is Not My Boyfriend by Steven Herrick
The Tender Moments of Saffron Silk by Glenda Millard, illustrated by Stephen Michael King