Winners announced for PM’s Literary Awards 2019

The winners of the 2019 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards have been announced.

The winning titles in each category are:

Fiction

• The Death of Noah Glass (Gail Jones, Text)

Nonfiction

• Half the Perfect World: Writers, dreamers and drifters on Hydra, 1955–1964 (Paul Genoni & Tanya Dalziell, Monash University Publishing)

Australian history

• The Bible in Australia: A cultural history (Meredith Lake, NewSouth)

Poetry

• Sun Music: New and selected poems (Judith Beveridge, Giramondo)

Children’s fiction

• His Name Was Walter (Emily Rodda, HarperCollins)

Young adult fiction

• The Things That Will Not Stand (Michael Gerard Bauer, Omnibus).

The winners were chosen from shortlists announced in September.

The winners in each category receive $80,000 and the shortlisted writers receive $5000. All prizes are tax-free.

Winners were announced at a ceremony on 23 October in Canberra. For more information about the awards, see the website.

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