Voss Literary Prize 2019 shortlist announced

The shortlist for the 2019 Voss Literary Prize has been announced.

The shortlisted titles are:

• Book of Colours (Robyn Cadwallader, Fourth Estate)
• The Making of Martin Sparrow (Peter Cochrane, Viking)
• Boy Swallows Universe (Trent Dalton, Fourth Estate)
• The Death of Noah Glass (Gail Jones, Text)
• Too Much Lip (Melissa Lucashenko, UQP)
• The Shepherd’s Hut (Tim Winton, Hamish Hamilton).

The shortlist was chosen from a longlist announced in October, and the winner will be announced in December.

Now in its sixth year, the Voss Literary Prize is awarded to the best novel published in Australia in the previous year, and is dedicated to the memory of historian Vivian Robert Le Vaux Voss.

The award is managed by the Australian University Heads of English, the peak body for the study of English at Australian universities.

The winner of the 2018 prize was Bram Presser for his novel The Book of Dirt (Text).

For more information, visit the prize website.

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