Age Book of the Year 2022 shortlists announced
Monday, 1 August 2022 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing
The shortlists for the 2022 Age Book of the Year Award, which this year includes a prize for nonfiction, have been announced.
The shortlisted works in each category are:
Fiction
- In Moonland (Miles Allinson, Scribe)
- Cold Enough for Snow (Jessica Au, Giramondo)
- After Story (Larissa Behrendt, UQP)
- The Signal Line (Brendan Colley, Transit Lounge)
- Bodies of Light (Jennifer Down, Text)
- Love & Virtue (Diana Reid, Ultimo)
Nonfiction
- Whole Notes: Life lessons through music (Ed Ayres, ABC Books)
- Leaping Into Waterfalls: The enigmatic Gillian Mears (Bernadette Brennan, A&U)
- The Boy in the Dress (Jonathan Butler, Affirm)
- The Uncaged Sky: My 804 days in an Iranian prison (Kylie Moore-Gilbert, Ultimo)
- Astronomy: Sky Country (Karlie Noon and Krystal De Napoli, Thames & Hudson)
- Childless: A story of freedom and longing (Sian Prior, Text).
Each of the award winners, to be announced on 8 September as part of the Melbourne Writers Festival opening gala, will receive $10,000.
First presented in 1974, the Age Book of the Year was presented in 2021 following a nine-year hiatus, going to Robbie Arnott for The Rain Heron (Text).
Category: Awards Local news
