What a wonderful list! The judging for this years awards is going to be particularly difficult – I have read many of those listed (I will link my reviews to this page). A big congratulations to all those on the list – there are many stand out reads – my only pick for a category winner – Best YA – Risk – Fleur Ferris – the rest – to hard to call, I loved so many of these. Do you have a favourite or ten here?
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Davitt Awards – Shortlist 2016
Adult novels (6)
- Anne Buist, Medea’s Curse: Natalie King, Forensic Psychiatrist (Text Publishing)
- Candice Fox, Fall (Penguin Random House)
- Sulari Gentill, Give the Devil His Due (Pantera Press)
- Bronwyn Parry, Storm Clouds (Hachette Australia)
- J. M. Peace, Time to Run (Pan Macmillan Australia)
- Emma Viskic, Resurrection Bay (Echo Publishing)
Young Adult Novels (4)
- Kathryn Barker, In the Skin of a Monster (Allen & Unwin)
- Fleur Ferris, Risk (Penguin Random House)
- Ellie Marney, Every Move (Allen & Unwin)
- Maureen McCarthy, Stay with Me (Allen & Unwin)
Children’s Novels (3)
- Susan Green, Verity Sparks and the Scarlet Hand (Walker Press)
- Catherine Jinks, Theophilus Grey and the Demon Thief (Allen & Unwin)
- R. A. Spratt, Friday Barnes 2: Under Suspicion (Penguin Random House)
Non-Fiction (6)
- Carol Baxter, Black Widow (Allen & Unwin)
- Cheryl Critchley and Helen McGrath, Why Did They Do It? (Pan Macmillan Australia)
- Kate Kyriacou, The Sting (Echo Publishing)
- Alecia Simmonds, Wildman (Affirm Press)
- Sue Smetherst, Behind Closed Doors (Simon & Schuster)
- Sofija Stefanovic, You’re Just Too Good to Be True (Penguin Random House)
Debut (9)
- Kathryn Barker, In the Skin of a Monster (Allen & Unwin)
- Anne Buist, Medea’s Curse: Natalie King, Forensic Psychiatrist (Text Publishing)
- Tania Chandler, Please Don’t Leave Me Here (Scribe)
- Caroline de Costa, Double Madness (Margaret River Press) ( review coming soon)
- Fleur Ferris, Risk (Penguin Random House)
- J. M. Green, Good Money (Scribe)
- J. M. Peace, Time to Run (Pan Macmillan Australia)
- Ann Turner, The Lost Swimmer (Simon & Schuster)
- Emma Viskic, Resurrection Bay (Echo Publishing)