Indie Award 2011: Shortlist

As I described in an earlier blog the Indie Award is chosen by independent Australian booksellers.  There are four categories, with a winner in each category to be voted upon by the member booksellers.  There will then be an overall Book of the year selected.

The short list has now been announced to the public and is as follows.

Debut Fiction:

The Old School by PM Newton

Rocks in the Belly by Jon Bauer

Book of Lost Threads by Tess Evans

The Legacy by Kirsten Tranter

Fiction:

Bereft by Chris Womersley

That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott

Indelible Ink by Fiona McGregor

When Colts Ran by Roger McDonald

Non-Fiction

How to Make Gravy by Paul Kelly

The Happiest Refugee by Ahn Do

The Well at the World’s End by A J Mackinnon

Street Fight in Naples by Peter Robb

Children’s

The Very Bad Book by Andy Griffiths

The Legend of the Golden Snail by Graeme Base

Mirror by Jeannie Baker

The Keepers Book 1: Museum of Thieves by Lian Tanner

When the winners of each category are announced and from that the overall winner chosen, we will blog again.

How To Make Gravy

To Her Door, From Little Things Big Things Grow. Australian classics we all know and love, by the one and only Paul Kelly; autobiography out now!

Paul Kelly is an Australian icon of both music and Australiana in general. There are few Australian artists with such a dedicated fan base. So it’s not surprising that his autobiography How To Make Gravy, has been flying off the shelves these last few weeks. Whether you grew up with his music or, like me, learnt half his lyrics when studying them as a Year 12 text, everyone knows Paul Kelly and at least a few of his songs.

This biography makes an excellent Christmas present in a beautiful hardback ($49.95), there is also a special edition box set that comes with additional ‘A to Z recordings’. This includes EIGHT CD’s of new live recordings, plus 64 pages of photos, all for $125. This beautiful and well priced collection is no longer available from the distributor, but never fear as Fairfieldbooks has several left. Better get in quick as this one probably will be gone before that last-minute Christmas present scramble!