More Books for My GROWING list from Locus Online News...

The shortlist for the 2015 Norma K. Hemming Award has been announced. The Hemming Award is presented by the Australian Science Fiction Foundation (ASFF) to “mark excellence in the exploration of themes of race, gender, sexuality, class and disability in speculative fiction first published either in Australia or by an Australian citizen.”

The Female Factory, Lisa L. Hannett & Angela Slatter (Twelfth Planet Press)
Razorhurst, Justine Larbalestier (Allen & Unwin)
Nil By Mouth, LynC (Satalyte)
The Wonders, Paddy O’Reilly (Affirm)
North Star Guide Me Home, Jo Spurrier (HarperVoyager)


Also... The first YA Book Prize winner has been announced, presented by the Bookseller.

The winner, and nominees of genre interest, are:

Only Ever Yours, Louise O’Neill (Quercus)
A Song for Ella Grey, David Almond (Hodder Children’s Books)
Say Her Name, James Dawson (Hot Key Books)
Half Bad, Sally Green (Penguin)
The Ghosts of Heaven, Marcus Sedgwick (Orion)