Queensland Literary Awards Winners

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Winners

	Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 35,397 ratings Queensland Literary Awards for Griffith University Young Adult Book (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Not Just Black and White by Lesley Williams 4.39 avg rating — 152 ratings Queensland Literary Awards for Work of State Significance (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Swimming Home: A Novel by Mary-Rose MacColl (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 696 ratings Queensland Literary Awards for Book of the Year (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Small Acts of Disappearance by Fiona Wright (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 606 ratings Queensland Literary Awards for Nonfiction (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pearl Frontier: Indonesian Labor and Indigenous Encounters in Australia’s Northern Trading Network by Julia Martinez 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings Queensland Literary Awards for History Book (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The High Places: Stories by Fiona McFarlane 3.35 avg rating — 430 ratings Queensland Literary Awards for Short Story Collection (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Few Days in the Country and Other Stories by Elizabeth Harrower 3.53 avg rating — 131 ratings Queensland Literary Awards for Short Story Collection (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Anatomy of Voice by David Musgrave really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings Queensland Literary Awards for Poetry Collection (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dreaming the Enemy by David Metzenthen 3.45 avg rating — 53 ratings Queensland Literary Awards for Young Adult Book (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	KidGlovz by Julie Hunt (Illustrator) 3.58 avg rating — 76 ratings Queensland Literary Awards for Children's Book (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Between a Wolf and a Dog by Georgia Blain 4.03 avg rating — 2,690 ratings Queensland Literary Awards for Fiction Book (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Road with Kids by John Ahern 4.02 avg rating — 237 ratings Queensland Literary Awards for Book of the Year (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Becoming Aurora by Elizabeth Kasmer (Goodreads Author) 3.77 avg rating — 151 ratings Queensland Literary Awards for Emerging Queensland Author (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Waiting for the Past: Poems by Les Murray 3.20 avg rating — 95 ratings Queensland Literary Awards for Poetry Collection (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Merciless Gods by Christos Tsiolkas 3.53 avg rating — 1,025 ratings Queensland Literary Awards for Short Story Collection (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anzac, The Unauthorised Biography by Carolyn Holbrook 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings Queensland Literary Awards for History Book (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pause by John Larkin (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 1,026 ratings Queensland Literary Awards for Young Adult Book (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bush by Don Watson 3.96 avg rating — 496 ratings Queensland Literary Awards for Nonfiction (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Warrior: A Legendary Leader's Dramatic Life and Violent Death on the Colonial Frontier by Libby Connors 4.15 avg rating — 68 ratings Queensland Literary Awards for Work of State Significance (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Golden Age by Joan London 3.73 avg rating — 3,056 ratings Queensland Literary Awards for Fiction Book (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Single Stone by Meg McKinlay (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 1,080 ratings Queensland Literary Awards for Children's Book (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saltwater by Cathy McLennan (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 272 ratings Queensland Literary Awards for Emerging Queensland Author (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Do a Liver Transplant: Stories from My Surgical Life by Kellee Slater 4.28 avg rating — 196 ratings Queensland Literary Awards for Book of the Year (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rules of Summer by Shaun Tan 4.12 avg rating — 3,799 ratings Queensland Literary Awards for Children's Book (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Refuge by Jackie French 3.76 avg rating — 372 ratings Queensland Literary Awards for Children's Book (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cracks in the Kingdom (The Colours of Madeleine, #2) by Jaclyn Moriarty 4.17 avg rating — 2,265 ratings Queensland Literary Awards for Young Adult Book (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Only the Animals by Ceridwen Dovey (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 1,885 ratings Queensland Literary Awards for Short Story Collection (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Broken Nation: Australians in the Great War by Joan Beaumont 4.34 avg rating — 50 ratings Queensland Literary Awards for History Book (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Earth Hour by David Malouf 3.89 avg rating — 90 ratings Queensland Literary Awards for Poetry Collection (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	1914: The Year the World Ended by Paul Ham (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 223 ratings Queensland Literary Awards for Nonfiction Book (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars