Australian Literature Society Gold Medal Winners

The ALS Gold Medal is awarded annually for an outstanding literary work in the preceding calendar year. The Medal was inaugurated by the Australian Li ...more

Winners

	That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott 3.62 avg rating — 1,446 ratings Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (2010)	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
	Ransom by David Malouf 3.70 avg rating — 4,554 ratings Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (2009)	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 Slap by Christos Tsiolkas 3.24 avg rating — 30,130 ratings Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (2008)	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
	Carpentaria by Alexis Wright 3.70 avg rating — 1,572 ratings Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (2007)	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 Patron Saint of Eels (Mangowak Trilogy, #1) by Gregory Day 3.41 avg rating — 122 ratings Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (2006)	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
	Sixty Lights by Gail Jones 3.56 avg rating — 529 ratings Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (2005)	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
	Mangroves by Laurie Duggan 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (2004)	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
	Moral Hazard by Kate Jennings 3.64 avg rating — 309 ratings Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (2003)	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
	Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish by Richard Flanagan 3.70 avg rating — 5,279 ratings Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (2002)	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 Day We Had Hitler Home by Rodney Hall 3.06 avg rating — 32 ratings Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (2001)	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
	Stravinsky's Lunch by Drusilla Modjeska 4.17 avg rating — 157 ratings Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (2000)	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
	Eucalyptus by Murray Bail 3.50 avg rating — 5,338 ratings Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (1999)	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 Mapmaker’s Dream: The Meditations of Fra Mauro, Cartographer to the Court of Venice by James Cowan 3.30 avg rating — 533 ratings Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (1998)	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
	Night Letters by Robert Dessaix 3.84 avg rating — 393 ratings Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (1997)	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
	Camille's Bread by Amanda Lohrey 3.67 avg rating — 131 ratings Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (1996)	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 Hand That Signed the Paper by Helen Dale 2.84 avg rating — 148 ratings Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (1995)	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 Temple by Louis Nowra 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (1994)	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
	Radiance by Louis Nowra 3.06 avg rating — 66 ratings Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (1994)	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
	Selected Poems by Elizabeth Riddell 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (1993)	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 Second Bridegroom (Yandilli Trilogy, #1) by Rodney Hall 3.50 avg rating — 36 ratings Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (1992)	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
	Cabin Fever by Elizabeth Jolley 3.54 avg rating — 70 ratings Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (1991)	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
	Possible Worlds by Peter Porter liked it 3.00 avg rating — 9 ratings Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (1990)	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
	Forty-Seventeen by Frank Moorhouse 3.60 avg rating — 62 ratings Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (1989)	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
	Louisa by Brian Matthews 3.22 avg rating — 9 ratings Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (1988)	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 Nightmarkets: A Novel by Alan Wearne 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (1987)	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
	Beachmasters by Thea Astley 3.63 avg rating — 19 ratings Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (1986)	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
	Archimedes And The Seagle by David Ireland 3.82 avg rating — 17 ratings Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (1985)	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 Tree of Man by Patrick White 3.96 avg rating — 1,962 ratings Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (1955)	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 Battlers by Kylie Tennant 3.89 avg rating — 97 ratings Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (1942)	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