Shortlist for 2014 Indie Awards Announced

[Michael]

Australian Independent Booksellers have released the shortlist of the 2014 Indie Awards. The winners for each category as well as the Book of the Year will be announced on the 26th of March.

The shortlist for The Indie Awards 2014 is:

Fiction Shortlist

Barracuda by Christos Tsiolkas
Coal Creek by Alex Miller
Eyrie by Tim Winton
The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan

Non Fiction Shortlist

Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia by David Hunt
Murder in Mississippi by John Safran
The Stalking of Julia Gillard by Kerry-Anne Walsh
The Good Life by Hugh Mackay

Debut Fiction Shortlist

Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
Mr Wigg by Inga Simpson
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
The Night Guest by Fiona McFarlane

Children's Shortlist

Alphabetical Sydney by Hilary Bell, Antonia Presenti
Kissed by the Moon by Alison Lester
The 39-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton
WeirDo by Anh Do

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Mr Wigg sounds delightful. I had not heard of it before. It is now on my TBR list.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Alphabetical Sydney by Hillary Bell

There's the first one in the Children's Shortlist Michael:) Great lists there, some popular choices:)

[David]

Girt is a great book. But then I would say that, because I wrote it.

[David]

I can also heartily recommend Murder in Mississippi.

[Michael]

Thanks Brenda your a champ. :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

:)

[Mish]

David wrote: "Girt is a great book. But then I would say that, because I wrote it."

You must be very excited David. Congrats & good luck :)

[Sally906]

The Rosie Project was one of my top reads for last year. Graeme Simsion has another book out this year sometime

[David]

Cheers Mish

[Michael]

Apologies for the late announcement of the winners.

The award winners in each category are

Best Fiction: The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan

Best non fiction: Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia by David Hunt

Best debut fiction: Burial Rites by Hannah Kent

Best children's: Kissed by the Moon by Alison Lester

The Indie book of the year: The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan

[Michael]

Congratulations David

[Sally906]

I have bought Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia for my husband for his upcoming birthday.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Yes Michael it's definitely a big congratulations to David Hunt!!

I hope he enjoys it Sally:)

[Michael]

Grats David. :)

[David]

Cheers all