2023
SHORTLIST

CHILDREN’S FICTION

GWEN & ART ARE
NOT IN LOVE
BY LEX CROUCHER

BITTERTHORN
BY KAT DUNN

WILD SONG
BY CANDY GOURLAY

THE SWIFTS
BY BETH LINCOLN

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DEBUT FICTION

THE FIVE SORROWFUL
MYSTERIES OF ANDY AFRICA
BY STEPHEN BUORO

THE NEW LIFE
BY TOM CREWE

SUNBURN
BY CHLOE MICHELLE HOWARTH

CLOSE TO HOME
BY MICHAEL MAGEE

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FICTION

BIRNAM WOOD
BY ELEANOR CATTON

THE BEE STING
BY PAUL MURRAY

ORDINARY HUMAN FAILINGS
BY MEGAN NOLAN

FIFTEEN WILD DECEMBERS
BY KAREN POWELL

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NON-FICTION

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER
BY FERN BRADY

THE TIDAL YEAR
BY FREYA BROMLEY

UNDERCURRENT
BY NATASHA CARTHEW

HAGS
BY VICTORIA SMITH

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