Winner of the 2011 Prime Minister's Award for Fiction.
What would make a soldier betray his country?
In the battle-smoke and chaos of Gallipoli, a young New Zealand soldier helps a Turkish doctor fighting to save a boy’s life. Then a shell bursts nearby; the blast that should have killed them both consigns them instead to the same military hospital.
Mahmoud is a Sufi. A whirling dervish, he says, of the Mevlevi order. He tells David stories. Of arriving in London with a pocketful of dried apricots. Of Majnun, the man mad for love, and of the saint who flew to paradise on a lion skin. You are God, we are all gods, Mahmoud tells David; and a bond grows between them.
A bond so strong that David will betray his country for his friend.
Stephen Daisley’s astonishing debut novel is a story of war and of love—how each changes everything, forever. Evoking horror and beauty and a profound sense of the possibility of transformation, Traitor is that rarest of things: a work of fiction that will transport the reader, heart and soul, into another realm.
Prime Minister's Literary Award Winners 2011
Traitor
$23.95 – Paperback book / Text Publishing
Winner of the 2011 Prime Minister's Award for Fiction.
What would make a soldier betray his country?
In the battle-smoke and chaos of Gallipoli, a young New Zealand soldier helps a Turkish doctor fighting to save a boy’s... Buy or find out more →
The Hard Light Of Day: An Artist's Story Of Friendships In Arrernte Country
$39.95 – Paperback book / Univ Queensland Pr
Winner of the 2011 Prime Minister's Award for Non-Fiction.
A story of whitefella–blackfella friendship that offers hope for the future
Two years after artist Rod Moss arrived in Alice Springs to teach painting, he met ... Buy or find out more →
Graffiti Moon
$16.99 – Paperback book / Pan Macmillan
Winner of the 2011 Prime Minister's Award for Young Adult Fiction.
Lucy is in love with Shadow, a mysterious graffiti artist.
Ed thought he was in love with Lucy, until she broke his nose.
Dylan loves Daisy, but throwing... Buy or find out more →
Shake A Leg
$24.99 – Hardcover book / Allen & Unwin
Winner of the 2011 Prime Minister's Award for Children's Fiction.
A unique picture book collaboration about having fun, sharing culture and the power of story and dance. A picture book to get the whole town dancing.
From... Buy or find out more →
WA Premier's Book Awards Fiction Shortlist 2011
Utopian Man
$23.99 – Paperback book / Allen & Unwin
An exquisite historical novel about a remarkable man who chose his own path, charming and scandalising others in equal measure.
Co-winner of the 2009 Australian/Vogel Literary Award.
'Really impressive, vivid and enjoyab... Buy or find out more →
Indelible Ink
$24.95 – Paperback book / Scribe Publications
Winner of the 2011 Age Book of the Year Award.
'For a long time now, when people ask me a favourite Australian author, invariably I think and say Fiona McGregor. There is a gutsiness, a splendour and command of language ... Buy or find out more →
The English Class
$32.95 – Paperback book / Transit Lounge
'an utterly authentic story which deepens our understanding of both Chinese and Australian culture, an epic journey across languages and cultures, recounted with all Ouyang Yu’s compelling honesty and passion.’ Alex Mill... Buy or find out more →
That Deadman Dance
$22.99 – Paperback book / Pan Macmillan
Winner of the 2011 Miles Franklin Literary Award.
Big-hearted, moving and richly rewarding, That Deadman Dance is set in the first decades of the 19th century in the area around what is now Albany, Western Australia. In ... Buy or find out more →
Faces In The Clouds
$29.95 – Trade paperback / Penguin Books
Twin brothers Stephen and Lawrence Kennedy are army kids; theirs is a world of barracks, bunks and barbecues. But then their parents are killed in a car accident and the boys are sent to stay with people they barely know... Buy or find out more →
Traitor
$23.95 – Paperback book / Text Publishing
Winner of the 2011 Prime Minister's Award for Fiction.
What would make a soldier betray his country?
In the battle-smoke and chaos of Gallipoli, a young New Zealand soldier helps a Turkish doctor fighting to save a boy’s... Buy or find out more →
Traitor
Traitor
$23.95 – Paperback book / Text Publishing
Winner of the 2011 Prime Minister's Award for Fiction.
What would make a soldier betray his country?
In the battle-smoke and chaos of Gallipoli, a young New Zealand soldier helps a Turkish doctor fighting to save a boy’s... Buy or find out more →
Traitor
$32.95 – Trade paperback / Text Publishing
What would make a soldier betray his country?
In the battle-smoke and chaos of Gallipoli, a young New Zealand soldier helps a Turkish doctor fighting to save a boy’s life. Then a shell bursts nearby; the blast that shoul... Buy or find out more →