Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2022 shortlist
Echolalia: Longlisted for the 2022 Miles Franklin Award
What might drive a mother to do the unthinkable?
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Bodies of Light
Jennifer Down cements her status as a leading light of Australian literary fiction in this heart-rending and intimate saga of one woman's turbulent life
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After Story
When a mother and daughter take the overseas trip of a lifetime, they discover that the past is never quite behind them.
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Smokehouse
A man watches a boy in a playground and pictures him in the grey wooden shed he's turned into a home. A woman's adopted mother dies, reawakening childhood memories and grief. A couple's decision to move to an isolated location may...
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Permafrost
Visual and performance artist, and winner of the inaugural Kill Your Darlings Manuscript Award, SJ Norman turns their hand to fiction with spectacular results.
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The Dogs
From the Miles Franklin shortlisted author of No One comes a haunting gem of family secrets and impossible decisions.
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How Decent Folk Behave
A vibrant, thought-provoking collection from the ABIA and Indie award-winning author of The Hate Race and Carrying the World.
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Human Looking
The poems in Human Looking speak with the voices of the disabled and the disfigured, in ways which are confronting, but also illuminating and tender
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Trigger Warning
From award-winning and highly acclaimed author and poet Maria Takolander comes her most impressive and personal poetry collection yet.
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Another Day in the Colony
A ground-breaking work - and a call to arms - that exposes the ongoing colonial violence experienced by First Nations people
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Coming of Age in the War on Terror
The generation born at the time of the 9/11 attacks are turning 18. What has our changed world meant for them?
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The Mother Wound
A story of female resilience and the role of motherhood in the home and in the world, Amani Haydar uses her own strength to help other survivors find their voices.
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Black and Blue
The story of an Aboriginal woman who worked as a police officer and fought for justice both within and beyond the Australian police force.
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Buried Not Dead
A collection of essays on art, literature and performance, sexuality, activism and the life of the city.
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Summertime
Stories written in the shadow of the bushfires that ravaged Australia.
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Dropbear
This fierce debut from award-winning writer Evelyn Araluen confronts the tropes and iconography of an unreconciled nation with biting satire and lyrical fury.
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The Boy from the Mish
A funny and heart-warming queer Indigenous YA novel, set in a rural Australian community, about seventeen-year-old Jackson finding the courage to explore who he is, even if it scares him.
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The Gaps
A tribute to friendship in all its guises, The Gaps is a moving examination of vulnerability and strength, safety and danger, and the particular uncertainty of being a young woman in the world.
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Girls in Boys' Cars
A complicated friendship. A roadtrip in a stolen car. The stories that define us. And two funny, sharp, adventurous young women who refuse to be held back any longer.
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Tiger Daughter
Wen Zhou is determined to create a future for herself that is more satisfying than the life her parents expect her to lead. Equal parts heartbreaking and hopeful, Tiger Daughter is a wonderfully compelling and authentic Own Voices...
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Milk
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