The 2013 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards shortlists have been announced! The following books were shortlisted in each award category:

Fiction

• Floundering by Romy Ash
• The Chemistry of Tears by Peter Carey
• Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser
• Lost Voices by Christopher Koch
• Mateship with Birds by Carrie Tiffany
  # Non-fiction
• Bradman’s War by Malcolm Knox
• Uncommon Soldier by Chris Masters
• Plein Airs and Graces by Adrian Mitchell
• The Australian Moment by George Megalogenis
• Bold Palates by Barbara Santich
  # Prize for Australian History
• The Sex Lives of Australians: A History by Frank Bongiorno
• Sandakan by Paul Ham
• Gough Whitlam by Jenny Hocking
• Farewell, dear people by Ross McMullin
• The Censor’s Library by Nicole Moore
  # Young adult fiction
• Everything Left Unsaid by Jessica Davidson
• The Children of the King by Sonya Hartnett
• Grace Beside Me by Sue McPherson
• Fog a Dox by Bruce Pascoe
• Friday Brown by Vikki Wakefield
  # Children’s fiction
• Red by Libby Gleeson
• Today We Have No Plans by Jane Godwin and illustrated by Anna Walker
• What’s the Matter, Aunty May? by Peter Friend and illustrated by Andrew Joyner
• The Beginner’s Guide to Revenge by Marianne Musgrove
  # Poetry
• Burning Rice by Eileen Chong
• The Sunlit Zone by Lisa Jacobson
• [Jam Tree Gully: Poems](http://www.readings.com.au/products/15076618/jam-tree-gully-poems)* by John Kinsella
• Liquid Nitrogen by Jennifer Maiden
• Crimson Crop by Peter Rose
  
  Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors. The winners in each of the categories will receive a tax-free cash prize of $80,000, with the shortlisted authors receiving $5000 tax-free. The date of the winners announcement is yet to be announced.