Edenglassie shortlisted for the 2024 Prime Minister's Literary Award
We're delighted to share the news that Edenglassie by Melissa Lucashenko has been shortlisted for the 2024 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction.
Announced today by Creative Australia, the PMs Literary Awards are 'the richest literary prize in the nation. The awards celebrate the exceptional talents of emerging and established Australian writers, illustrators, poets, and historians.'
Reflecting on the significance of the awards, CEO Adrian Collette AM said:
“Stories are the heartbeat of our culture, connecting us to our past, illuminating our present and shaping our future. The Prime Minister’s Literary Awards celebrate the storytellers who enrich our lives with their creativity and outstanding talent.”
Creative Australia received an impressive 533 entries across six literary categories: fiction, non-fiction, young adult literature, children’s literature, poetry, and Australian history.
The full Fiction shortlist includes:
- Anam by André Dao (Penguin Random House)
- Restless Dolly Maunder by Kate Grenville (Text Publishing)
- Edenglassie by Melissa Lucashenko (University of Queensland Press)
- The Carnal Fugues by Catherine McNamara (Puncher and Wattmann)
- Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood (Allen & Unwin)
The winners of the 2024 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards will be announced on Thursday 12 September at a prestigious ceremony held at the National Library of Australia in Canberra. The winners and shortlisted authors will share in a tax-free prize pool of $600,000, the highest amount for a literary award in Australia. Each shortlisted entry will receive $5,000 with the winner of each category receiving $80,000.
