Australia-Asia Literary Award

Applications for a consultant to review the Australia-Asia Literary Award and the WA Premier's Book Award are now being called for.

Interested parties should contact Manager Projects at the Department of Culture and the Arts, Ms Lyndsay Feltham for a project brief. Please call 9224 7300 or email lyndsay.feltham@dca.wa.gov.au

David Malouf was awarded  the $110,000 Australia-Asia Literary Award for ‘The Complete Stories’ on November 21, 2008 .

Chair of the Australia-Asia Literary Award judging panel Nury Vittachi said: “The Complete Stories is a rich feast of subtle tales which sum up the intense joys and sadnesses that fill even the most ordinary lives - we were all moved by this fine collection."

Read the judges' comments.

This ground-breaking award is for a book-length work of literary fiction written by an author resident in Australia or Asia, or a work primarily set in Australia or an Asian country. Works must have been either written in, or translated into, English and published in the preceding year.

Recognising the increasing predominance of electronic media and to emphasise the Award’s focus on literary merit, no matter what the format; the Award is open to any book-length work of literary fiction published either electronically or in print.

All works submitted must be nominated by publishers and written in the English language. If the winning entry is a work translated into English, the author will receive AUD $88,000 and the translator AUD $22,000.

Entries for the Award closed on May 31, 2008. 

Australia-Asia Literary Award Shortlist

• Michelle DE KRETSER    The Lost Dog     Publisher: Allen & Unwin
• Mohsin HAMID    The Reluctant Fundamentalist    Publisher: Penguin
• David MALOUF      The Complete Stories      Publisher: Random House
• Ceridwen DOVEY  Blood Kin    Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Janette TURNER HOSPITAL   Orpheus Lost     Publisher: HarperCollins

Australia-Asia Literary Award Longlist

• J.M. COETZEE       Diary of a Bad Year        Publisher: Random House Group Ltd
• Matthew CONDON     The Trout Opera    Publisher: Random House (Vintage)
• Michelle DE KRETSER    The Lost Dog     Publisher: Allen & Unwin
• Ceridwen DOVEY  Blood Kin    Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Rodney HALL  Love without Hope    Publisher: Pan Macmillan
• Mohsin HAMID    The Reluctant Fundamentalist    Publisher: Penguin
• Mireille JUCHAU      Burning In       Giramondo Publishing
• David MALOUF      The Complete Stories      Publisher: Random House
• Alex MILLER     Landscape of Farewell     Publisher: Allen & Unwin
• Haruki MURAKAMI    After Dark       Translator: Jay Rubin      Publisher: Random House Group
• Indra SINHA     Animal’s People    Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK Ltd
• Janette TURNER HOSPITAL   Orpheus Lost     Publisher: HarperCollins

• Read the longlist author biographies and story synopses
• Read the Judges' biographies

2008 Guidelines and Entry Form

• Australia-Asia Literary Award 2008 Rules and Entry Form (rtf)
• Australia-Asia Literary Award 2008 Rules and Entry Form (pdf)

Australia-Asia Literary Award Launch