I was desperate to be at the Stella Prize 2018 longlist announcement tonight but instead I was at a school information night, surreptitiously looking at Twitter for the news. It’s here, so now I can relax (and can start reading) –
01. The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar (Wild Dingo Press)
02. A Writing Life: Helen Garner and Her Work by Bernadette Brennan (Text Publishing)
03. Anaesthesia: The Gift of Oblivion and the Mystery of Consciousness by Kate Cole-Adams (Text Publishing)
04. Terra Nullius by Claire G. Coleman (Hachette Australia)
05. The Life to Come by Michelle de Kretser (Allen & Unwin)
06. This Water: Five Tales by Beverley Farmer (Giramondo)
07. The Green Bell: A Memoir of Love, Madness and Poetry by Paula Keogh (Affirm Press)
08. An Uncertain Grace by Krissy Kneen (Text Publishing)
09. The Choke by Sofie Laguna (Allen & Unwin)
10. Martin Sharp: His Life and Times by Joyce Morgan (Allen & Unwin)
11. The Fish Girl by Mirandi Riwoe (Seizure)
12. Tracker by Alexis Wright (Giramondo)
I predicted 4.5 (the half for the Helen Garner related title!). I’ve read two, own another one and will start the rest straight away. I am absolutely SPEWING that The Trauma Cleaner didn’t make the cut. I’ll probably be carrying on a fair bit about that over the next few months…