Kids Book Review is very excited to be partnering with the National Year of Reading in 2012.
Before their official kick off on the 14th of February 2012, they are extending an invitation for everyone to vote for the book that they think should represent their state or territory. The winners of each state and territory will represent the national recommended reading list for 2012.
They are hoping to create a collection of books which, read together, describe the Australian experience. Celebrating the difference of living in the city or in a remote community all across Australia.
You can have a part in helping decide the eight books that will be the National Year of Reading 2012 collection. Pretty cool huh?
Before their official kick off on the 14th of February 2012, they are extending an invitation for everyone to vote for the book that they think should represent their state or territory. The winners of each state and territory will represent the national recommended reading list for 2012.
They are hoping to create a collection of books which, read together, describe the Australian experience. Celebrating the difference of living in the city or in a remote community all across Australia.
You can have a part in helping decide the eight books that will be the National Year of Reading 2012 collection. Pretty cool huh?
The list of eight winning titles will be announced at the launch of the campaign on 14 February, 2012, at the National Library of Australia in Canberra.
The state and territory shortlists, chosen by independent panels of readers, have been announced, see below, or go to www.love2read.org.au.
Voting commences 1 November 2011, online at www.abc.net.au/yearofreading and in participating libraries and book shops. The closing date is 6 January 2012.
Shortlist for the ACT
· John Clanchy, Vincenzo’s Garden, University of Queensland Press
· Alan Gould, The Lake Woman, Australian Scholarly Publishing
· Marion Halligan, The Fog Garden, Allen & Unwin
· Jack Heath, The Hit List, Pan Macmillan Australia
· Dorothy Johnston, The White Tower, Wakefield Press
· Kel Robertson, Smoke and Mirrors, Pan Macmillan Australia
Shortlist for New South Wales
· Peter Corris, Torn Apart, Allen & Unwin
· Kate Grenville, Lilian’s Story, Allen & Unwin
· Ian Hoskins, Sydney Harbour: A History, New South Publishing
· John Hughes, The Idea of Home, Giramondo
· Ruth Park, The Harp in the South, Penguin
· Chris Womersley, Bereft, Scribe
Shortlist for the Northern Territory
· Ros Moriarty, Listening to Country, 2010, Allen & Unwin
· Daena Murray (editor), The Sound of the Sky, 2006, CDU Press
· Judy Nunn, Territory, 2003, Random House
· Alan Powell, Far Country: A Short History of the Northern Territory, 2009, CDU CDU Press
· Alan Powell, Shadow's Edge: Australia's Northern War (Revised Edition), 2007, CDU CDU Press
· Nicholas Rothwell, The Red Highway, 2009, Black Ink
Shortlist for Queensland
· Chloe Hooper, The Tall Man, 2008, Penguin
· Andrew McGahan, The White Earth, 2005, Allen & Unwin
· Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, 2002, Allen & Unwin
· Estelle Pinney, House on the Hill, Penguin
· Ian Townsend, Affection, 2005, Harper Collins
· Matthew Condon, Brisbane, 2010, New South Publishing
Shortlist for South Australia
· Max Fatchen, River Kings, Wakefield Press
· Kerryn Goldsworthy, Adelaide, 2011, New South Publishing
· Peter Goldsworthy, Three Dog Night, 2003, Penguin
· Scott Monk, The Never Boys, 2011, Random House
· Stephen Orr, Time’s Long Ruin, Wakefield Press
· Alastair Sarre, Prohibited Zone, Wakefield Press
Shortlist for Tasmania
· Richard Flanagan, Wanting, 2008, Random House
· Anna Krien, Into the Woods: The Battle for Tasmania’s Forests, 2010, Black Ink
· Julia Leigh, The Hunter, 1999, Penguin
· Kathyrn Lomer, What now Tilda B?, University of Queensland Press
· Peter Timms, In Search of Hobart, 2009, New South Publishing
· Rohan Wilson, The Roving Party, 2011, Allen & Unwin
Shortlist for Victoria
· Robyn Annear, Bearbrass, 2005, Black Ink
· Brendan Gullifer, Sold, Sleepers
· Barry Heard, Well Done Those Men, 2005, Scribe
· Alice Pung, Unpolished Gem, 2006, Black Ink
· Jeff & Jill Sparrow, Radical Melbourne, Vulgar Press
· Maya Ward, The Comfort of Water, Transit Lounge
Shortlist for Western Australia
· Elizabeth Jolley, The Newspaper of Claremont Street, Fremantle Press
· Sally Morgan, My Place, Fremantle Press
· Howard Pederson & Banjo Woorunmurra, Jandamarra and the Bunuba Resistance, Magabala Books
· Kim Scott, True Country, Fremantle Press
· Craig Silvey, Jasper Jones, 2009, Allen & Unwin
· Tim Winton, Cloudstreet, 1991, Penguin
For more information, visit the website www.love2read.org.au.
