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2011 shortlist

Fiction

Traitor by Stephen Daisley (Winner)
Glissando by David Musgrave
Notorious by Roberta Lowing
That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott
When Colts Ran by Roger McDonald

Non-fiction

The Hard Light of Day by Rod Moss (Winner)
Claude Lévi-Strauss by Patrick Wilcken
How to Make Gravy by Paul Kelly
Sydney by Delia Falconer
The Party by Richard McGregor

Young adult fiction

Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley (Winner)
About a Girl by Joanne Horniman
Good Oil by Laura Buzo
The Piper’s Son by Melina Marchetta
The Three Loves of Persimmon by Cassandra Golds

Children’s fiction

Shake a Leg by Boori Monty Pryor and Jan Ormerod (Winner)
April Underhill, Tooth Fairy by Bob Graham
Flyaway by Lucy Christopher
Now by Morris Gleitzman
Why I Love Australia by Bronwyn Bancroft

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