NSW Premier’s Literary Awards Nominees Announced

Two Random House Authors have been nominated for this year’s NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. Maria Tumarkin, author of OTHERLAND has been nominated for The Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction and Community Relations Commission Award. Michelle Cooper, author of the Young Adult book, FITZOSBORNES IN EXILE: THE MONTMARAY JOURNALS has been nominated for Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature.

The judges held high praises for both books,

For OTHERLAND:

‘Otherland is a deeply considered work, delicately nuanced and finely detailed.’
‘Tumarkin's characters are brilliantly sardonic and often poignant, so that even minor and transient figures are vividly realised.’

For THE FITZOSBORNES IN EXILE:

‘The FitzOsbornes in Exile, peopled with a rich cast of historical and fictional characters, is by turns funny, lush and moving, beautifully observed and fascinating in its political and historical detail. It is a worthy successor to its 2009 Ethel Turner Prize winning prequel A Brief History of Montmaray.’

The winners will be announced at an award ceremony held 16 May. Best of luck to all the authors nominated.