Nib Literary AwardShortlist

Given by Waverley Council, Sydney

Other Names: 'The Nib': CAL Waverley Library Award for Literature., CAL Waverly Library Award for Literature, CAL Waverly Library Award for Literature Shortlist, Mark and Evette Moran Nib Award for Literature, , Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award
98 Works 19,733 Books 965 Reviews ½ 4.0
The Award recognises excellence in research in the creation of a literary work of merit, published during the 12 months prior to 30 June. It was launched at the 2002 Sydney Writers Festival. The show more Award is open to all kinds of fiction and non-fiction by authors who are citizens or permanent residents of Australia. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (22), Shortlist (98)
Categories:
Years:
All, 2023 (6), 2020 (4), 2019 (4), 2018 (5), 2017 (8), 2016 (5), 2015 (5), 2014 (5), 2013 (5), 2012 (5), 2011 (3), 2010 (5), 2009 (5), 2008 (5), 2007 (5), 2006 (5), 2005 (4), 2004 (5), 2003 (4), 2002 (5)

Shortlist 98

WorkCategoryYear
The Huxleys: An Intimate History of Evolution by Alison Bashford2023
Anam by André Dao2023
Emperors in Lilliput: Clem Christesen of Meanjin and Stephen Murray-Smith of Overland by Jim Davidson2023
The Age of Seeds: How Plants Hacked Time and Why Our Future Depends on It by Fiona McMillan-Webster2023
Life So Full of Promise: Further Biographies of Australia's Lost Generation by Ross McMullin2023
Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life by Brigitta Olubas2023
Fathoms: The World in the Whale by Rebecca Giggs2020
Friends And Rivals. Four Great Australian Writers. Barbara Baynton. Ethel Turner. Nettie Palmer. Henry Handel Richardson by Brenda Niall2020
The Hilton Bombing: Evan Pederick and the Ananda Marga by Imre Salusinszky2020
The Stranger Artist: Life at the Edge of Kimberley Painting by Quentin Sprague2020
Dr Space Junk vs The Universe: Archaeology and the Future (The MIT Press) by Alice Gorman2019
An Unconventional Wife: the life of Julia Sorell Arnold by Mary Hoban2019
The Arsonist by Chloe Hooper2019
Imperfect by Lee Kofman2019
Relatively famous by Roger Averill2018
The Suitcase Baby by Tanya Bretherton2018
The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein2018
Eggshell Skull by Bri Lee2018
Call of the Reed Warbler: A New Agriculture, A New Earth by Charles Massy2018
Valiant for Truth: The Life of Chester Wilmot, War Correspondent by Peter BruneMilitary Prize2017
Jewish Anzacs : Jews in the Australian military by Mark DapinMilitary Prize2017
The Secret Code-Breakers of Central Bureau: how Australia’s signals-intelligence network shortened the Pacific War by David DuftyMilitary Prize2017
Passchendaele : requiem for doomed youth by Paul HamMilitary Prize2017
Ghost Empire by Richard Fidler2017
Those wild rabbits : how they shaped Australia by Bruce Munday2017
The Phoenix Years: Art, Resistance, and the Making of Modern China by Madeleine O'Dea2017
The Art of Rivalry: Four Friendships, Betrayals, and Breakthroughs in Modern Art by Sebastian Smee2017
Talking to my country by Stan Grant2016
Santamaria: A Most Unusual Man by Gerard Henderson2016
A Long Time Coming: Essays on old age by Melanie Joosten2016
Daffodil by Helen O'Neill2016
The Ice Age: A Journey into Crystal-Meth Addiction by Luke Williams2016
The director is the commander by Anna Broinowski2015
John Olsen : an artist's life by Darleen Bungey2015
Warning : the story of Cyclone Tracy by Sophie Cunningham2015
The Nashos' War: Australian National Servicemen and Vietnam by Mark Dapin2015
Blood and Guts: Dispatches from the Whale Wars by Sam Vincent2015
Let the Land Speak: A history of Australia - how the land created our nation by Jackie French2014
Where Song Began by Tim Low2014
The Reef: A Passionate History: The Great Barrier Reef from Captain Cook to Climate Change by Iain McCalman2014
Kings Cross: A Biography by Louis Nowra2014
Killing Fairfax: Packer, Murdoch and the Ultimate Revenge by Pamela Williams2014
Three Crooked Kings by Matthew Condon2013
Rendezvous with Destiny: How Franklin D. Roosevelt and Five Extraordinary Men Took America into the War and into the World by Michael Fullilove2013
The Price of Valour by John Hamilton2013
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent2013
Madeleine: A Life of Madeleine St John by Helen Trinca2013
The People Smuggler: The True Story Of Ali Al Jenabi, The 'Oskar Schindler Of Asia' by Robin De Crespigny2012
Sarah Thornhill by Kate Grenville2012
A Tragedy in Two Acts: Marcus Einfeld & Teresa Brennan by Fiona Harari2012
Kinglake-350 by Adrian Hyland2012
Housewife Superstar!: Advice (and Much More) from a Nonagenarian Domestic Goddess by Danielle Wood2012
Book life : the life and times of David Scott Mitchell by Eileen Chanin2011
The First Fleet: The Real Story by Alan Frost2011
Into the Woods by Anna Krien2011
Vital Signs: Stories from Intensive Care by Ken Hillman2010
Breaking News: The Golden Age of Graham Perkin by Ben Hills2010
Shoes for the Moscow Circus: Scenes from a Hidden World by Leta Keens2010
The March of Patriots: The Struggle for Modern Australia by Paul Kelly2010
Capital : Melbourne when it was the capital city of Australia 1901 - 27 by Kristin Otto2010
Tom Wills : his spectacular rise and tragic fall by Greg De Moore2009
The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One by David Kilcullen2009
Shattered Anzacs: Living With the Scars of War by Marina Larsson2009
Tour to Hell: Convict Australia's Great Escape Myths by David Levell2009
Art of Australia by John McDonald2009
People Like Us: How Arrogance Is Dividing Islam and the West by Waleed Aly2008
Vietnam: The Australian War by Paul Ham2008
The Dark Mountain by Catherine Jinks2008
TROUBLE IN PARADISE: UNCOVERING THE DARK SECRETS OF BRITAIN'S MOST REMOTE ISLAND by Kathy Marks2008
Australia's Birthstain: The Startling Legacy of the Convict Era by Babette Smith2008
A Castle in Tuscany: The Fascinating Life of Janet Ross - A Woman Ahead of Her Time by Sarah Benjamin2007
The Great War by Les Carlyon2007
The forgotten children : Fairbridge Farm School and its betrayal of Australia's child migrants by David Hill2007
A Thinking Reed by Barry Jones2007
Unpolished Gem: My Mother, My Grandmother, and Me by Alice Pung2007
Secrets of the jury room by Malcolm Knox2006
Motherhood: How should we care for our children? by Anne Manne2006
Margaret Olley: Far from a Still Life by Meg Stewart2006
1932 by Gerald Stone2006
The wing of night by Brenda Walker2006
Twilight of Love: Travels with Turgenev by Robert Dessaix2005
Kokoda by Paul Ham2005
The Broken Book by Susan Johnson2005
Frank Hurley: A Photographer's Life by Alasdair McGregor2005
Dancing With Strangers: Europeans and Australians at First Contact by Inga Clendinnen2004
Mao's Last Dancer by Cunxin Li2004
Lethal Factor by Gabrielle Lord2004
Walking on water : a life in the law by Chester Porter2004
The Dog Fence: A Journey Across the Heart of Australia by James Woodford2004
Boys Of Blood & Bone by David Metzenthen2003
The Truth about My Fathers : A Memoir by Gaby Naher2003
Wings of the Kite-hawk a Journey Into the Heart of Australia by Nicolas Rothwell2003
The meeting of the waters : the Hindmarsh Island affair by Margaret Simons2003
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks2002
The Big Ship: Warwick Armstrong and the Making of Modern Cricket by Gideon Haigh2002
Sir John Gorton: He Did it His Way by Ian Hancock2002
The Boyds : a family biography by Brenda Niall2002
Roundabout at Bangalow : an intimate chronicle by Shirley Walker2002

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