Carole Beu said...It is so disappointing that Lola by Elizabeth Smither and Gifted by Patrick Evans are not on the Fiction shortlist. We need to have FIVE fiction finalists, not three! Carole Beu, The Women's Bookshop.
Bookman Beattie said...Yes I totally agree regarding the need for 5 fiction finalists. Reducing the number to three was an appalling cock-up when the awards were reviewed. The organisers should admit they have made a colossal mistake and reinstate the number to five.
We have 10 non-fiction finalists and only three fiction finalists? How stupid is that?
And of course the title omitted that everyone is talking about is Craig Cliff's A Man Melting. It cleaned up tough international competition to win the Commonwealth Writers Prize for best first book and yet doesn't even get short-listed in our local awards?
What were the judges thinking about?
And of course the title omitted that everyone is talking about is Craig Cliff's A Man Melting. It cleaned up tough international competition to win the Commonwealth Writers Prize for best first book and yet doesn't even get short-listed in our local awards?
What were the judges thinking about?
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