2023 Aurealis Awards Shortlists
The Aurealis Awards shortlists have been announced. Of particular interest:
BEST CHILDREN’S FICTION
The lonely lighthouse of Elston-Fright, Reece Carter (Allen & Unwin)
Ghost book, Remy Lai (Allen & Unwin)
The letterbox tree, Rebecca Lim & Kate Gordon (Walker Books Australia)
Deadlands: Hunted, Skye Melki-Wegner (Walker Books Australia)
The hotel witch, Jessica Miller (Text Publishing)
Spellhound, Lian Tanner (Allen & Unwin)
BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
Borderland, Graham Akhurst (UWA Publishing)
When ghosts call us home, Katya de Becerra (Macmillan)
Archives of despair, Caleb Finn (Penguin Random House Australia)
The weaver, Melanie Kanicky (MidnightSun Publishing)
The spider and her demons, sydney khoo (Penguin Random House Australia)
The non-magical Declan Moore, Nathan Taylor (Magpie Drive Press)