NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2024

 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards winners announced. Of special interest:

Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children’s Literature ($30,000)

• Paradise Sands: A Story of Enchantment by Levi Pinfold (Walker Books Australia) Winner

• Leaf-light by Trace Balla (Allen & Unwin Children’s Publishing) shortlisted
• Picasso and the Greatest Show on Earth by Anna Fienberg (Allen & Unwin Children’s Publishing) shortlisted
• The Raven’s Song by Zana Fraillon and Bren MacDibble (Allen & Unwin Children’s Publishing) shortlisted
• Songlines: First Knowledges for younger readers by Margo Neale, Lynne Kelly and illustrated by Blak Douglas (Thames & Hudson Australia)shortlisted
• Australia: Country of Colour by Jess Racklyeft (Affirm Press) shortlisted

Ethel Turner Prize for Young People’s Literature ($30,000)

• The Quiet and the Loud by Helena Fox (Pan Macmillan Australia) Winner

• Royals by Tegan Bennett Daylight (Simon & Schuster Australia) shortlisted
• Grace Notes by Karen Comer (Hachette Australia) shortlisted
• We Could Be Something by Will Kostakis (Allen & Unwin Children’s Publishing) shortlisted
• We Didn’t Think It Through by Gary Lonesborough (Allen & Unwin Children’s Publishing) shortlisted
• Selfie by Allayne L. Webster (Text Publishing) shortlisted