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Archives

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2004

January

Summer Holiday Extended Read

Classic Choice

Henry Handel Richardson 
  Australia Felix 
The Fortunes of Richard Mahoney
(Book 1 of the Trilogy)

Rating 8.5

February

Miles Franklin Winner 2003

Journey to the Stone Country

by Alex Miller

Rating 7

March

Leaning Towards Infinity

by Sue Woolfe

Rating 6.5

Non-fiction choice

The Voyage of  their Life: The Story of the SS Derna & Its Passengers 
by Diane Armstrong

Rating 7.5

April

The Vogel Prize

The Alphabet of Light and Dark 

by Danielle Wood

Rating 7

May

International Fiction

Due Preparations For the Plague

by Janet Turner Hospital

Rating 8

June

Miles Franklin nomination (any year)

Tirra Lirra by the River

by Jessica Anderson

Rating 7.5

July

Moral Hazard

by Kate Jennings

Rating 6

August

Miles Franklin nomination (any year)

Mr Darwin's Shooter

Rating 8

September

International Award Winner

English Passengers

by Matthew Kneale

Rating 8.5

Commonwealth Writers Prize

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time

 by Mark Haddon

Rating 8

October

The Lambing Flat

by Nerida Newton

Rating 8

November

The Orchard

by Drusilla Modeski

Rating 7

Non-fiction choice

The Dig Tree 
by Sarah Murgatroyd

Rating 8

December

The God in the Ink

by Kathryn Lomer

Rating 7.5

January

Summer Holiday Extended Read Classic Choice

My Brother Jack

by George Johnson

Rating TBA

Top

 

January

Dirt Music 
by Tim Winton

Winner of the 2002 Miles Franklin Award, and ANZLL's nomination for the 2002 Miles Franklin Award too!

Rating 8.5

February

Drylands 
by Thea Astley

Winner of the 2000 Miles Franklin Award
Rating 8.5

March

I For Isobel 
by Amy Witting

Shortlisted for the 1990 Miles Franklin Award

Rating 7

April

My Place 
by Sally Morgan

Winner of the 1990 Order of Australia Book Prize

Rating 7 

May

The Blind Assassin 
by Margaret Atwood

Winner of the 2000 Booker 

ANZLL's nomination for the Dublin IMPAC Award

Rating 8.5

June

The Conversations at Curlow Creek by David Malouf

Shortlisted for the 1997 Miles Franklin Award

Rating 7 

July

The Dressmaker 
by Rosalie Ham

Rating 8

August

Gould's Book of Fish
by Richard Flanagan

Winner of the 2002 Commonwealth Writers Prize

Rating 8

September

The Drowner
by Robert Drewe

Winner of the 1997 Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction

Rating 8

October

The Sound of One Hand Clapping
by Richard Flanagan

Winner of the 1997 Australian Booksellers Book of the Year

Rating 7

November

Shiver
by Nikki Gemmell

Holds the dubious honour of being the worst book ANZLL read in 2002!

Rating 5.5

 

December

The True History of the Kelly Gang
by Peter Carey

Rating 7.5

Winner of the 2001 Booker Prize