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Jessica Au is an Australian editor and bookseller, and author of the novels Cargo and Cold Enough for Snow . [1] Au won the inaugural Novel Prize in 2022. [2] She is based in Melbourne. [3]

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Au won the 2023 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction [4] and both the 2023 Victorian Premier's Prize for Literature and Victorian Premier's Prize for Fiction for Cold Enough for Snow. [5]

Awards and honours

YearTitleAwardResultRef.
2020 Cold Enough for Snow Novel Prize Winner [6] [7]
2022 Queensland Literary Award for FictionShortlist [8]
Readings Prize for Fiction Winner [9] [10]
The Age Book of the Year Award for FictionShortlist [11] [12]
2023 Australian Indie Book Awards Longlist [13] [14]
International Dublin Literary Award Longlist [15]
Victorian Premier's Prize for Fiction Winner [16]
Victorian Prize for Literature: OverallWinner [17] [18]
Miles Franklin Award Shortlist [19]
Fiction Award, Prime Minister's Literary Awards Winner [20]

Publications

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References

  1. ↑ Grey, Tobias (2022-02-01). "A Mother and Daughter Go Sightseeing. They See Each Other". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  2. ↑ Steger, Jason (2022-02-04). "Alluring Tokyo story brings Jessica Au an international writing prize". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  3. ↑ Dewey, Imogen (2022-02-04). "Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au review – a graceful novella about how we pay attention". The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  4. ↑ Howard, Alexander (2023-11-16). "The revamped Prime Minister's Literary Awards reward 'fresh ways of seeing' in 2023". The Conversation. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  5. ↑ "The 2023 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  6. ↑ "Awards: The Novel, SoA Translation Winners". Shelf Awareness . February 17, 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-12-09. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  7. ↑ "Enache shortlisted for Novel Prize". Books+Publishing . 18 January 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-01-18. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  8. ↑ "Qld Literary Awards 2022 shortlists". Books+Publishing . 4 August 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-01-21. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  9. ↑ "Awards: Mark Twain American Voice Winner; Readings Winners". Shelf Awareness . February 11, 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-08-19. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  10. ↑ "Au, Burton, Archbold win 2022 Readings Prizes". Books+Publishing . 27 October 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-10-31. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  11. ↑ "Age Book of the Year 2022 shortlists announced | Books+Publishing". Books+Publishing . 1 August 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-08-11. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  12. ↑ "Age Book of the Year 2022 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing . 1 August 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-08-11. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  13. ↑ "Longlist Announced for the 2023 Indie Book Awards". Indie Book Awards. 2022-12-07. Archived from the original on 2022-12-22. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  14. ↑ "Indie Book Awards 2023 longlists announced". Books+Publishing . 8 December 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-12-24. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  15. ↑ "ANZ authors among Dublin Literary Award longlistees". Books+Publishing . 3 February 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  16. ↑ "Winners of the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2023". Readings Books. 2 February 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  17. ↑ "The 2023 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards". The Wheeler Centre . Archived from the original on 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  18. ↑ "Au wins 2023 Victorian Prize for Literature at VPLAs". Books+Publishing . 2 February 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-02-06. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  19. ↑ Sun, Michael (2023-06-19). "Miles Franklin award 2023: shortlist revealed for Australia's prestigious literary prize". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  20. ↑ Howard, Alexander (2023-11-16). "The revamped Prime Minister's Literary Awards reward 'fresh ways of seeing' in 2023". The Conversation. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
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