Jessica Au

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Jessica Au
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OccupationNovelist
Notable works Cold Enough for Snow
Website
www.jessicaau.com

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

YearTitleAwardCategoryResultRef.
2020 Cold Enough for Snow Novel PrizeWon [6] [7]
2022 The Age Book of the Year Award FictionShortlisted [8] [9]
Queensland Literary Award FictionShortlisted [10]
Readings Prize FictionWon [11] [12]
2023 Indie Book Awards FictionLonglisted [13] [14]
International Dublin Literary Award Longlisted [15]
Miles Franklin Award Shortlisted [16]
Prime Minister's Literary Awards FictionWon [17]
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Victorian Premier's Prize for Fiction Won [18]
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Victorian Prize for Literature Won [19] [20]

Publications

References

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