 First edition, Pan Macmillan Australia | |
| Author | Carrie Tiffany |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Set in | Rural Australia, 1950s |
| Publisher | Picador, Australia |
Publication date | 21 June 2012 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 211 |
| ISBN | 9781742610764 (1st ed. AUS paperback) |
| OCLC | 756699969 |
| LC Class | PR9619.4.T545 M38 2012 |
| Preceded by | Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living |
Mateship with Birds is a 2012 novel [1] by Australian novelist Carrie Tiffany which won the inaugural 2013 Stella Prize.
The novel is set in the 1950s in Cohuna, a town in northern Victoria. Betty, a nurse, lives on the outskrts of town, next-door to dairy farmer Harry, whose wife has left him for a man from the local bird fanciers' club.
Writing in The Guardian Janine Burke called the book a "raw and tender novel" and went on point out the connections between this novel and the book of the same title by Alec Chisholm. [2]
Romana Kaval in The Monthly found "the book full of wisdom and humour." [3]
| Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Miles Franklin Award | — | Shortlisted | [4] |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Christina Stead Prize for Fiction | Won | [5] | |
| Stella Prize | — | Won | [6] | |
| Women's Prize for Fiction | — | Longlisted | [7] | |
| 2014 | International Dublin Literary Award | — | Longlisted | [7] |