Nib Literary Award

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Nib Literary Award
Awarded fora work that demonstrates excellence in literary research
Sponsored byFriends of Waverley Library
VenueWaverley Library
Formerly calledThe Nib Waverley Library Award for Literature
Reward(s)A$20,000 (winner)
A$1,000 (shortlist)
Currently held by Edenglassie by Melissa Lucashenko

The Nib Literary Award, established in 2002 at the suggestion of actor and producer Chris Haywood, the Patron of the Friends of Waverley Library, as The Nib Waverley Library Award for Literature and since 2017 known as the Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award, [1] is an Australian literary award for works in any genre, awarded annually at Waverley Library in Sydney. It is also known as 'The Nib': CAL Waverley Library Award for Literature. [2]

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Award

Organised and supported by Waverley Council, the award recognises "excellence in literary research", and books in any genre and either non-fiction or fiction are considered for it. There are cash prizes for the winning and shortlisted books, with each of the shortlisted authors also earning the Alex Buzo Shortlist Prize. [2]

In 2017, the Nib was renamed the Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award, and three new categories were added: the People's Choice, the Alex Buzo Shortlist Prize, and a Military History Prize. [2]

In the 2019 Awards, there was a prize pool of A$30,000: the main award A$20,000, the Nib Military History Prize A$3,000, Nib People's Choice Prize A$1,000 and the Alex Buzo Shortlist Prize, six prizes of A$1,000 each. The main sponsors were Mark and Evette Moran of Vaucluse. [1]

Winners

YearAuthorWorkPublisherRef.
2002 Tim Low The New NaturePenguin [3]
2003 Barry Hill Broken Song: T. G. H. Strehlow and Aboriginal PossessionPenguin [3]
2004 Geoffrey Blaney Black Kettle and Full MoonPenguin [3]
2005 Helen Garner Joe Cinque's Consolation Pan Macmillan [3]
2006 Gideon Haigh Asbestos House: The Secret History of James Hardie IndustriesScribe [3]
2007 John BaileyMr. Stuart's Track: The Forgotten Life of Australia's Greatest ExplorerPan Macmillan [3]
2008 Christopher Koch The Memory RoomPenguin [3]
2009 Robert Gray The Land I Came Through LastGiramondo [3]
2010 Andrew Tink William Charles Wentworth: Australia's Greatest Native SonAllen & Unwin [4]
2011 Delia Falconer SydneyNewSouth [5]
2012 Jane Gleeson-WhiteDouble EntryAllen & Unwin [6]
2013 Gideon Haigh On WarneHamish Hamilton [7]
2014 Clare Wright The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka Text [8]
2015 Erik Jensen Acute MisfortuneBlack Inc. [9]
2016 Rachel LandersWho Bombed the Hilton?NewSouth [10]
2017 Kate Cole-AdamsAnaesthesia: The Gift of Oblivion and the Mystery of ConsciousnessText [11]
2018 Helen LewisThe Dead Still Cry OutText [12]
2019 Nadia Wheatley Her Mother's DaughterText [13]
2020 Rebecca Giggs FathomsScribe [14]
2021 Luke StegemannAmnesia Road: Landscape, Violence and MemoryNewSouth [15]
2022 Delia Falconer Signs and Wonders: Dispatches from a Time of Beauty and LossScribner [16]
2023 Alison Bashford An Intimate History of Evolution: The Story of the Huxley FamilyAllen Lane [17]
2024 Melissa Lucashenko Edenglassie University of Queensland Press [18]

Alex Buzo Shortlist Prize recipients

YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
2017Kate Cole-AdamsAnesthesia: The Gift of Oblivion and the Mystery of ConsciousnessWinner
Richard Fidler Ghost Empire Shortlist
Bruce MundayThose Wild Rabbits: How They Shaped AustraliaShortlist
Madeleine O'DeaThe Phoenix Years: Art, Resistance, and the Making of Modern ChinaShortlist
Sebastian Smee The Art of Rivalry: Four Friendships, Betrayals, and Breakthroughs in Modern ArtShortlist
2018Helen LewisThe Dead Still Cry Out: The Story of a Combat CameramanWinner
Roger AverillRelatively FamousShortlist
Tanya BrethertonThe Suitcase Baby: The Heartbreaking True Story of a Shocking Crime in 1920s SydneyShortlist
Sarah Krasnostein The Trauma Cleaner Shortlist
Bri Lee Eggshell Skull Shortlist
Charles MassyCall of the Reed Warbler: A New Agriculture, a New EarthShortlist
2019 Nadia Wheatley Her Mother's Daughter: A MemoirWinner
Alice Gorman Dr Space Junk vs The Universe: Archaeology and the FutureShortlist
Mary HobanAn Unconventional Wife: The Life of Julia Sorell ArnoldShortlist
Chloe Hooper The Arsonist Shortlist
Lee KofmanImperfectShortlist
2020 Rebecca Giggs Fathoms: The World in the WhaleWinner
Brenda Niall Friends and Rivals: Four Great Australian Writers: Barbara Baynton, Ethel Turner, Nettie Palmer, Henry Handel RichardsonShortlist
Imre Salusinszky The Hilton Bombing: Evan Pederick and the Ananda MargaShortlist
Quentin SpragueThe Stranger Artist: Life at the Edge of Kimberley PaintingShortlist
2021Luke StegemannAmnesia Road: Landscape, Violence and MemoryWinner
Gabrielle Carey Only Happiness Here: In Search of Elizabeth Von ArnimShortlist
Kate HoldenThe Winter Road: A Story of Legacy, Land and a Killing at Croppa CreekShortlist
Ramona Koval A Letter to Layla: Travels to Our Deep Past and near FutureShortlist
Sarah Krasnostein The Believer: Encounters with the Beginning, the End, and Our Place in the MiddleShortlist
Tim OlsenSon of the BrushShortlist
2022 Delia Falconer Signs and Wonders: Dispatches from a Time of Beauty and LossWinner
Tim BonyhadyTwo Afternoons in the Kabul StadiumShortlist
Carol MajorThe Asparagus WarsShortlist
Colin McLaren, Anna SergiMafiosoShortlist
Steve Toltz Here Goes NothingShortlist
2023 Alison Bashford An Intimate History of Evolution: The Story of the Huxley FamilyWinner
André DaoAnamShortlist
Jim DavidsonEmperors in Lilliput: Clem Christesen of Meanjin and Stephen Murray-Smith of OverlandShortlist
Fiona McMillan-WebsterThe Age of SeedsShortlist
Ross McMullin Life So Full of Promise: Further Biographies of Australia's Lost GenerationShortlist
Brigitta OlubasShirley Hazzard: A Writing LifeShortlist
2024 Melissa Lucashenko EdenglassieWinner
Shauna BostockReaching Through Time: Finding My Family's StoriesShortlist
Deborah Conway Book of LifeShortlist
Ryan CroppDonald Horne: A Life in the Lucky CountryShortlist
Anna Funder Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible LifeShortlist
Dave WittyWhat the Trees See: A Wander Through Millennia of Natural History in AustraliaShortlist

References

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  2. 1 2 3 "'The Nib': CAL Waverley Library Award for Literature". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Waverly Council. "Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award Previous Winners 2002 to 2017" (PDF).
  4. "Tink wins 2010 CAL Waverley Library Award for Literature". Books+Publishing. 22 November 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  5. "Falconer wins 2011 CAL Waverley Library Award for Literature". Books+Publishing. 22 November 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  6. "Gleeson-White wins 2012 Waverley Library Award for Literature". Books+Publishing. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  7. "Haigh wins Waverley Library Award 2013". Books+Publishing. 20 November 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  8. "Wright wins 2014 Waverley Library Award". Books+Publishing. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  9. "Jensen wins 2015 Waverley Library Award". Books+Publishing. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  10. "Landers wins 2016 Waverley Library Award". Books+Publishing. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  11. "'Anaesthesia' wins 2017 Waverley Library Award". Books+Publishing. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  12. "'The Dead Still Cry Out' wins Nib Literary Award". Books+Publishing. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  13. "'Her Mother's Daughter' wins Nib Literary Award". Books+Publishing. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  14. "'Fathoms' wins Nib Literary Award". Books+Publishing. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  15. "'Amnesia Road wins 2021 Nib Literary Award". Books+Publishing. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  16. "'Signs and Wonders' wins 2022 Nib Literary Award". Books+Publishing. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  17. "Bashford wins 2023 Nib Literary Award". Books+Publishing. 10 November 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  18. "Lucashenko wins 2024 Nib Literary Award". Books+Publishing. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.