The shortlist for the 2024 Readings New Australian Fiction Prize has been announced. The winner in this category--as well as in YA and children's book categories--will be named October 22. The three category winners each receive A$5,000 (about US$3,390), with A$1,000 (about US$675) going to the winner of the Gab Williams Prize, recognizing the contribution of Australian YA authors and honoring former prize manager and YA author Gabrielle Williams, who died in 2023. This year's shortlisted titles are:
Thanks for Having Me by Emma Darragh
Ghost Cities by Siang Lu
No Church in the Wild by Murray Middleton
Salt River Road by Molly Schmidt
The Opposite of Success by Eleanor Elliott Thomas
But the Girl by Jessica Zhan Mei Yu