Craig Silvey continues his winning run, getting the Australian Book Industry Award for best literary fiction book of the year (Jasper Jones), and Peter Temple (Truth) follows up his Miles Franklin by getting the best general fiction book gong. A small number of books seem to be chasing each other around the award circuit, with Alex Miller and David Malouf missing out. The ABIAs tend to go to books that sell (I’m sure they have to have to have literary merit as well).
Thoughts on books and writing