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'The Nib' - CAL Waverley Library Award for
Literature 2008 |
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Nominations |
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No |
Author |
Nominated Work |
Category |
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1 |
Adelaide, Debra |
The household guide to dying |
F |
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2 |
Ajani, Judith |
The forest wars |
NF |
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3 |
Alexander, Christina Ann |
Green velvet shoes |
F |
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4 |
Aly, Waleed |
People like us |
NF |
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5 |
Armstrong, Diane |
Nocturne |
F |
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6 |
Bail, Murray |
The pages |
F |
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7 |
Baxter, Carol |
Breaking the bank |
NF |
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8 |
Bell, Wendy |
A remote possibility - The battle for Imparja television |
NF |
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9 |
Blain, Georgia |
Births, deaths, marriages |
NF |
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10 |
Blainey, Ann |
I am Melba |
NF |
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11 |
Boyce, James |
Van Dieman's Land |
NF |
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12 |
Brooks, Dr Karen |
Consuming innocence: Popular culture and our children |
NF |
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13 |
Brooks, Geraldine |
People of the book |
F |
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14 |
Burnside, Julian |
Watching brief: reflections on human rights, law and justice |
NF |
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15 |
Burton, Bob |
inside spin |
NF |
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16 |
Byrski, Liz |
Trip of a lifetime |
F |
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17 |
Calvino, Felix |
A hatful of cherries |
F |
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18 |
Capp, Fiona |
Musk & Byrne |
F |
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19 |
Carey, Peter |
His illegal self |
F |
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20 |
Caro, Jane |
The F word |
NF |
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21 |
Carr, Bob |
My reading life |
NF |
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22 |
Calder, Jean |
Where the road leads |
NF |
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23 |
Caulfield, Michael |
The Vietnam years |
NF |
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24 |
Charlton, Andrew |
Ozonomics |
NF |
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25 |
Chung, Helene |
Ching chung China girl |
NF |
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26 |
Coetzee, J M |
Diary of a bad year |
F |
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27 |
Cole, Catherine |
The poet who forgot |
NF |
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28 |
Cole-Adams, Kate |
Walking to the moon |
F |
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29 |
Condon, Matthew |
The trout opera |
F |
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30 |
Condon, Sean |
Michael Sweeney's method |
YA |
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31 |
Conte, Steven |
The zookeeper's war |
F |
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32 |
Cooper, Michelle |
A brief history of Montmaray |
YA |
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33 |
Corbett, Bryce |
A town like Paris |
NF |
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34 |
Cowley, Des |
The world of the book |
NF |
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35 |
Cunningham, Sophie |
Bird |
F |
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36 |
Darby, Andrew |
Harpoon |
NF |
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37 |
Darcas, Christine |
Dancing backwards in high heels |
F |
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38 |
Davis, Michael |
Writing heritage: The depiction of indigenous heritage in
European - Australian writings |
NF |
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39 |
de Brito, Sam |
The lost boys |
F |
|
40 |
Dean, Jan |
With one brush |
F |
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41 |
Dew, Christine |
Uncommissioned art |
NF |
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42 |
Doherty, Peter |
A light history of hot air |
NF |
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43 |
Dover, Bruce |
Rupert's adventures in China |
NF |
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44 |
Earls, Nick & Sparrow, Rebecca |
Joel and Cat set the story straight |
YA |
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45 |
Edwards, Jennifer |
The golden light - Love, life and your spirit |
NF |
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46 |
Emery, Brook |
Uncommon light |
F |
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47 |
Errington, Wayne & Van Onselen, Peter |
John Winston Howard |
NF |
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48 |
Evans, Ilsa |
Broken |
F |
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49 |
Ewer, Peter |
Forgotton Anzacs |
NF |
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50 |
Farrelly, Elizabeth |
Blubberland: the dangers of happiness |
NF |
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51 |
Fedler, Joanne |
Things without a name |
F |
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52 |
Fisher, Jo |
Caroline Chisholm to the rescue |
Ch |
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53 |
Flannery, Tim |
An explorer's notebook |
NF |
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54 |
Fletcher, Brian |
Magnificent obsession |
NF |
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55 |
Forrest, Lisa |
Boycott |
NF |
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56 |
Freeman, Kimberley |
Duet |
F |
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57 |
Gadd, Jeremy |
Country - Stories from rural Australia |
F |
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58 |
Garner, Helen |
The spare room |
F |
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59 |
Gawenda, Michael |
American notebook |
NF |
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60 |
Gilling, Tom |
Dreamland |
F |
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61 |
Gleeson-White, Jane |
Australian classics |
NF |
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62 |
Goodall, Jane |
The calling |
F |
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63 |
Green, Penelope |
See Naples and die |
F |
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64 |
Greenwood, Mark & Lessac, Frané |
Simpson and his donkey |
Ch |
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65 |
Grimstone, Lance |
Brother rats |
F |
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66 |
Grimstone, Lance |
When the tulips bled |
F |
|
67 |
Groth, Darren |
The umbilical word |
F |
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68 |
Ha, Tanya |
The Australian consumer guide: Choosing products for a healthier
home, planet and bank balance |
NF |
|
69 |
Haebich, Anna |
Spinning the dream |
NF |
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70 |
Ham, Paul |
Vietnam - The Australian War |
NF |
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71 |
Hamilton, Caroline |
Consumed |
F |
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72 |
Hansen, Jane |
three seasons |
NF |
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73 |
Happell, Charles |
The bone man of Kokoda |
NF |
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74 |
Hartnett, Sonya |
The ghost's child |
YA |
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75 |
Hastrich, Vicki |
The great arch |
F |
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76 |
Hauser, Kitty |
Bloody old Britain |
NF |
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77 |
Hathorn, Libby |
Georgiana woman of flowers |
YA |
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78 |
Hearn, Lian |
Heaven's net is wide |
YA |
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79 |
Helen, Maureen |
Other people's country |
NF |
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80 |
Hollingworth, Robert |
They called me the wildman |
NF |
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81 |
Hoorn, Jeanette |
Australian pastoral |
NF |
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82 |
Horne, Myfanwy & Donald |
Dying a memoir |
NF |
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83 |
Hughes, John |
Someone else: Fictional essays |
F |
|
84 |
Huynh, Kim |
Where the sea takes us |
NF |
|
85 |
Jeffrey, James |
Paprika paradise |
NF |
|
86 |
Jinks, Catherine |
Dark mountain |
F |
|
87 |
Johns, Andrew |
The two of me |
NF |
|
88 |
Jordan, Toni |
Addition |
F |
|
89 |
Kent, Jacqueline |
An exacting heart |
NF |
|
90 |
Kituai, Kathy |
Straggling into winter |
F |
|
91 |
Knox, Sara |
The orphan gunner |
F |
|
92 |
Koch, Christopher |
The memory room |
F |
|
93 |
Kowalski, David |
The company of the dead |
F |
|
94 |
Kurzem, Mark |
The mascot |
NF |
|
95 |
Lake, Marilyn |
Drawing the global colour line |
NF |
|
96 |
Lawrinson, Julia |
The push |
YA |
|
97 |
Lawson, Sue |
Finding Darcy |
F |
|
98 |
Lehane, Robert |
William Bede Dalley |
NF |
|
99 |
Levin, Tanya |
People in glass houses: an insider's story of a life in and out
of Hillsong |
NF |
|
100 |
Levy, Barry |
As if! |
F |
|
101 |
London, Joan |
The good parents |
F |
|
102 |
MacConnell, Michael |
Maelstrom |
F |
|
103 |
Macinnis, Peter |
Australia's Pioneers |
NF |
|
104 |
Mackay, Hugh |
Advance Australia - where? |
NF |
|
105 |
Macklin, Robert |
Keven Rudd: The biography |
NF |
|
106 |
Macpherson, Colin |
The holy well |
F |
|
107 |
Maguire, Emily |
Princesses & pornstars |
NF |
|
108 |
Marks, Kathy |
Pitcairn: Paradise lost |
NF |
|
109 |
Massy, Charles |
The Australian merino |
NF |
|
110 |
Maudson, Val |
10,000 years |
F |
|
111 |
Mazari, Najaf & Hillman, Robert |
The rugmaker of Mazar-e-Sharif |
NF |
|
112 |
McDonald, Damien |
Luck in the greater west |
F |
|
113 |
McKinley, Tamara |
Kingdom for the brave |
F |
|
114 |
Miller - Brown, Sharlene |
The retreaters |
F |
|
115 |
Miller, Alex |
Landscape of farewell |
F |
|
116 |
Moloney, James |
Kill the possum |
YA |
|
117 |
Mutard, Bruce |
The sacrifice |
YA |
|
118 |
Noli, Camilla |
Still waters |
F |
|
119 |
O'Keeffe, Kerry |
Turn turn turn…please |
NF |
|
120 |
Parisi, Susan |
Blood of dreams |
F |
|
121 |
Peach, John |
The biggest ever mining swindle in the colonies |
NF |
|
122 |
Pearse, Guy |
High & dry |
NF |
|
123 |
Pentecost, Jesse |
The con |
F |
|
124 |
Petta, Sylvia |
Back burning |
F |
|
125 |
Phelan, James |
Partiot act |
F |
|
126 |
Plunkett, Richard |
The long patrol |
NF |
|
127 |
Polain, Marcella |
The edge of the world |
F |
|
128 |
Poulter, Colleen |
The wong way to marry |
F |
|
129 |
Pulman, Felicity |
Willows for weeping. Book 4 of the Janna mysteries |
YA |
|
130 |
Rath, Chris |
Happiness |
F |
|
131 |
Rea, Paul |
Voices from the fortress |
NF |
|
132 |
Richards, Jonathan |
The secret war: A true history of Queensland's native police |
NF |
|
133 |
Ridgway, Ian |
Red cedar - red gold |
F |
|
134 |
Riemer, Andrew |
A family history of smoking |
NF |
|
135 |
Robotham, Michael |
Shatter |
F |
|
136 |
Rowe, Cynthia |
Couscous threads |
F |
|
137 |
Sara, Sally |
Gogo mama |
NF |
|
138 |
Sayer, Mandy |
The night has a thousand eyes |
F |
|
139 |
Serov, Banafsheh |
Under a starless sky |
NF |
|
140 |
Shearston, Trevor |
Dead birds |
F |
|
141 |
Sherborne, Craig |
Muck |
F |
|
142 |
Simons, Margaret |
The content makers |
NF |
|
143 |
Skinner, Graeme |
Peter Sculthorpe: The making of an Australian composer |
NF |
|
144 |
Smith, Babette |
Australia's birthstain |
NF |
|
145 |
Sollitt, Max |
Catastroscopes |
NF |
|
146 |
Stewart, Kathleen |
The after life |
NF |
|
147 |
Syme, Rodney |
A good death |
NF |
|
148 |
Taylor-Friend, Lee |
Tommy's girl |
F |
|
149 |
Tracy, Doug |
Inside the ropes - A surgeon's life |
NF |
|
150 |
Tumarkin, Maria |
Courage |
NF |
|
151 |
Underhill, Nancy |
Nolan on Nolan |
NF |
|
152 |
Valentine, Alana |
Paramatta girls |
F |
|
153 |
Wakely, Mark |
Sweet sorrow |
NF |
|
154 |
Waters, Jeff |
Gone for a song |
NF |
|
155 |
Watson, Don |
American journeys |
F |
|
156 |
Whitting, Glenice |
Pickle to pie |
F |
|
157 |
Wilkins, Peter |
Don't rock the boat |
NF |
|
158 |
Williams, Roy |
God, actually |
NF |
|
159 |
Womersley, Chris |
The low road |
F |
|
160 |
Woodford, James |
Whitecap |
F |
|
161 |
Wright, Pattie |
The men of the line |
NF |
|
162 |
Wyndham, Susan |
Life in his hands |
NF |
|
163 |
Yeldham, Peter |
Barbed wire & roses |
F |
|
164 |
Yu, Ouyang |
On the smell of an oily rag: speaking English, thinking Chinese
and living Australian |
NF |
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165 |
Zable, Arnold |
Sea of many returns |
F |
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