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Past winners
Previous winners of the Woollahra Digital Literary Award
Congratulations to the following winners of the 2017 Woollahra Digital Literary Award, announced at Woollahra Library at Double Bay on Tuesday 27 June 2017.
2017 Winner: Non Fiction
Vanessa Berry, Excavating St Peters
Judges comments:
'Timely, political, historical, and lucid.'
'Vanessa Berry is an expert tour guide of a Sydney whose lost history is buried just beneath its shiny, new surfaces. In 'Excavating St Peters', Berry roams a misunderstood suburb, giving lyrical depictions of a kind of beauty that others might see as banal, and, in the meantime, gives a documentary-like take on political protests against over-development. This is nonfiction writing of the highest order.'
2017 Winner: Fiction
Melissa Bruce, Picnic at Mount Disappointment
Judges comments:
'A verse novel that charmed in a matter of stanzas. Surprising character development, witty and original observations, honest representation of a prickly teen trying to find her place between worlds. A very enjoyable read.'
Shortlist for 2017 Woollahra Digital Literary Award
Non Fiction Shortlist
Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Bad Writer
Vanessa Berry, Excavating St Peters
Sam George-Allen, I Put A Spell On You
Rory Kennett-Lister, Terrain: An Exploration in Two Parts
Suneeta Peres da Costa, A Home in Ananda and the World
Matthew Thompson, Night Swimming in Dungog
Fiction Shortlist
Tanya Bird, The Royal Companion
Melissa Bruce, Picnic at Mount Disappointment
Nick Earls, Gotham
Richard Tardif, The Washing Away of Blood
Ariella Van Luyn, Bulldozer
Danielle de Valera, Dropping Out: A Tree Change Novel-in-Stories
Sharon Willdin, Legacy of the Female Factory