2009 Christina Stead Prize for Fiction

THE FOLLOWING AUSTRALIAN NOVELS have been shortlisted for the 2009 Christina Stead Prize for Fiction in the New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards, it was announced on March 24, 2009:

1. The Spare Room (Text Publishing, 2008) / Helen Garner
2. The Lieutenant (Text Publishing, 2008) / Kate Grenville
3. Disquiet (Penguin Australia, 2008) / Julia Leigh
4. The Good Parents (Random House Australia/Vintage, 2008) / Joan London
5. A Fraction of the Whole (Penguin Australia, 2008) / Steve Toltz
6. Breath (Penguin Australia, 2008) / Tim Winton