AN account of Australia’s Timor Sea intrigue by lawyer and former ACT attorney-general Bernard Collaery tops the list of six books shortlisted for the 2021 ACT Book of the Year.
A total of 21 eligible books, ranging over fiction, non-fiction, history, biography, short stories, children’s books and poetry were nominated for the 2021 award, which recognises quality contemporary literary works by ACT authors.
The winning book will be announced on September 29 .
Nominations for the 2022 ACT Book of the Year open on Monday, September 19 here
The 2021 ACT Book of the Year Shortlist
- “Oil Under Troubled Water” by Bernard Collaery
- “Utterly” by PS Cottier
- “Spinoza’s Overcoat” by Subhash Jaireth
- “Nigh” by Penelope Layland
- “The Trials of Portnoy” by Patrick Mullins
- “Doggerland” by Moya Pacey.
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