Amidst the limited critical discourse that has focused on this novel, readings of the city at its centre have already called up the ways in which it-and the novel organized around it-is entangled in “states of violent transition,” caught in history’s swirling gyre of rapidly shifting imperialism and burgeoning modernity. Yet, what it presents is a fascinating textual panorama of an urban landscape and its multifaceted experiential arena. The inaugural award was presented to Bernard Cohen’s The Antibiography of Robert F Menzies (HarperCollins) in 2015.įor more information about the award, click here.Among the well-rehearsed names of literary modernists, that of Andrei Bely is not often invoked, and though Vladimir Nabokov did hold Bely’s Petersburg up as one of the great literary works of the twentieth century, the novel is not commonly found on high school reading lists or college syllabi.
The winner will be announced at the State Library of NSW on 8 June. The shortlist was chosen from 48 entries. The $10,000 biennial prize is awarded to the best book of humour writing by an Australian author published in the previous two years, and aims to ‘celebrate, recognise and encourage the humour-writing genre’. The Anti-Cool Girl (Rosie Waterland, Fourth Estate).Ĭhair of the judging panel Patti Miller said of the shortlist: ‘Humorous writing is not exclusive-it welcomes history, memoir, novels, science-fiction, political satire-but with the extra twist of making us laugh, or at least making us lift our eyebrows with an ironic smile … This year’s shortlisted titles for the Russell Prize for Humour Writing are properly absurd, disrespectful and very funny indeed.’.Error Australis (Ben Pobjie, Affirm Press).True Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia-Volume 2 (David Hunt, Black Inc.).Going Out Backwards: A Grafton Everest Adventure (Ross Fitzgerald & Ian McFadyen, Hybrid Publishers).State Library of NSW has announced the shortlist for the 2017 Russell Prize for Humour Writing.
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