Journey to the Stone Country
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Journey to the Stone Country is a 2002 Miles Franklin literary award
winning novel by the Australian author Alex Miller
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Miles Franklin Award
The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize for the best Australian ‘published novel or play portraying Australian life in any of its phases’. The award was set up according to the will of Miles Franklin , who is best known for writing the Australian classic My Brilliant Career ...
winning novel by the Australian author Alex Miller
Alex Miller (writer)
Alexander McPhee Miller is an Australian novelist. Born in London, England to Scottish parents, he migrated to Australia at the age of 16. After working and travelling he graduated from the University of Melbourne in English and History in 1965...
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Awards
- Tasmania Pacific Region Prize, Tasmania Pacific Fiction Prize, 2005: shortlisted
- State Library of Tasmania People's Choice Award, 2005: winner
- Festival Awards for Literature (SA), Dymocks Booksellers Award for Fiction, 2004: shortlisted
- One Book One Brisbane, 2004: shortlisted
- New South Wales Premier's Literary AwardsNew South Wales Premier's Literary AwardsThe New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards were established in 1979 by the New South Wales Premier Neville Wran. Commenting on its purpose, Wran said: "We want the arts to take, and be seen to take, their proper place in our social priorities...
, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, 2003: shortlisted - Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2003: winner
- The Age Book of the YearThe Age Book of the YearThe Age Book of the Year Awards are annual literary awards presented by Melbourne's The Age newspaper. The awards were first presented in 1974. Since 1998 they have been presented as part of the Melbourne Writers Festival...
Award, Fiction Prize, 2003: shortlisted - Colin Roderick Award, 2002: shortlisted
Reviews
- "API Review of Books" http://www.api-network.com/cgi-bin/reviews/jrbview.cgi?n=1865086193
- "AussieReviews" http://www.aussiereviews.com/article1179.html
- "Quadrant" http://quadrant.org.au/php/article_view.php?article_id=1024
- "The Sydney Morning Herald" http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/11/15/1037080903166.html