Awards

• Commonwealth Writers Prize, South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best Book, 2008: shortlisted
• Barbara Jefferis Award
  Barbara Jefferis Award
  The Barbara Jefferis Award is an Australian Literary award prize. The award was created in 2007 after being endowed by John Hinde upon his death to commemorate his late wife, author Barbara Jefferis. It is funded by his $1 million bequest....
  
  , 2008: shortlisted
• New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
  New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
  The 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, 2008: winner
• New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
  New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
  The 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...
  
  , Book of the Year, 2008: winner
• Australian Literature Society Gold Medal, 2008: winner
• Man Booker Prize
  Man Booker Prize
  The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations, Ireland, or Zimbabwe. The winner of the Man Booker Prize is generally assured of international renown and...
  
  , 2008: longlisted
• Victorian Premier's Literary Award
  Victorian Premier's Literary Award
  The Victorian Premier's Literary Awards were created by the Victorian Governmentwith the aim of raising the profile of contemporary creative writing and Australia's publishing industry....
  
  , Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction
  Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction
  The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction is a component of the annual Victorian Premier's Literary Award and is valued at A$30,000. Most Australian state premiers present annual Australian literary awards to promote Australian writing in all its forms. The award is named after Vance Palmer...
  
  , 2008: shortlisted
• Australia-Asia Literary Award
  Australia-Asia Literary Award
  Australia-Asia Literary Award was an initiative of the Government of Western Australia Department of Culture and the Arts. It was one of the richest literary prizes in the region, indeed the world, with a purse of A$110,000. The Award was established in 2007. The first and only winner was...
  
  , 2008: longlisted

Reviews

• "The Courier-Mail" http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24101162-5003424,00.html
• "The Financial Times" http://www.ft.com/cms/s/db44d1de-3f2a-11dd-8fd9-0000779fd2ac,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2Fdb44d1de-3f2a-11dd-8fd9-0000779fd2ac.html%3Fnclick_check%3D1&_i_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.middlemiss.org%2Fweblog%2Farchives%2Fmatilda%2Fcombined_reviews%2Findex.html&nclick_check=1
• "The New Statesman" http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/06/lost-dog-michelle-tom-kretser
• "The New York Times" http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/books/review/McCulloch-t.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
• "The Observer" http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/jul/27/fiction?gusrc=rss&feed=culture
• "The Telegraph" 1 http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/jun/14/saturdayreviewsfeatres.guardianreview5
• "The Telegraph" 2 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/06/14/bokre114.xml
• "The Washington Post" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/07/AR2008070702508.html

Interviews

• Robert Dessaix on ABC Radio National's "The Book Show" from November 2007.http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bookshow/stories/2007/2080002.htm
• Fiona Gruber interview in "The Sydney Morning Herald" from November 2007.http://www.smh.com.au/news/books/my-life-and-a-dog/2007/11/23/1195753287438.html
• Rosemary Neill interview in "The Australian" from March 2008.http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23317860-5001986,00.html
• In conversation with Gail Jones at the 2008 Sydney Writers' Festival in May 2008.http://www.themonthly.com.au/tm/?q=node/1039