Western Australian Premier's Book Awards - 2006 Shortlist
Fiction | Poetry| Non-Fiction | West Australian History Award | Children's Books | Young Adult's Books | Script
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Marion May Campbell - Shadow Thief |
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Gail Jones - Dreams of Speaking |
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Simone Lazaroo - The Travel Writer |
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Deborah Robertson - Careless |
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Mike Williams - The Music of Dunes |
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Dennis Haskell - All the Time in the World |
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John Kinsella - Sacré Coeur: A Salt Tragedy |
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Deanne Leber - Book of Days |
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Graeme Miles - Phosphorescence |
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Mark Reid - A Difficult Faith |
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Quentin Beresford - Rob Riley: an Aboriginal Leader’s Quest for Justice |
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Sally Clarke - In The Space Behind His Eyes: Donald R Stuart |
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Peter Edwards - Arthur Tange: Last of the Mandarins |
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Caroline Lurie - Learning to Dance: Elizabeth Jolley, Her Life and Work |
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Monique La Fontaine - New Legend: a Story of Law and Culture and the Fight for Self-Determination in the Kimberley |
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J.M.R Cameron(ed) - The Millendon Memoirs. george Fletcher's Western Australian Diaries and Letters, 1830-1841
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Bobbie Oliver and Patrick Bertola (eds)- The Workshops: A History of the Midland Government Railway Workshops |
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Wes Olson - Gallipoli: The Western Australian Story |
| * These books are also considered short listed for the Non-fiction Award |
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Raewyn Caisley - Tai’s Penguin |
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Anthony Eaton - Nathan Nuttboard Family Matters |
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Joy & Mike Lefroy and Marion Duke(Illustrator) - The Catalpa Escape |
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Jan Ormerod - Water Witcher |
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Liliana Stafford and Sophia Zielinski (Illustrator)- The Shy Mala |
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Shaun Tan - The Arrival |
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Diana Chase - No More Borders For Josef |
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Julia Lawrinson - Bye, Beautiful |
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Julia Lawrinson - Suburban Freak Show |
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Kate McCaffrey - Destroying Avalon |
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Katy Watson-Kell - Mama’s Trippin’ |
Printable version of the 2006 shortlist (PDF - 338KB)