Deborah Cass Prize event/announcement 17 November
The winner will be announced at an online award ceremony on Wednesday 17 November at 7pm (AEDT).
You can register for the event here. South African writer Sisonke Msimang will be the keynote speaker.
The shortlisted writers are CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT:
Gary Paramanathan, The Dreaming
Gisele Weishan, The Marigold Girl
Patrick Arulanandam, The Seconds of Holroyd House
Bryant Apolonio, Independencia
Mesh Tennakoon, The Lollipop Lady
Sam Elkin, Magic Waters
Chamberlain Zhang, Si Bo – Fourth Uncle – Eagle Flight
Irina Frolova, On the Tail of the Firebird
Maria Katsabanis, Motherlode: Memory, Mothers and Migration