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About the Barbara Jefferis Award
Valued at $35,000, the Award is offered annually for “the best novel written by an Australian author that depicts women and girls in a positive way or otherwise empowers the status of women and girls in society”.The Award is paid from the Barbara Jefferis Literary Fund, established by a bequest from Barbara’s husband, ABC film critic John Hinde. Barbara Jefferis was a founding member of the Australian Society of Authors and its first woman President.
The Barbara Jefferis Award is offered annually for “the best novel written by an Australian author that depicts women and girls in a positive way or otherwise empowers the status of women and girls in society”.
Barbara Jefferis was a feminist, a founding member of the Australian Society of Authors, its first woman President and, in the words of Thomas Keneally, “a rare being amongst authors, being both a fine writer but also organisationally gifted. She was a professional and internationally published writer long before most of us dreamed of such things”.
The Award is paid from the Barbara Jefferis Literary Fund, which was established by a bequest from Barbara Jefferis’s husband, ABC film critic John Hinde, who died in 2006. The Australian Society of Authors is Trustee of the Fund. In 2009 the Award is valued at AUD$35,000.
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Swimming
Shortlisted, Barbara Jefferis Award 2010 Enza Gandolfo Fiction > General Fiction Not rated Find out more |
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Headlong
Shortlisted, Barbara Jefferis Award 2010 Susan Varga Fiction > General Fiction 4 Stars July, 2009 Magazine Find out more |
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The China Garden
Winner, Barbara Jefferis Award 2010 Kristina Olsson Fiction > General Fiction 3 Stars March, 2009 Magazine Find out more |
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The World Beneath
Shortlisted, Barbara Jefferis Award 2010 Cate Kennedy Fiction > General Fiction 5 Stars September, 2009 Magazine Find out more |
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The Lost Life
Barbara Jefferis Award Steven Carroll Fiction > General Fiction Not rated Find out more |