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The Asher Award was a biennial Australian literary award administered by the Australian Society of Authors between 2005 and 2017.[1] It was established by the Australia Council after a bequest from the late author Helen Asher. It was disestablished in 2017 when the bequest had been fully expended. The amount of $12,000 was awarded to “a female author whose work carries an anti-war theme”.[2]

Asher Award winners

  • 2005: The Marsh Birds by Eva Sallis (Allen & Unwin)[3]
  • 2007: The Wing of Night by Brenda Walker (Viking)[3]
  • 2009: The Orphan Gunner by Sara Knox (Giramondo) and The Ghost at the Wedding by Shirley Walker (Viking)[3]
  • 2011: Ruin by Roberta Lowing (Interactive Press) and The Old School by P. M. Newton (Viking)[3]
  • 2013: Hannah and Emil by Belinda Castles (Allen & Unwin)[3]
  • 2015: Broken Nation by Joan Beaumont (Allen & Unwin)[4][5]
  • 2017: Enemy by Ruth Clare (Viking) and A Soldier, a Dog and a Boy by Libby Hathorn and illustrated by Phil Lesnie (Lothian)[6]

References

  1. ^ "the asher literary award | Book awards | LibraryThing". www.librarything.com. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  2. ^ "The Asher Literary Award - Australian Society of Authors (ASA)". www.asauthors.org. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Asher Literary Award | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  4. ^ Dean, ANU College of Asia & the Pacific (2015-12-14). "Broken Nation Wins 2015 Asher Award". ANU College of Asia & the Pacific. Retrieved 2019-10-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Beaumont wins Asher Literary Award 2015". Books+Publishing. 2015-12-09. Retrieved 2020-03-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Asher Award 2017 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 2017-11-13. Retrieved 2020-03-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)