The shortlist for Australia's oldest literary award has been announced.
"The ALS Gold Medal is awarded annually for an outstanding literary work in the preceding calendar year. The Medal was inaugurated by the Australian Literature Society, which was founded in Melbourne in 1899 and incorporated into the Association for the Study of Australian Literature in 1982."
The shortlisted novels:
Banana Heart Summer, Merlinda Bobis
Dead Europe, Christos Tsiolkas
East of Time, Jacob G. Rosenberg
March, Geraldine Brooks
The Patron Saint of Eels, Gregory Day
The following novels were highly commended by the judging panel:
Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living, Carrie Tiffany
Marsh Birds, Eva Sallis
The Gold Medal winner will be announced on 2nd July, 2006.
