The shortlisted works for the 2008 Australian Literary Society Gold Medal have been released.
The Lost Dog, Michelle de Kretser (A&U)
Not Finding Wittgenstein, J S Harry (Giramondo)
Feather Man, Rhyll McMaster (Brandl & Schlesinger)
Typewriter Music, David Malouf (UQP)
Landscape of Farewell, Alex Miller (A&U)
The winner will be announced during the annual conference of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, over the weeken of June 29 to July 2.
[Thanks to the "Boomerang Blog" for the link.]