The shortlisted works for the 2008 Australia-Asia Literary Award have been announced.
The shortlisted works are:
Michelle de Kretser, The Lost Dog, Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Ceridwen Dovey, Blood Kin, Publisher: Atlantic Books
Mohsin Hamid, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Publisher: Penguin
David Malouf, The Complete Stories, Publisher: Random House
Janette Turner Hospital, Orpheus Lost, Publisher: HarperCollins
The full longlist was published here. The winner of the $A110,000 prize will be announced on November 21, 2008.