The regional winners of the 2009 Commonwealth Writers' Prize have been announced.
In the South East Asia and the Pacific region (which includes Australia) the winner of the Best Book was The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas, and the winner of the Best First Book was The Year of The Shanghai Shark by Mo Zhi Hong of New Zealand.
You can see the full list of shortlisted titles in each region here. The overall winner of the Best Book and Best First Book
prizes (chosen from the winners in each region) will be announced in May 2009.
