The shortlists for the 2012 Indie Awards have been released. These books are chosen by Australian independent booksellers and the winners will be announced on March 14th.
FICTION
Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks (Harper Collins)
The Street Sweeper by Elliot Perlman (Random House)
Foal's Bread by Gillian Mears (Allen & Unwin)
Five Bells by Gail Jones (Random House)
NON-FICTION
Worse Things Happen at Sea by William McInnes and Sarah Watt (Hachette)
Notebooks by Betty Churcher (MUP)
After Words: Post Prime Ministerial Speeches by Paul Keating (Allen & Unwin)
A Private Life by Michael Kirby (Allen & Unwin)
DEBUT FICTION
Past the Shallows by Favel Parrett (Hachette)
All That I Am by Anna Funder (Penguin)
The Roving Party by Rohan Wilson (Allen & Unwin)
Watercolours by Adrienne Ferreira (Harper Collins)
CHILDREN'S
The 13-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths & Illus Terry Denton (Pan Macmillan)
The Jewel Fish of Karnak by Graeme Base (Penguin)
The Little Refugee by Anh & Suzanne Do & Illus Bruce Whatley (Allen & Unwin)
The Coming of the Whirlpool: Ship Kings 1 by Andrew McGahan (Allen & Unwin)
