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=Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2012 - Shortlist=

Can you pick this year's winners?
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Fiction

 * //All that I am// Anna Funder
 * //Sarah Thornhill// Kate Grenville
 * //Foal's bread// Gillian Mears
 * //Autumn Laing// Alex Miller
 * //Forecast: Turbulence// Janette Turner Hospital

Poetry

 * //Ashes in the air// Ali Alizadeh
 * //Interferon psalms// Luke Davies
 * //Armour// John Kinsella
 * //Southern barbarians// John Mateer
 * New and selected poems Gig Ryan

Non-fiction

 * //A Short History of Christianity// Geoffrey Blainey
 * //Michael Kirby Paradoxes and Principles// A J Brown
 * //Kinglake-350// Adrian Hyland
 * //When Horse Became Saw]// Anthony Macris
 * //An Eye for Eternity: The Life of Manning Clark// Mark McKenna

Prize for Australian History

 * //1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia// James Boyce
 * //The Biggest Estate on Earth// Bill Gammage
 * //Breaking the Sheep's Back C//harles Massy
 * //Indifferent Inclusion: Aboriginal people and the Australian Nation// Russell McGregor
 * //Immigration Nation: The Secret History of Us// Renegade Films Australia Pty Ltd

Young adult fiction

 * //A Straight Line to My Heart// Bill Condon
 * //Being Here// Barry Jonsberg
 * //Pan’s Whisper// Sue Lawson
 * //When We Were Two// Robert Newton
 * //Alaska// Sue Saliba

Children's fiction

 * //Evangeline, The Wish Keeper's Helper// Maggie Alderson
 * //The Jewel Fish of Karnak// Graeme Base
 * //Father's Day// Anne Brooksbank
 * //Come Down, Cat!// written by Sonya Hartnett and illustrated by Lucia Masciullo
 * //Goodnight, Mice!// written by Frances Watts and illustrated by Judy Watson