Historical Novel Society Australasia – Historical Novel Prize

The Historical Novel Prize is open to all authors who are citizens or residents of Australia or New Zealand. The history explored can be from any era or society across the world with the majority of the narrative taking place at least 50 years before publication.

BOOK SNAPS reads from the 2022 longlist:
2022 Longlist. Horse by Geraldine Brooks
2022 Longlist: Corporal Hitler’s Pistol by Thomas Keneally
2022 Longlist: Cold Coast by Robyn Mundy
BOOK SNAPS reads from the previous years’ lists:
2021 Winner: The Burning Island by Jock Serong Text Publishing
2021 Longlist: A Room Made of Leaves by Kate Grenville Text Publishing
2020 Longlist: The Electric Hotel by Dominic Smith Macmillan.
2021 Shortlist: Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray by Anita Heiss Simon and Schuster
2021 Longlist: The Tolstoy Estate by Steven Conte Harper Collins
2021 Shortlist Our Shadows by Gail Jones Published by Text Publishing
2020 Winner: Stone Sky Gold Mountain by Miranda Riwoe University of Queensland Press.