The 2023 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award shortlist

5 September 2023

The 2023 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award shortlist was announced yesterday, Monday 4 September 2023, and consists of the following six titles:

An Intimate History of Evolution: The Story of the Huxley Family, by Alison Bashford
Anam, by André Dao
Emperors in Lilliput, by Jim Davidson
The Age of Seeds, by Fiona McMillian-Webster
Life So Full of Promise: further biographies of Australia’s lost generation, by Ross McMullin
Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life, by Brigitta Olubas

First presented in 2002, and also referred to as the Nib Award, the prize honours excellence in literary research, be they works fiction or non-fiction. Past recipients include Helen Garner and Andrew Tink. The 2023 winner, along with this year’s people choice award, will be announced in just over two months time, on Thursday 9 November 2023.