The shortlist has been posted for the 2015 Norma K. Hemming Award, given by the Australian Science Fiction Foundation for thought-provoking approaches to race, gender, sexuality, class and disability in Australian speculative fiction:
The Female Factory | collection by Lisa L Hannett and Angela Slatter | Twelfth Planet Press |
Nil By Mouth | novel by LynC | Satalyte Publishing |
North Star Guide Me Home | novel by Jo Spurrier | HarperVoyager |
Razorhurst | novel by Justine Larbalestier | Allen & Unwin |
The Wonders | novel by Paddy O’Reilly | Affirm Press |
The winner will be announced April 5 at Swancon 40, the 54th Australian Natcon in Perth.
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