The Australian Society of Authors is delighted to announce that the winner of the inaugural Barbara Jefferis Award is Rhyll McMaster, with her book Feather Man (Brandl & Schlesinger).
The winner was announced at an award ceremony held at the University of Sydney on Friday 28 March. The evening featured a short talk on Barbara Jefferis by Nadia Wheatley. Rosie Scott presented the judges’ report, and John and Barbara’s daughter Rosalind Hinde presented the cheque. The Award judges were academic Dr Leigh Dale, literary editor Deborah Hope and novelist Rosie Scott.
Also shortlisted for the Award was West Australian author Geraldine Wooller, whose novel The Seamstress is published by University of Western Australia Press.