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NEWS & AWARDS

Tower Books is proud to announce these recent award winners and nominees:

National Awards

2007 Miles Franklin
2007 Victorian Premiers Award for Fiction
2007 NSW Premiers Award for Fiction
Award Winner

Carpentaria (B Format) by Alexis Wright
ISBN 9781920882310 (P) (Giramondo Publishing) $26.95

2006  The Age Book of the Year
Award Winner

Friendly Fire by Jennifer Maiden
ISBN 192088212X (P) (Giramondo Publishing) $21.95

2006 Miles Franklin Award
Shortlisted

The Garden Book by Brian Castro
ISBN 1920882103 (P) (Giramondo Publishing) $27.95

2006 National Biography Award &
2005 NSW Premier's Award for Non-Fiction
Award Winner

The Idea of Home: Autobiographical Essays by John Hughes
ISBN 1920882049 (P) (Giramondo Publishing) $24.95

2004 NSW Premier's Award for Fiction &
2003 VIC Premier's Award for Fiction
Award Winner

Shanghai Dancing by Brian Castro
ISBN 0957831188 (P) (Giramondo Publishing) $29.95

UK Awards

2006  Goss First Novel Award
Award Winner

White Man Falling by Mike Stocks
ISBN 1846880319 (P) (Alma Books) $27.95

Major US Awards

2005 US National Book Award for Fiction
Award Winner

Europe Central by William T. Vollmann
ISBN 1846880017 (P) (Alma Books) $34.95

2006 Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Mystery/Thriller) &
2005 Washington Post Critic's Choice Award &
2005 "One of the best thrillers" - London's Literary Review
Award Winner

Legends: A Novel of Dissimulation by Robert Littell
ISBN 1585677426 (P) (Overlook Press) $29.95