Alert! The shortlists for the 2016 Media24 Books Literary Awards have been announced.
The awards recognise the best work published by Media24 Books – including NB Publishers and Jonathan Ball – during the previous year. An exception occurred in 2014, when Dominque Botha’s Valsrivier, published by Umuzi, was deemed too strong not to be included and the won Jan Rabie Rapport Prize.
The winner in each of the six categories receives R35,000, with the MER Prize for Illustrated Children’s Books being shared by the author and illustrator. Independent panels of judges compiled the shortlists.
The prizes will be awarded in Cape Town on 22 June, 2016.
Last year’s six winners were Willem Anker, Michiel Heyns, Antjie Krog, Mark Gevisser, Andre Eva Bosch and Fiona Moodie.
2016 Media24 Books Literary Awards shortlists
WA Hofmeyr Prize for Afrikaans Fiction (novel, short stories or drama)
Wonderboom by Lien Botha (Queillerie)
Brandwaterkom by Alexander Strachan (Tafelberg)
Vlakwater by Ingrid Winterbach (Human & Rousseau)
Recht Malan Prize for Afrikaans or English Non-Fiction
Black Brain, White Brain by Gavin Evans (Jonathan Ball)
Perfect Storm by Milton Shain (Jonathan Ball)
Showdown at the Red Lion by Charles van Onselen (Jonathan Ball)
Herman Charles Bosman Prize for English Fiction (novel, short stories or drama)
The Fetch by Finuala Dowling (Kwela)
The Shadow of the Hummingbird by Athol Fugard and Paula Fourie (Human & Rousseau)
Elisabeth Eybers Prize for Afrikaans and English Poetry
Vry- by Gilbert Gibson (Human & Rousseau)
Takelwerk by Daniel Hugo (Human & Rousseau)
Bladspieël by Marlise Joubert (Human & Rousseau)
MER Prize for Afrikaans and English Youth Novels
Elton amper-famous April en juffrou Brom by Carin Krahtz (Tafelberg)
Bambaduze by Derick van der Walt (Tafelberg)
Swemlesse vir ’n meermin by Marita van der Vyver (Tafelberg)
MER Prize for Illustrated Children’s Books in Afrikaans and English
Hendrik Leerdam: Kaap van storms by James Home en Peter Mascher (ill.) (Tafelberg)
Die Dingesfabriek 4: Jannus en Kriek en die tydmasjien by Elizabeth Wasserman and Astrid Castle (ill.) (Tafelberg)
Professor Sabatina se wetenskapboek by Elizabeth Wasserman, Astrid Castle (ill.) and Rob Foote (ill.) (Tafelberg)
The prizes will be awarded in Cape Town on 22 June 2016.
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- Wonderboom by Lien Botha
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- Brandwaterkom by Alexander Strachan
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- Vlakwater by Ingrid Winterbach
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- Black Brain, White Brain: Is Intelligence Skin Deep? by Gavin Evans
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- A Perfect Storm: Antisemitism in South Africa 1930 – 1948 by Milton Shain
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- Showdown at the Red Lion: The Life and Times of Jack McLoughlin, 1859–1910 by Charles van Onselen
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- The Fetch by Finuala Dowling
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- The Shadow of the Hummingbird by Athol Fugard
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- Vry- by Gilbert Gibson
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- Takelwerk by Daniel Hugo
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- Bladspieël by Marlise Joubert
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- Elton Amper-Famous April en Juffrou Brom by Carin Krahtz
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- Bambaduze by Derick van der Walt
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- Swemlesse vir ‘n meermin by Marita van der Vyver
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- Hendrik Leerdam: Kaap Van Storms by James Home
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- Die Dingesfabriek: Jannus en Kriek en die tydmasjien by Elizabeth Wasserman, illustrated by Astrid Castle
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EAN: 9780624073246
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- Professor Sabatina se wetenskapboek by Elizabeth Wasserman
EAN: 9780624069201
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