The Nita B Kibble Literary Awards for Women Writers recognise the works of women writers who have published fiction or non-fiction classified as 'life writing'. This includes novels, autobiographies, biographies, literature and any writing with a strong personal element.
The object of the Awards is to encourage Australian women writers to improve and advance Australian literature for the benefit of the community.
Two awards are made each year, the Kibble Literary Award and the Dobbie Literary Award, which are known by writers, publishers and the wider literary community as an exciting feature on the annual calendar of women's writing.
The shortlisted titles for the $30,000 Kibble Literary Award, which recognises the work of an established Australian female writer, are:
- The Beloved (Annah Faulkner, Picador)
- Like a House on Fire (Cate Kennedy, Scribe)
- Questions of Travel (Michelle de Kretser, A&U).
The shortlisted titles for the $5000 Dobbie Literary Award, which recognises the work of a first-time published Australian female writer, are:
- Floundering (Romy Ash, Text)
- The Burial (Courtney Collins, A&U)
- Toyo: A Memoir (Lily Chan, Black Inc.).
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