Books by Australian authors shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book Prize are:
Floundering (Romy Ash, Text)
Mazin Grace (Dylan Coleman, UQP)
A Tiger in Eden (Chris Flynn, Text)
The Last Thread (Michael Sala, Affirm)
Beneath the Darkening Sky (Majok Tulba, Penguin).
Works by Australian and New Zealand writers shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize are:
Not for Publication (Rachel Bush, New Zealand)
Things with Faces (Zoe Meager, New Zealand)
Mortal Sins (Sinead Roarty, Australia)
Tug of War (Deborah Rogers, New Zealand)
Raven (Tom Williams, Australia).
quite a variety!