Russell Prize
The Russell Prize (Russell Prize for Humour Writing) is an Australian literary prize awarded to a funny book. The prize is awarded every second year by the State Library of New South Wales. A shortlist of six books is selected first and publicly announced before the prize, which comes with a cash award of $10,000.[1][2]
| Year | Author | Title | Publisher | Shortlist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Bernard Cohen | The Antibiography of Robert F. Menzies | Fourth Estate[3] | Helen Razer and Bernard Keane, A Short History of Stupid; Jo Case, Boomer & Me, A Memoir of Motherhood, and Asperger's; Sami Shah, I, Migrant; Mark Lamprell, The Full Ridiculous; and Annabel Crabb, The Wife Drought[4] |
| 2017 | Steve Toltz | Quicksand | Simon & Schuster[5] | Ross Fitzgerald and Ian McFadyen, Going Out Backwards: A Grafton Everest Adventure; David Hunt, True Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia — Volume 2; Darrell Pitt, A Toaster on Mars; Ben Pobjie, Error Australis; and Rosie Waterland, The Anti-Cool Girl[6] |
| 2019 | David Cohen | The Hunter and Other Stories of Men | Transit Lounge[7] | Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe (Fourth Estate); Tony Martin, Deadly Kerfuffle (Affirm), Ryan O’Neill; The Drover’s Wives (Brio); Helen Razer, The Helen 100 (Allen & Unwin); and Tracy Sorensen, The Lucky Galah (Picador).[8] |
References
- Sullivan, Jane (6 June 2015). "Turning Pages: Prize for humour writing takes funny books seriously". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- Romei, Stephen (10 June 2017). "A PAIR OF RAGGED CLAWS". Weekend Australian. ProQuest 1911248683.
- Wyndham, Susan (4 July 2015). "Undercover:News From the Book World". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- "2015 - The Russell Prize for Humour Writing". State Library of NSW. 2015-09-14. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
- Morris, Linda (8 June 2017). "Steve Toltz's Quicksand wins $10,000 humour writing prize". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- "2017 - Russell Prize for Humour Writing". State Library of NSW. 2017-05-10. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
- "2019 - Russell Prize for Humour Writing". State Library of NSW. 2019-04-16. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
- "Russell Prize for Humour Writing 2019 shortlist announced". Books + Publishing. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
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