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Who Weekly Reader's Choice Award
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APA Who Weekly Reader's Choice Award
Subcategory of
Australian Publishers Association Awards
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Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 1999
winner y
Jessica
Ringwood
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Viking
,
1997
Z422961
1997
single work
novel
historical fiction
''A superb storyteller ... it is impossible not to be impressed by Courtenay's talents' - The Times JESSICA is based on the real life of a remarkable young Australian woman who defied the conventions of her time. She had a stubborn streak and the courage to act out her convictions ... in spite of the consequences. This compelling, sweeping story is her personal fight for justice against enormous odds, and a testimony to the power of the human spirit to triumph over adversity.' (Publication summary)
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Year: 1998
winner y
The Potato Factory
Port Melbourne
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Heinemann
,
1995
Z150202
1995
single work
novel
historical fiction
'Ikey Solomon's favourite saying is also his way of doing business. And in the business of thieving, he's very successful indeed. Ikey's partner in crime is his mistress, the forthright Mary Abacus, until misfortune befalls them. They are parted and each must make the harsh journey from thriving nineteenth-century London to the convict settlement of Van Diemen's Land.
'In the backstreets and dives of Hobart Town, Mary learns the art of brewing and builds the Potato Factory, where she plans a new future. But her ambitions are threatened by Ikey's wife, Hannah, her old enemy. The two women raise their separate families, one legitimate and the other bastard. As each woman sets out to destroy the other, the families are brought to the edge of disaster.' (Publication summary)
