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message 1: by Diane , Armchair Tour Guide (last edited Apr 22, 2017 05:59PM) (new)

Diane  | 13052 comments Commonwealth Writers' Prize Winners:


Africa:
Lost Colours of the Chameleon by Mandla Langa Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill The Price of Liberty by Paul Conton

Australia:
That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott Siddon Rock by Glenda Guest The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas The Anatomy of Wings by Karen Foxlee The Time We Have Taken by Steven Carroll The Secret River by Kate Grenville Home by Larissa Behrendt The White Earth by Andrew McGahan What the Birds See by Sonya Hartnett Gould's Book of Fish by Richard Flanagan True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey The Company The Story Of A Murderer by Arabella Edge Eucalyptus by Murray Bail Deadset by Emma Tom Jack Maggs by Peter Carey Seasonal Adjustments by Adib Khan The Riders by Tim Winton Newton's Niece by Derek Beaven Remembering Babylon by David Malouf The Ancestor Game by Alex Miller Praise by Andrew McGahan The Great World by David Malouf The Bay Of Contented Men by Robert Drewe The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin The Last Thread by Michael Sala Me and Mr. Booker by Cory Taylor

Bangladesh:
A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam

Barbados:
The Polished Hoe A Novel by Austin Clarke

Bulgaria:
Solo by Rana Dasgupta

Canada:
Bird Eat Bird by Katrina Best Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage Stories by Alice Munro Martin Sloane by Michael Redhill Burning Ground by Pearl Luke Prisoner in a Red-Rose Chain by Jeffrey Moore Angel Falls by Tim Wynveen Solomon Gursky Was Here by Mordecai Richler Women Of Influence by Bonnie Burnard

Canada - Alberta:
UNDER THIS UNBROKEN SKY by Shandi Mitchell Icefields by Thomas Wharton Chorus of Mushrooms by Hiromi Goto

Canada - British Columbia:
The Honorary Patron by Jack Hodgins

Canada - Manitoba:
Reading by Lightning by Joan Thomas

Canada - New Brunswick:
The Friends of Meager Fortune by David Adams Richards

Canada - Newfoundland:
Galore by Michael Crummey Alligator by Lisa Moore

Canada - Nova Scotia:
Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald

Canada - Ontario:
Natasha and Other Stories by David Bezmozgis Runaway by Alice Munro Deafening by Frances Itani The Electrical Field by Kerri Sakamoto Barney's Version by Mordecai Richler The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood Friend of My Youth by Alice Munro

Canada - Quebec:
Vandal Love by Deni Ellis Béchard Mme Proust and the Kosher Kitchen by Kate Taylor

China:
The Year of the Shanghai Shark by Mo Zhi Hong

Colombia:
Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord by Louis de Bernières The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts by Louis de Bernières


Egypt:
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje The Double Crown Secret Writings of the Female Pharaoh by Marié Heese

England:
Bird Eat Bird by Katrina Best Reading by Lightning by Joan Thomas The End of the Alphabet by C.S. Richardson Lazy Eye by Donna Daley-Clarke Small Island by Andrea Levy A Distant Shore by Caryl Phillips The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon Haweswater by Sarah Hall Spies by Michael Frayn Atonement by Ian McEwan White Teeth by Zadie Smith Aelred's Sin by Lawrence Scott Master Georgie by Beryl Bainbridge Therapy by David Lodge The Case Of Emily V by Keith Oatley Possession by A.S. Byatt

France:
Mme Proust and the Kosher Kitchen by Kate Taylor Super-Cannes by J.G. Ballard

Ghana:
The Sun by Night by Benjamin Kwakye AMA by Manu Herbstein The Clothes of Nakedness by Benjamin Kwakye Changes A Love Story by Ama Ata Aidoo Grief Child by Lawrence Darmani

Greece:
Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières

Guyana:
The Hangman's Game by Karen King-Aribisala Suspended Sentences Fictions of Atonement by Mark McWatt Shape-Shifter by Pauline Melville

India:
Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri Animal's People by Indra Sinha The Sari Shop by Rupa Bajwa The Hero's Walk by Anita Rau Badami The Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman Rushdie The Blue Bedspread by Raj Kamal Jha What the Body Remembers by Shauna Singh Baldwin Difficult Daughters by Manju Kapur Love and Longing in Bombay by Vikram Chandra Red Earth and Pouring Rain by Vikram Chandra A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry A Suitable Boy (A Suitable Boy, #1) by Vikram Seth The Thousand Faces of Night by Githa Hariharan Persistent Rumours by Lee Langley The Great Indian Novel by Shashi Tharoor Such a Long Journey by Rohinton Mistry The Trotter-Nama A Chronicle by Irwin Allan Sealy Plans For Departure by Nayantara Sahgal

Israel:
Ola by Albert Wendt

Italy:
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje Myself and Marco Polo by Paul Griffiths The Lost Father by Marina Warner

Jamaica:
Small Island by Andrea Levy The Roads are Down by Venessa Spence Satellite City by Alecia McKenzie Myal by Erna Brodber Summer Lightning and Other Stories by Olive Senior Disposable People by Ezekel Alan Sweetheart by Alecia McKenzie

Japan:
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell Tuvalu by Andrew O'Connor

Kenya:
The River and the Source by Margaret A. Ogola

Latvia:
The Story Of The Year Of 1912 In The Village Of Elza Darzins by Thea Welsh

Lebanon:
Sabra Zoo by Mischa Hiller Somewhere Home by Nada Awar Jarrar

Libya:
In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar

Malaysia:
The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw The Rice Mother by Rani Manicka

Mauritius:
Boy by Lindsey Collen The Rape of Sita by Lindsey Collen

Mexico:
In the Casa Azul A Novel of Revolution and Betrayal by Meaghan Delahunt

Namibia:
The Other Side of Silence by André Brink

New Zealand:
A Man Melting by Craig Cliff Reconnaisance by Kapka Kassabova In a Fishbone Church by Catherine Chidgey The Word Burners by Beryl Fletcher The Carpathians by Janet Frame Oracles and Miracles by Stevan Eldred-Grigg The Matriarch by Witi Ihimaera

Nigeria:
I Do Not Come to You by Chance by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani Imagine This by Sade Adeniran The Hangman's Game by Karen King-Aribisala Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Waiting For an Angel by Helon Habila Incidents at the Shrine Short Stories by Ben Okri Tides by Isidore Okpewho The Legend of the Rockhills and Other Stories by Funso Aiyejina Our Wife & Other Stories by Karen King-Aribisala Sterile Sky. by E.E. Sule

Pakistan:
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif

Papua New Guinea:
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones

Poland:
Too Many Men A Novel by Lily Brett

Portugal:
The Scent of a Lie by paulo da costa

Russia:
The Master of Petersburg by J.M. Coetzee

Samoa:
The Adventures of Vela by Albert Wendt Where We Once Belonged by Sia Figiel Ola by Albert Wendt

Scotland:
The Death of Bees by Lisa O'Donnell

Sierra Leone:
The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar A Novel of Magical Vision by Syl Cheney-Coker

South Africa:
Happiness is a four-letter word by Cynthia Jele The Native Commissioner by Shaun Johnson All We Have Left Unsaid by Maxine Case The Good Doctor by Damon Galgut The Heart of Redness by Zakes Mda 13 Cents by K. Sello Duiker Gardening At Night by Diane Awerbuck The Pickup by Nadine Gordimer Disgrace  by J.M. Coetzee If You Can Walk, You Can Dance by Marion Molteno Dance With A Poor Man's Daughter by Pamela Jooste At The Edge And Other Cato Manor Stories by Ronnie Govender Winds Of Change by Dene Coetzee The Dubious Salvation of Jack V. A Novel by Jacques Strauss

Sri Lanka:
The Hamilton Case by Michelle de Kretser When Memory Dies by Ambalavaner Sivanandan Island of a Thousand Mirrors by Nayomi Munaweera Chinaman The Legend of Pradeep Mathew by Shehan Karunatilaka

Tanzania:
The Gunny Sack by M.G. Vassanji

Trinidad & Tobago:
Salt by Earl Lovelace A Way in the World by V.S. Naipaul Divina Trace by Robert Antoni

Uganda:
Tropical Fish Tales from Entebbe by Doreen Baingana

Ukraine:
Master Georgie by Beryl Bainbridge

US - Arizona:
Interesting Facts about the State of Arizona by Jeremy Poolman

US - California:
Red Earth and Pouring Rain by Vikram Chandra

US - Massachusetts:
On Beauty by Zadie Smith

US - Missouri:
The Perfect Man by Naeem Murr

Zimbabwe:
Walking Still by Charles Mungoshi Without a Name and Under the Tongue by Yvonne Vera Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga Harvest of Thorns by Shimmer Chinodya


message 2: by Diane , Armchair Tour Guide (last edited Apr 22, 2017 06:02PM) (new)

Diane  | 13052 comments Nominees:



Australia:
The Sea And Summer by George Turner

Canada:
Inspecting the Vaults by Eric McCormack

Canada - British Columbia:
Thrice Upon a Time by Genni Gunn

Ghana:
Harmattan Rain by Ayesha Harruna Attah

Israel:
Winter In Jerusalem by Blanche D'alpuget

Italy:
The Passion by Jeanette Winterson

Nigeria:
Legends from Yorubaland by Kemi Morgan

Pakistan:
Tunnel Vision by Shandana Minhas

Zimbabwe:
The Setting Sun and the Rolling World by Charles Mungoshi


message 3: by Myriam (new)

Myriam (umka) | 6 comments Just a little correction: Barney's Version should be in the Canada - Quebec section - it is definitely a Montreal book, both in the author and in the setting! :)


message 4: by Diane , Armchair Tour Guide (new)

Diane  | 13052 comments Myriam wrote: "Just a little correction: Barney's Version should be in the Canada - Quebec section - it is definitely a Montreal book, both in the author and in the setting! :)"

Thank you so much for letting us know, Myriam. Unfortunately, I can no longer edit the above post without losing most of the cover thumbnails.


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