HUGE congratulations to Biffy James, whose indomitable Completely normal (and other lies) has picked up ANOTHER shortlisting! This time from the South Australian Literary Awards!

They are the renamed 2024 South Australian Literary Awards which are held biennially (and formerly known as the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature.)

From the website; ‘Judges were impressed with the high standard of entries this year, commenting the material they read was superbly written, exemplary, beautifully crafted, a cracking read and compellingly created. They were also impressed to see the strong diverse voices visible across the shortlist.

The biennial awards offer a total prize pool of $167,500 across six national and five South Australian categories, including the $25,000 Premier’s Award for the overall winner. Also, three $15,000 fellowships are available for South Australian writers.’

Biffy is shortlisted in the Young Adult category where there’s $15,000 up for grabs, for a published book of fiction aimed at readers aged 12 to 18 years.

CONGRATS, Biffy (& Stella!) and her publisher, Hardie Grant!