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 Cloudstreet by Tim Winton has been voted the winner of the Australian Book Review’s Favorite Australian Novels poll.

‘A perennial favourite since its publication in 1991, [Cloudstreet] was the overwhelming favourite-by a margin of three to one to its nearest rival, Henry Handel Richardson’s The Fortunes of Richard Mahony, which was closely followed by Patrick White’s Voss and Winton’s most recent novel, Breath,’ said ABR editor Peter Rose. Oscar and Lucinda (Peter Carey) came in at number five.

Rose said the poll had received thousands of votes for almost 300 novels. A list of all 290 nominated titles can be found on the ABR website here.

Source: http://www.booksellerandpublisher.com.au/articles/2010/02/14716/

This article from Thorpe Bowker’s Weekly Book Newsletter and Media Extra is reproduced by kind permission of Thorpe-Bowker, a division of R R Bowker LLC. © Copyright 2009, Thorpe-Bowker.

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