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The titles shortlisted for this year’s Walkley Nonfiction Book Award have been announced.

In the running for the award are:

    * Churchill and Australia (Graham Freudenberg, Pan Macmillan)
    * The Mother of Mohammed (Sally Neighbour, MUP)
    * Firepower (Gerard Ryle, A&U).

The nonfiction award recognises ‘excellence in nonfiction literature and long-form journalism’.

The shortlisted works were chosen by Paul Bailey; Malcolm Farr, Christine Wallace, and Quentin Dempster, chair of the Walkley Advisory Board, from more than 70 books submitted for the 2009 awards. The winner will be announced at the Walkleys Gala Dinner on 26 November.

For more information visit http://www.walkleys.com/.

Source: http://www.booksellerandpublisher.com.au/articles/2009/11/13917/

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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