#Walkley Shortlist 2023 NF reading tips!

1. It turns out I have a busy few weeks ahead of me!
2. Here are the shortlisted books for the Walkley Book Award 2023.
3. I’ve only read 2:
   
4. Ghosts of the Orphanage – Christine Kenneally
   
5. The Palestine Laboratory  – Antony Loewenstein– REVIEW
6. Crossing the line  – REVIEW
   

1. Flawed Hero is about the same subject as Crossing the Line
   
2. …but by the another investigative  journalist Chris Masters.
3. The book is 700+ pages ….whew!
4. I’don’t think I can manage that book in November.

TRIVIA

1. I made my  short list predictions on 13.09.2023.
   
2. …that the short list will be:

1. Ghosts of the Orphanage – Christine Kenneally – shortlist
   
2. The Palestine Laboratory – Anthony Loewenstien – shortlist
   
3. Flawed Hero – Chris Masters
   
4. Am I right?
5. I got 2 out of 3…so that’s good!
6. The jury selected Crossing the line – shortlist

The nine books longlisted for the 2023 Walkley Book Award

• Jackie Dent, The Great Dead Body Teachers
• Christine Kenneally, Ghosts of the Orphanage
• Antony Loewenstein, The Palestine Laboratory
• Chris Masters, Flawed Hero: Truth Lies and War Crimes
• Nick McKenzie, Crossing the Line
• Ben Schneiders, Hard Labour: Wage Theft in the Age of Inequality
• Tracey Spicer, Man-Made: How the Bias of the Past is Being Built into the Future
• Chris Wallace, Political Lives, NewSouth Publishing
• Brendan Watkins, Tell No One, Allen & Unwin

• The winner of the Walkley Book Award
• will be announced on November 23.