prized above others

The shortlist for the ASL Gold Medal has been announced:

    * The Lost Dog (Michelle de Kretser, Allen & Unwin)
    * Not Finding Wittgenstein (J S Harry, Giramondo)
    * Feather Man (Rhyll McMaster, Brandl & Schlesinger)
    * Typewriter Music (David Malouf, UQP)
    * Landscape of Farewell (Alex Miller, Allen & Unwin)
(From Bookseller and Publisher Magazine).

The winner of the award, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year and is the oldest literary prize in Australia, will be announced at the 2008 Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) conference in Wollongong in early July.