Runt is the story of Annie Shearer - “eleven years old and short for her age” - who lives on a farm near the once-vibrant rural community of Upson Downs, formerly known for producing world-class wool but now sadly in decline. Credit: suppliedĬraig Silvey’s latest book may be his first full-length novel for younger readers aged eight-plus, but it focuses on the kind of determined young outsider central to much of the high-profile Fremantle author’s previous work, including 2017’s coming-of-age novel-turned-film, Jasper Jones, and 2020’s somewhat controversial bestseller, Honeybee. Runt is his first novel for Younger Readers.Craig Silvey (Allen & Unwin, $22.99) Camera Icon Runt by Craig Silvey. In 2022, Honeybee was voted Number 1 in the Better Reading Top 100. Honeybee was the 2020 Dymocks Book Of The Year, won the Indie Book Award for Best Fiction, and was shortlisted for both the Literary Fiction Book of the Year at the 2021 ABIA Awards and the Adult Fiction Book of the Year at the ABA Booksellers’ Choice Awards. His third novel, Honeybee, published in 2020, is an award-winning bestseller. Jasper Jones was the Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year for 2010. Printz Award Honor, and a Miles Franklin Literary Award shortlisting. Published in over a dozen territories, Jasper Jones has won plaudits in three continents, including an International Dublin Literary Award shortlisting, a Michael J. His bestselling second novel, Jasper Jones, was released in 2009 and is considered a modern Australian classic. His critically acclaimed debut novel, Rhubarb, was published in 2004. Honeybee was the 2020 Dymocks Book Of The Year, won the Indie Book Award for Best Fiction, and was Craig Silvey is an author and screenwriter from Fremantle, Western Australia.
Craig Silvey is an author and screenwriter from Fremantle, Western Australia.
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