Asher Award

The Asher Award was a biennial Australian literary award administered by the Australian Society of Authors between 2005 and 2017. It was established by the Australia Council after a bequest from the late author Helen Asher. The amount of $12,000 was awarded to “a female author whose work carries an anti-war theme”.^[1]

List of Asher Award winners

2005: The Marsh Birds by Eva Sallis (Allen & Unwin)^[2]
2007: The Wing of Night by Brenda Walker (Viking)^[2]
2009: The Orphan Gunner by Sara Knox (Giramondo) and The Ghost at the Wedding by Shirley Walker (Viking)^[2]
2011: Ruin by Roberta Lowing (Interactive Press) and The Old School by P. M. Newton (Viking)^[2]
2013: Hannah and Emil by Belinda Castles (Allen & Unwin)^[2]
2015: Broken Nation by Joan Beaumont (Allen & Unwin)^[3]
2017: Enemy, (Ruth Clare, Viking) and A Soldier, a Dog and a Boy, Libby Hathorn, illustrated by Phil Lesnie (Lothian) (joint winners)^[4]

^ "The Asher Literary Award - Australian Society of Authors (ASA)". www.asauthors.org. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Asher Literary Award | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
^ Dean, ANU College of Asia & the Pacific (2015-12-14). "Broken Nation Wins 2015 Asher Award". ANU College of Asia & the Pacific. Retrieved 2019-10-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "The Asher Literary Award - Australian Society of Authors (ASA)". www.asauthors.org. Retrieved 2019-05-17.

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