Winner

The Idea of Perfection – Kate Grenville

Shortlist

The Blind Assassin – Margaret Atwood

Fred & Edie – Jill Dawson

Hotel World – Ali Smith

Homestead – Rosina Lippi

Horse Heaven – Jane Smiley

Longlist

The Hiding Place – Trezza Azzopardi

In the Blue House – Meaghan Delahunt

The Last Samurai – Helen Dewitt

Fish, Blood & Bone – Leslie Forbes

The Wild – Esther Freud

Dog Days, Glenn Miller Nights – Laurie Graham

Nowhere Else on Earth – Josephine Humphreys

Ahab’s Wife – Sena Jeter Naslund

From Caucasia, with Love – Danzy Senna

The Bonesetter’s Daughter – Amy Tan

The PowerBook – Jeanette Winterson

MotherKind – Jayne Ann Phillips