Andrew Sutherland’s brilliant Queer poz (PLHIV) poetry collection lands on Book of the Year shortlist
Fremantle Press is pleased to announce that Andrew Sutherland’s Paradise (Point of Transmission) has been shortlisted for the Small Press Network’s 2023 Book of the Year.
The Small Press Network’s Book of the Year (BOTY) Award is an annual award that highlights authorial and publishing excellence by small and independent publishers. Andrew’s brilliant debut collection, which examines a ‘haunted’ Queer and HIV-positive identity, is one of six titles in the running to win the prize.
Running since 2012, this year’s round was judged by youth programming manager at the Wheeler Centre Bec Kavanagh, award-winning writer and activist Tierney Khan and creative writing lecturer and writer Penni Russon.
The judges said:
‘Paradise (Point of Transmission) (Fremantle Press) is beautifully layered collection of poems that explores the realities of a HIV diagnosis on home, community and freedom. It complex but inviting, an act of generosity and transformation. In his first poetry collection Andrew Sutherland simultaneously captures the stigma of a HIV-positive identity and the deep love of Queer community. This collection is thoughtfully constructed on the page, divided into three sections – narrative, metaphor and paradise, dipping easily between poetics and the domestic. It is a collection that speaks to the poetics of people and life, drawing on theory easily but not arrogantly, and inviting engagement without prior knowledge, but holding deep space for shared experience.’
The other shortlisted titles are The Branded by Jo Riccioni (Pantera), Our Members Be Unlimited by Sam Wallman (Scribe), Against Dissapearance: Essays on Memory edited by Leah Jing Mcintosh and Adolfo Aranjuez (Liminal/Pantera), Mabu Mabu by Nornie Bero (Hardie Grant) and Losing Face by George Haddad (UQP).
An honourable mention went to Lockdown by Chip Le Grand (Monash UP) and This All Come Back Now: An anthology of First Nations speculative fiction edited by Mykaela Saunders (UQP).
The 2023 BOTY winner to be announced as part of the SPN Independent Publishing Conference on 24 November 2023.
More information about the award is available here: https://smallpressnetwork.com.au/book-of-the-year-award/book-of-the-year-award-2023-shortlist/
Andrew Sutherland’s brilliant Queer poz (PLHIV) poetry collection lands on Book of the Year shortlist
Fremantle Press is pleased to announce that Andrew Sutherland’s Paradise (Point of Transmission) has been shortlisted for the Small Press Network’s 2023 Book of the Year.
The Small Press Network’s Book of the Year (BOTY) Award is an annual award that highlights authorial and publishing excellence by small and independent publishers. Andrew’s brilliant debut collection, which examines a ‘haunted’ Queer and HIV-positive identity, is one of six titles in the running to win the prize.
This year’s entries were judged by youth programming manager at the Wheeler Centre Bec Kavanagh, award-winning writer and activist Tierney Khan, and creative writing lecturer and writer Penni Russon.
The judges said:
‘Paradise (Point of Transmission) (Fremantle Press) is a beautifully layered collection of poems that explores the realities of an HIV diagnosis on home, community and freedom. It is complex but inviting, an act of generosity and transformation. In his first poetry collection, Andrew Sutherland simultaneously captures the stigma of an HIV-positive identity and the deep love of Queer community. This collection is thoughtfully constructed on the page, divided into three sections – narrative, metaphor and paradise, dipping easily between poetics and the domestic. It is a collection that speaks to the poetics of people and life, drawing on theory easily but not arrogantly, and inviting engagement without prior knowledge, but holding deep space for shared experience.’
The other shortlisted titles are The Branded by Jo Riccioni (Pantera), Our Members Be Unlimited by Sam Wallman (Scribe), Against Disappearance: Essays on Memory edited by Leah Jing Mcintosh and Adolfo Aranjuez (Liminal/Pantera), Mabu Mabu by Nornie Bero (Hardie Grant) and Losing Face by George Haddad (UQP).
An honourable mention went to Lockdown by Chip Le Grand (Monash UP) and This All Come Back Now: An anthology of First Nations speculative fiction edited by Mykaela Saunders (UQP).
The 2023 BOTY winner to be announced as part of the SPN Independent Publishing Conference on 24 November 2023.
More information about the award is available here: https://smallpressnetwork.com.au/book-of-the-year-award/book-of-the-year-award-2023-shortlist/
