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The Spare Room
book 2008

The Spare Room

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Like Carol Shields, Joan Didion and Kate Grenville in previous years, Helen Garner is a bestselling writer waiting to be discovered by a British audience. The Spare Room is an electrifying novel about the distance a friendship must travel, and the depths it must plumb, when confronted by the threat of death. It is full of wisdom, dark laughter and truth. Prizes for The Spare Room: - Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Fiction - Queensland Premier’s Award for Fiction - Barbara Jefferis Award - Shortlisted, WA Premier’s Awards, 2008 - Shortlisted, NSW Premier’s Literary Award for Fiction - Shortlisted, Commonwealth Writers’ Prize - Shortlisted, Australian Literary Society Gold Medal - Shortlisted, Colin Roderick Award

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