Bodies of Light

Bodies of Light
AuthorJennifer Down
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
PublisherText Publishing
Publication date
2021
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint
Pages448 pp
AwardsMiles Franklin Award, 2022
ISBN9781925773590
Preceded byPulse Points : Stories 

Bodies of Light (2021) is a novel by Australian writer Jennifer Down.[1]

It won the 2022 Miles Franklin Award,[2] and was shortlisted for the 2022 Voss Literary Prize,[3] the 2022 Stella Prize, [4] the 2022 Barbara Jefferis Award,[5] the 2022 Age Book of the Year Award,[6] the 2022 Davitt Award for Best Adult Crime Novel,[7] and the 2022 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction. [8]

  1. ^ "Bodies of Light". Austlit. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Jennifer Down wins Miles Franklin Literary Award for Bodies of Light, a novel about living with trauma". ABCNews. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Short List 2022". The Voss Literary prize. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Announcing the 2022 Stella Prize Shortlist". The Stella Prize. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Barbara Jefferis Award 2022 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Age Book of the Year 2022 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Davitt Awards 2022 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2022". Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 27 June 2023.