Mateship with Birds

Mateship with Birds
First edition, Pan Macmillan Australia
AuthorCarrie Tiffany
LanguageEnglish
Set inRural Australia, 1950s
PublisherPicador, Australia
Publication date
21 June 2012
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages211
ISBN9781742610764
(1st ed. AUS paperback)
OCLC756699969
LC ClassPR9619.4.T545 M38 2012
Preceded byEveryman's Rules for Scientific Living 

Mateship with Birds is a 2012 novel[1] by Australian novelist Carrie Tiffany which won the inaugural 2013 Stella Prize.

Synopsis

The novel is set in the 1950s in Cohuna, a town in northern Victoria. Betty, a nurse, lives on the outskrts of town, next-door to dairy farmer Harry, whose wife has left him for a man from the local bird fanciers' club.

Notes

  • Dedication: For Peter

Critical reception

Writing in The Guardian Janine Burke called the book a "raw and tender novel" and went on point out the connections between this novel and the book of the same title by Alec Chisholm.[2]

Romana Kaval in The Monthly found "the book full of wisdom and humour."[3]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result Ref
2013 Miles Franklin Award — Shortlisted [4]
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Christina Stead Prize for Fiction Won [5]
Stella Prize — Won [6]
Women's Prize for Fiction — Longlisted [7]
2014 International Dublin Literary Award — Longlisted [7]

References

  1. ^ "Mateship with Birds by Carrie Tiffany". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Mateship with Birds by Carrie Tiffany" review by Janine Burke, The Guardian, 12 June 2013
  3. ^ "Mateship with Birds - Carrie Tiffany" by Romana Kovak, The Monthly
  4. ^ Staff writer (30 April 2013). "The Miles Franklin Literary Award 2013 Shortlist". Miles Franklin Literary Award. Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Winners announced for 2013 NSW Premier's Literary Awards" (PDF) (Press release). State Library of New South Wales. 19 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  6. ^ Lea, Bronwyn (17 April 2013). "Carrie Tiffany wins a Stella Prize of her own". The Conversation. Archived from the original on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Austlit — Mateship with Birds by Carrie Tiffany". Austlit. Retrieved 7 November 2024.